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Extra paperwork, poorly-resourced solicitors and a lack of upfront material information have all been cited as factors contributing to delays in...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Only two out of five UK adults are aware of what conveyancing is, while the number for those who are already...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...
04 November 2023
From: Features
We all want more transactions - the Holy Grail when it comes to agencies’ bottom lines - but an interesting aspect...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
Step right up and witness the extraordinary world of Estate Agents as they embrace the power of biometric checks, turning the...
28 June 2023
From: Features
Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...
03 May 2023
From: Features
I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Tracking mortgage rates may be more fruitful for buyers than following house price data, a property expert claims. Tom Bill, head of...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost a fifth of home-movers would choose a different conveyancing firm or estate agent for their next property purchase, research claims. The latest...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Homeowners and prospective buyers considering a move before Christmas should act quickly to increase their chances of a smooth relocation, as...
20 September 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...
06 August 2022
From: Features
The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...
10 November 2021
From: Features
In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...
06 November 2021
From: Features
There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...
20 October 2021
From: Features
In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...
16 October 2021
From: Features
Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...
06 October 2021
From: Features
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...
21 July 2021
From: Features
Working in real estate can be incredibly rewarding, but it takes a lot of hard work to be able to succeed...
13 July 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...
12 June 2021
From: Features
Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...
10 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...
07 April 2021
From: Features
We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...
03 April 2021
From: Features
Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features
The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Various investors in Countrywide have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers - the red tape required to...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...
05 September 2020
From: Features
“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...
01 August 2020
From: Features
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features
In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...
04 July 2020
From: Features
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...
02 May 2020
From: Features
With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content
The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features
“Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...
28 December 2019
From: Features
Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...
09 November 2019
From: Features
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to tenancy rules, government consultations and more than a few scare stories. Landlords...
30 October 2019
From: Features
A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features
HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A fraudster who claimed to be an estate agent has been jailed for four years after conning vulnerable women into giving...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...
28 August 2019
From: Features
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
27 July 2019
From: Features
If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...
10 July 2019
From: Features
A law firm says it’s made legal history by integrating the automated voice-activated platform Alexa into its system. Customers of Simply Conveyancing...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...
30 March 2019
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Beccy Moore. Office Manager for Nicholas Humphreys Tell us more about Nicholas...
14 January 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...
12 January 2019
From: Features
‘I need more power’ - it’s a common request experienced by landlords, letting agents and commercial estate agents across the country. Be...
12 January 2019
From: Features
A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
02 January 2019
From: Features
A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing. With characteristics reminiscent of the much-derided Home...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features
Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...
17 November 2018
From: Features
Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News
People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...
14 November 2018
From: Features
It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...
03 November 2018
From: Features
For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...
31 October 2018
From: Features
The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...
17 October 2018
From: Features
Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...
25 August 2018
From: Features
It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...
23 June 2018
From: Features
It looks as if Purplebricks has hit something less than a purple patch in the Australian housing market. The Australian Financial Review,...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
An estate agency has been ordered to pay £841 to a council - because it failed to provide paperwork about its...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News
At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features
“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...
17 February 2018
From: Features
A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...