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Local authority searches are taking up to 60 days in some parts of the country - holding up the sales process. Analysis...

Savills has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Tommy Newbigging to lead its new homes department across Essex and parts...

LSL Estate Agency Franchising is home to one of the UK’s best-known estate agent brands - Your Move. There are several...

Premium estate agency network By Design has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-backed website for potential and current vendors. The By Design...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency.   The...

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

Propertymark has urged the Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  Responding to a call for evidence...

Alto has unveiled its latest integration with sales progression tool ViewMyChain. The partnership means agents using Alto’s software will get direct access...

The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC, Paul Hilton shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of...

The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property...

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

Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Chris Brown, CEO and Founder of Hydrogard...

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

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

Semi-detached houses are currently the fastest-selling type of property in the UK, research suggests. Analysis of 101,126 house sale transactions by home...

Former head of country homes at Savills Lindsay Cuthill has launched his own agency brand called Blue Book. Cuthill, who worked for...

Purplebricks has warned its cash reserves are under threat if its strategic review and sales process isn’t completed soon. A trading update...

Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

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

Property professionals have given their backing to the idea of a universal digital identity for buyers and sellers to speed up...

For agents who take full advantage of new developments in technology in 2023, it’s a chance for them to move ahead...

Agents are being urged to avoid “too much enthusiasm” when conducting market appraisals amid warnings of a house price slowdown. Hybrid agency...

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

The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...

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

A prime central London (PCL) agency established by former Savills and Knight Frank staff is celebrating five years in business. Tedworth Property...

The sales process is starting to speed up, The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has claimed. Gareth Samples, chief executive of TPFG, which...

Knight Frank has recruited two former Savills executives to launch and run its new homes team in Cheltenham. The property consultancy and...

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

Smart conveyancers are making themselves indispensable to estate agents by doing their due diligence for them. Until now, estate agents and conveyancers...

Proptech firm iamproperty has formed its own committee of agents to discuss issues facing the property market. The auctioneer and sales progression...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...

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

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

The government’s call for a pack of property information to be made available upfront during the sales process has been welcomed...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...

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...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

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

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

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

Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

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

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

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

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

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

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