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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...

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

A new estate agency dedicated to improving the house moving process has launched in the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire areas. Founded by James...

A customer from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)- brand Hunters Estate Agency this week completed the first Law Society licensed Digital...

Fraud poses a significant challenge for residential conveyancers, with criminals often attempting to exploit the transaction process for money laundering purposes. The...

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

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...

OneDome has unveiled a new express conveyancing service following a successful trial period. OneDome Conveyancing Premium Express aims to deliver a swift...

The conveyancing process has been highlighted as a key pain point among buyers in the property transaction process. Research by anti-money laundering...

In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...

OnTheMarket is to launch a six-part podcast series aimed at demystifying the home moving process for less experienced property seekers. It comes...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

The Able Agent, has launched a new sales progression course and qualification, designed to raise industry standards and put a spotlight...

Former LSL boss David Newnes has invested in legal technology startup Collaborative Conveyancing. The brand is currently developing artificial intelligence tools to...

OnTheMarket Software is to launch a new estate agency automation platform that will feature a sales progression tracker and Home Management...

Conveyancers have outlined ways they believe the property transaction process could be improved including shutting down or improving “dabblers” and getting...

Estate agents have seen a more muted start to the year for seller and buyer activity but there is concern about...

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...

What’s the difference between Centralised Ledger Technology and Decentralised Ledger Technology? Repeat after me; centralised and decentralised ledgers and Distributed Ledger Technology...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...

OnTheMarket is launching a new three-part television series on Channel 4 as part of its plans to boost consumer awareness of...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Zoopla has launched a Progression Portal for agents, promising real-time updates for 15 key milestones during the sales transaction process. Agents can...

Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

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

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

Rightmove is to try to help potential buyers get their finances in order much earlier in the transaction process, to reduce...

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions.  The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...

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

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

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

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

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

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

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

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

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

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

PropTech players behind a recent trial claim that use of Blockchain can cut a transaction time from a typical three months...

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

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...

When it comes to property, ‘Japanese knotweed’ are the two words most homeowners and prospective buyers do not want to hear.  With...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...

The Conveyancing Association has set out recommendations to end what it claims are significant delays and overcharging taking place within the...

Two initiatives appear to show efforts by the conveyancing industry to make its house transaction processes quicker and more appropriate to...