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The Competition and Markets Authority has raised an unusual issue concerning Barratt’s £2.5 billion deal to buy rival house builder Redrow...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

Businesses in the real estate sector have seen one of the biggest rises in sick leave over the past year, research...

Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...

Regulated firms, particularly estate agents, who take on new business clients are leaving themselves exposed to serious red flags by not...

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

There’s no question that trust is the bedrock of any longstanding client relationship. It is built on delivering on your promises...

More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...

Two London firms have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for failing to pay compensation to consumers. This brings the total...

A former director of Southampton-based property brand White & Guard has launched his own estate agency in Hampshire. Rob Rowe has unveiled Rowe...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

The UK real estate industry faces a “particularly precarious” situation in the near to medium term, according to analysts at the...

Amidst mounting regulatory pressure and the escalating threat of financial crime, property firms must embrace innovation to protect themselves and their...

Recent research estimated that up to £100 billion is being stolen in the UK each year, with much of it due...

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance, has published an agenda-setting whitepaper to highlight the anti-money laundering shortcomings and sanctions...

Agency acquirer The Lomond Group has unveiled a rebrand to mark its two-year anniversary. Co-created at the beginning of 2021 when property...

The number of property businesses in the UK has increased over the past five years despite economic challenges. Business owners have had...

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

Increasing numbers of complaints about agents are being resolved without formal investigation but issues are becoming more complex, The Property Ombudsman...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...

Property firms are still failing to make basic anti-money laundering checks (AML), and some may even unwittingly be helping politically exposed...

A reluctance by property firms to hire individuals to focus on innovation is leaving the sector behind when it comes to...

Being an estate agent can be sweat-inducing at the best of times but property professionals intend to keep going through the...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

Up to 70% of property firms have not changed their approach to onboarding new customers since sanctions were imposed on Russia...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

Many of the property firms recently fined for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches have previously turned down help, Credas claims. It was revealed...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

An agency specialising in Nigerian clients has opened its first international office in London. Jide Taiwo & Co’s office will open next...

A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...

I’ve worked in financial crime for the past seven years, beginning my career as a white collar crime litigator in a law firm. I know that the...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...

The teenage daughter of the co-founder of telephone answering service Moneypenny has been found dead on holiday on Mallorca. Sky News reports...

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

The ESTAS has released details of those agents and suppliers to the industry who have been shortlisted for the most prestigious...

Estate agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

By thinking outside the box, agents can truly embrace the idea of space-as-a-service and create entirely new, and highly valuable, streams...

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...

Rightmove has launched a share buy-back programme to run until late next month, February. Companies buy back their own shares to keep up...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a constant and never-ending struggle that every agency manager, director or owner...

The final winners’ list for this year’s ESTAS Awards has just been published with the  ‘Best In County’ agents named -...

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

The Financial Times has identified that 10 of the 21 tables at the notorious Presidents Club dinner last weekend were sponsored by...

For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....

Moneypenny is pledging to expand the services to offers to agents following the acquisition of a firm creating business products and...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

The death throes of the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents are continuing. A statement by software entrepreneur Charlie Wright, who...

Many industries in the UK are currently facing a tumultuous time as the great unknown of Brexit looms on the horizon...

The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...

A data analytics firm that has studied over 2.7m visits to UK property company websites claims that once a visitor arrives...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

An American investment analyst has used the Motley Fool online city column to give a glowing endorsement to one of the...

An insolvency firm active in the property sector says that after a year of major taxation, legislative and economic volatility, many...

The latest round of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority against property firms’ ads have once again ended only with...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published details of four more cases in which it has 'informally resolved' complaints made against...

Two high profile property firms have strengthened their land and new homes teams in order to cope with growing demand in...

Complaints made against adverts issued by property firms have increased by 10% in the last year. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) reports...

eMoov is one of several property firms to have ‘informally resolved’ disputes with the Advertising Standards Authority - usually achieved by...

An interesting story caught my eye a few weeks ago. A man from Lytham St Annes in Lancashire attempted to sell...