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In today's rapidly evolving property market, the focus on reducing transaction times for individual properties is at an all-time high. Various...

In the current rental market, where legislative changes and tax reforms loom large, many landlords are expressing doubt about the viability...

Spicerhaart has appointed former Countrywide sales manager Victoria Kelly to lead its Land and New Homes division in the Midlands.  She has...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Halliwell and my VMC business card says “Executive...

The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...

HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two.  But...

Managing tenant deposits is a crucial part of any letting agent’s responsibilities. Ensuring compliance with regulations and safeguarding both landlord and...

New statistics from the Financial Conduct Authority, analysed by a legal firm, show the clear disadvantage and worsening picture for single...

ESPC has relaunched its SPC Property Practice certification, a unique accreditation course for solicitor estate agents. Developed with The Law Society of...

Many agents may perceive that the need to negotiate only comes into play at the point of offer if a property...

Propertymark has welcomed the reappointment of Julie James as the new Welsh Housing Minister. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and campaigns at...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

As the Group HR Director of LRG – an organisation of over 3,000 employees – and perhaps more importantly, as a...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

A joint venture between Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) and conveyancing firm Jephson Legal (JL) that aimed to rationalise the residential sales...

The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

A new report highlights levels of agency pay across the property sector. The figures, from Rayner Personnel’s latest Property Sector Salary Report,...

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

Agency trade body Propertymark has welcomed reforms to the business rates system, meaning high street agents, and other businesses, could finally...

Viewing ‘time wasters’ and the long conveyancing process have been identified among the main frustrations among vendors when selling a property. It...

Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...

With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

The property industry's self-destructive, point-scoring way of working just doesn’t cut it. When low stock means low cash flow low, agents and...

By David Boughtflower Business Analyst at Reapit, 14 years in Residential Sales and Lettings Having entered estate agency in the eye of the...

A former adviser to Boris Johnson who is running to be the Tory candidate for London Mayor has promised to put...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

LSL has warned of a slowdown in sales and a rise in fall-throughs at the agency as it issued a “cautious...

The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...

Homebuyers are spending an average of 15.5% more for an energy efficient property, estate agents claim. New research by Santander found identified...

The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...

OnTheMarket has partnered with The Able Agent to provide agents with access to online training courses at discounted rates. As part of...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes...

It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

LSL has reported a 16% drop in estate agency residential exchange income but says it is sales pipeline is at record...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

The vast majority of property professionals would like to see HMRC act more proactively to deter money laundering, as almost a...

Spring may be struggling to break through the clouds but agents are continuing to step up for good causes. The humanitarian crisis...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

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

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...

There are plenty in the estate agency and lettings world who don’t like the concept of Airbnb and similar enterprises. But they...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector says there is growing consumer confidence in the way the system...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Will Thompson, Associate Director at Pugh & Co Auctions. I...

A trade body is warning that increased home working triggered by Coronavirus makes the agency industry more vulnerable than ever to...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

An unidentified estate agency has been threatened with prosecution by a local council after opening its office to the public during...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has encouraged people to complain if they are unhappy about working conditions and thousands of complaints...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...