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From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...
09 April 2024
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Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has a “puncher’s chance” of displacing Rightmove after the challenger portal was taken over by CoStar but needs to persuade...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
09 December 2023
From: Features
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
06 December 2023
From: Features
Propertymark Qualifications has honoured the crème de la crème of its students at the London Stadium. Learners, apprentices, employers, training providers, and...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking feedback on two ‘working papers’ that detail its assessment on the use of...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in the upcoming Variety North West PROPs awards. The winners...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The inaugural Northwest PROPS Awards will be hosted by England and British Lions rugby legend Martin Bayfield. The two-time Grand Slam winner...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced Post Partner as its latest affiliate member. Post Partner offers a range of document management tools...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
In recent years, the UK private rented sector has witnessed a significant increase in government regulation aimed at raising standards for...
12 August 2023
From: Features
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...
17 June 2023
From: Features
Landmark Information Group has partnered with payment processor Shieldpay. The partnership aims to provide faster and more transparent conveyancing payments. Shieldpay’s digital platform,...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A rival offer could be on the cards for Purplebricks. The online brand has revealed that it has received an indicative proposal...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Property recruitment firm the deverellsmith group has acquired the entire issued share capital of Daisy Chain. The transaction will see Louse Deverell-Smith’s...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Landmark Information Group has unveiled a series of open, accessible and standardised digital hubs that aim to connect parts of the...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A claims management company has criticised a long-awaited document released by the Property Care Association (PCA) on the use of the...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Land Registry analysis tool provider Veya has announced a partnership with home buying and selling platform adoor to help speed-up sales. Clients...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has confirmed that it has been in discussions with online agency rival Strike regarding a potential takeover offer. As reported by...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has lost its DNA, its chief executive has warned. It comes as the company published its first annual results under new...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Property professionals have given their backing to the idea of a universal digital identity for buyers and sellers to speed up...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A new instant messaging platform has been launched that aims to change the way estate agents manage communications with customers and...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...
04 February 2023
From: Features
OnTheMarket (OTM) has rebuffed a surprise approach from a non-shareholder in the business to overhaul the brand and let him join...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A plethora of property professionals are ending the year with new jobs. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...
14 December 2022
From: Features
As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...
10 December 2022
From: Features
As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...
03 December 2022
From: Features
The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Activist investor Lecram Holdings has used its new 5.16% stake in Purplebricks to call for the beleaguered online agent to remove...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...
05 November 2022
From: Features
Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...
29 October 2022
From: Features
A surveyors’ trade body has retracted guidance that previously claimed homes with spray foam loft insulation could be impossible to sell. The Residential Property...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...
17 September 2022
From: Features
As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...
03 August 2022
From: Features
As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...
29 July 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...
02 July 2022
From: Features
Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...
02 July 2022
From: Features
There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...
25 June 2022
From: Features
The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...
18 June 2022
From: Features
Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...
11 June 2022
From: Features
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...
30 April 2022
From: Features
I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...
30 April 2022
From: Features
In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...
23 April 2022
From: Features
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...
12 March 2022
From: Features
‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...
19 February 2022
From: Features
In this weekend feature, inventory expert and chair of the AIIC, Daniel Evans, sets out what a really good inventory should...
29 January 2022
From: Features
22 January 2022
From: Features
The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...
22 January 2022
From: Features
Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features
Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...
27 November 2021
From: Features
We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features
The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features
A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....
25 September 2021
From: Features
Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features
In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...
03 April 2021
From: Features
There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Countrywide shareholders have overwhelmingly backed the offer by Connells to buy the company. At a special virtual AGM today 99.58 per cent...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features
A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Connells has this morning made a dramatic improvement in its bid to takeover Countrywide. It has increased its cash offer from 250p...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...
05 December 2020
From: Features
Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...
21 November 2020
From: Features
Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...
14 November 2020
From: Features
We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...