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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...

You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...

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

According to Landmark Information Group’s recent Insights Report, both sales and purchases have seen substantial increases in the time taken from...

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in securing a mortgage, it’s been claimed. Research from Market Financial...

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

After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...

More than a third of property sales fell through last year, with buyers to blame in most cases. A survey by QuickMoveNow...

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has expanded its executive committee with the appointment of Nick Chadbourne from conveyancing panel provider LMS. The...

Cooling house prices are providing an opportunity for buyers even with higher borrowing costs, Propertymark claims. The agency trade body said it...

Fall-throughs doubled in the first two weeks of October compared with a month before, analysis claims. Chain-breaking service UPSTIX, which conducted the...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

The increased energy price cap could hit first-time buyers and the wider property market, new research suggests. It comes as households are...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

A legal expert has suggested that Metaverse sales could eventually become part of a property chain. The Metaverse is the latest trend...

A survey of 700 borrowers by a high net worth lender suggest almost four out of 10 have lost a mortgage...

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

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

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

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...

Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

A senior regional estate agent says the appliance of PropTech has helped his company streamline communications, reduce sales times, and generate...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

Fewer property sales fell through before completion, despite uneasy market conditions, according to Quick Move Now. The home buying company's data shows...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

It’s been reported that Nested, an estate agency launched two years ago, has received a massive £120m cash injection from venture capitalists. Nested, which...

Reapit has teamed up with a new tool called mio, which is promising “a smarter way to manage the home buying...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

Breakdowns within property chains are the most common cause of fall throughs, according to a new study. Over the last ten years,...

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...

Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Innovative London agency Nested has raised an additional £36m in funding - brining the total behind the company to almost £50m. Nested,...

Conservative MP John Stevenson is the latest to throw his weight behind switching the burden of stamp duty from the buyer...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

Who are you? Matt Lancaster, one of the founding partners of Free2Convey and Docs4Home.   Tell us about Free2Convey… Free2Convey is the UK’s first free...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

The Conveyancing Association is launching a training course for estate agents, as the debate swirls over whether a shortage of conveyancers...

Predicting ho­­w the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...