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MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...

Redbrik Estate Agents is celebrating exchanging on a transaction in just eight days. The milestone was achieved using its SecureMove service, which...

Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...

An agency brand claims to have reduced its fall-through rate to just 8% by legally preparing properties for sale before they...

Proptech firm Finch has been named as the latest supplier accredited by the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB). It joins other brands...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

A new Code of Practice for builders and an independent Ombudsman for consumers in the new-build sector went live this week. Customers...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...

Industry veteran Bryan Mansell has questioned why the property sector has allowed transaction times to slow to record levels. It comes as...

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

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

PropTech company Gazeal has launched a new product to help agents secure a sale at any point. The new product is called...

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

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

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

A leading estate agency figure has hit back at a lawyer’s claim that agents who use exclusivity agreements are “shysters”.  Last week...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

The right technology can reassure agents that transactions will complete on time - vital to retaining business following the end of the...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

A consultation into the draft New Homes Quality Code has been published with a consultation period for the industry ending on...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

Reservation Agreement specialist Gazeal is to sponsor the Estate Agent categories at The ESTAS later this year. Gazeal chief executive Bryan Mansell...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

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

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

The Property Ombudsman role is being advertised. The current Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is giving up the role in November after five years in...

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

A new survey suggests that an overwhelming majority of householders want a legal ban on gazumping. The result is likely to be...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...

Reservation agreements locking in buyers and sellers could be trailed with some agencies and conveyancers early in 2020, a government official...

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

A new company is claiming to reduce chain collapses during sales by creating a lockout agreement, also known as a reservation agreement. Property...

An estate agency trading under two different names has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman after refusing to refund a £2,000...

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...

A large part of the DCLG’s Call for Evidence on the home buying and selling process focuses on the role of...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...

The publication of our Strategic Plan, ‘Building the framework for the future’, met with an anticipated degree of positive and not-so-positive...

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...