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The UK has the slowest home moving timeline among 12 global nations, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly has analysed the average...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has launched a strategic partnership with a legal technology firm that aims to transform the way properties are sold. The...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Moverly’s upfront information services have been integrated with technology platform Reapit. Agents using Reapit can now access Moverly's comprehensive material information solution,...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Proper implementation of material Information across the estate agency sector could reduce the amount of lost or delayed commission due to...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A survey of over 11,000 buyers suggests overwhelming support for more upfront information to be supplied by agents to buyers. Disclosing upfront...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
More than 370,000 home movers could waste their summer stuck in a state of conveyancing limbo, it has been warned. It comes...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Anyone who has ever bought or sold a house, knows the frustration and disappointment when a sale falls through. The excitement of...
01 June 2024
From: Features
Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Chain-free homes are commanding an asking price premium of 3.9% compared with other homes, rising to a premium of 7.2% in...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...
27 April 2024
From: Features
The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...
13 April 2024
From: Features
Fall-throughs are costing home sellers an estimated £909m a year, according to new analysis. Upfront information provider Home Sale Pack has analysed...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm Moverly has partnered with Zoopla-backed Alto to intergrate its material information tools into the CRM. Upfront information platform Moverly said...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK timeframe for selling a property has been branded as “embarrassing.” New research shows the UK ranks as the slowest country...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...
07 February 2024
From: Features
A new upfront information provider has launched, promising to shorten the homebuying and conveyancing process. Home Sale Pack has said it will...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
HOP (the Home Owner’s Passport) has released its upgraded material information report to support agents with Trading Standards compliance. The list of...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Fall-throughs are costing estate agents an estimated £63m purely based on the cost of having to remarket a property and host...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Fall-throughs are estimated to have cost UK buyers and sellers £270m during the third of last year, research suggests. It marks the...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents should be more picky about their listings during 2024 and focus on sellers that will help speed up sales by...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Consumer willingness to pay to speed up transaction timeframes is on the rise, research suggests. A survey by iamproperty has found 88%...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
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Home-moving platform MoveReady has launched a new game to raise awareness of new material information rules and help agents, buyers and...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The majority of agents back parts B and C of material information rules but more guidance is needed on where to...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the first lender to sign up to the Open Property Data (OPDA) Association. Additionally, the bank’s...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Two new companies have joined the Residential Logbook Association’s (RLBA)integration programme. Home move tracking platform adoor has integrated with the RLBA register...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The size of the UK property auction house market hit the highest point in a decade in 2022, approaching half a...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are supportive of new rules on upfront material information but there is concern about the administrative burden. While the industry awaits...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices may be cooling but some local markets are actually heating up with property values increasing by up to 10%,...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Cooling market conditions and the higher cost of borrowing have resulted in one property market silver lining, Moverly claims. The upfront information...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has produced a first specification for a ‘Digital Deed Pack’ that can be used for any...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers should be persuaded to make use of upfront information packs in the same way Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have been...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Parts B and C of Material Information guidance are on the horizon and expected to come into play this autumn. I caught...
15 July 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
Coadjute has launched a Digital Property Data Pack service for its users. The pack is designed to cover the requirements of the...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost two-thirds of home sellers who have sold a home within the past year experienced delays when doing so, research reveals. A...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
Increasing numbers of sellers are turning to auction rooms to combat the cooling housing market conditions, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Fall throughs are estimated to have cost UK estate agents £1.27bn in 2022, new research suggest. Upfront information provider Moverly looked at...
20 June 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
A property data firm claims to have evidence showing agents who fail to provide upfront information are more likely to suffer...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Homebuyers in Bolton are waiting as long as 21 weeks for local authority searches new research shows. Analysis by upfront information pack...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing software provider Smoove’s flagship agency product has been “paused.” Smoove Start was launched last year, providing a platform for agents to...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...
08 April 2023
From: Features
The long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules will still be introduced but most probably in a different form, it has...
05 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
Conveyancing company AVRillo has pledged to further reduce transaction times after scooping a top innovation award. The conveyancer brand picked up the...
27 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
Agents are being encouraged to get involved in National Conveyancing Week. The awareness week will start on 20 March and features a...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Industry analyst and and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner, has called for the Government to stop agents being...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Only 11% of property businesses including estate agencies increased staff pay last year, a new report officially launched next week claims. Property...
06 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
Conveyancers have outlined ways they believe the property transaction process could be improved including shutting down or improving “dabblers” and getting...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
17 December 2022
From: Features
Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...
07 December 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
Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...
02 November 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
With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...
22 October 2022
From: Features
For the third year running, mio, tmgroup and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) are inviting property professionals to share their successes and...
12 October 2022
From: Features
Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...
10 September 2022
From: Features
The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...
20 August 2022
From: Features
PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...
06 August 2022
From: Features
The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...
30 July 2022
From: Features
There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...
23 July 2022
From: Features
Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Industry veteran Bryan Mansell has questioned why the property sector has allowed transaction times to slow to record levels. It comes as...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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
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
Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has suggested the material listings rules should be...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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
A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...
11 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...