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Propertymark’s regional conferences are returning in November, promising to help members keep up with the latest legislative changes. As part of the...

Estate agents are being asked to do too much when it comes to material information rules but there appears to be...

A survey of over 11,000 buyers suggests overwhelming support for more upfront information to be supplied by agents to buyers. Disclosing upfront...

The Law Society has postponed plans to make use of its new TA6 form compulsory amid backlash from conveyancers. The new TA6...

Enforcement of material information rules is being done through redress schemes rather than putting a strict deadline on compliance, James Munro,...

A legal action group is seeking support from solicitors to call a vote of no confidence in the Law Society The Property...

A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...

Material information requirements should be seen by agents as a positive change, a Trading Standards investigator has claimed. Speaking to The Guild...

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...

Vendors could end up spending hundreds of pounds more when selling their home due to Trading Standards material information rules guidance,...

Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...

Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...

Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

A series of webinars have been unveiled to help agents prepare for new material information rules. Rightmove said it is providing a...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

Rightmove has launched a course for estate and letting agents to help them understand and remain compliant with the Consumer Protection...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

Referral fees for estate agents could be back in the sights of industry regulators. It was reported last week that the National...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...

Agents are supportive of new rules on upfront material information but there is concern about the administrative burden. While the industry awaits...

The latest material information rules will be introduced this Autumn, the industry regulator has revealed. Speaking at the Propertymark One Conference in...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

The issue of conditional selling in estate agency has hit Westminster. There have been several reports in recent months about agents requiring...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...

A senior agency executive has backed the controversial issue of including broadband and mobile signal in property listings. The National Trading Standards...

A mortgage broker has hit out at estate agents for forcing prospective buyers to visit their branches to sell financial services...

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

More than half of agents disagree that mobile phone signal should be treated as material information in listings. James Munro, head of...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

New estate agency listings that don’t display a price can no longer be uploaded to Rightmove from today. The portal giant has...

Agents may have to include the broadband speed and mobile signal for a property on listings in the next round of...

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

The head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has suggested the material listings rules should be...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

A banned West Midlands estate agent has today been sentenced to a custodial sentence of six weeks, suspended for two years, and fined £4,000 at Wolverhampton Crown Court after pleading guilty...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

A former estate agent has accused the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team of trying to discredit him. Chris Wood,...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

A study of 2,000 home owners shows that over a third have felt pressured by an agent into use its in-house mortgage...

The Property Ombudsman has joined calls for greater disclosure of referral fees by agents.  The issue has become a hot topic in...

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James...

Future complaints about property raffles by individual home owners seeking to avoid estate agency fees will in future be handled by...

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...