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Now that a new government has been elected and interest rates appear to be on their way down, many buyers who...

SINCE the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any – grey belt....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Halliwell and my VMC business card says “Executive...

Complete guidance on Material Information parts A, B and C has been live in the property industry since last November. While...

More than 370,000 home movers could waste their summer stuck in a state of conveyancing limbo, it has been warned. It comes...

Artificial Intelligence will not be taking over people’s jobs any time soon, as machine learning is trainable only with human input.  The...

I bought a bar of chocolate today, I shouldn’t have done it but the weather was grey and I was in...

Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...

If you saw our recent article, you’ll know that one in five (19.24%) ValPal leads generated via Facebook ads actually went...

A quarter of sellers have been gazundered in the past 12 months, research has revealed. Analysis by quick-buy firm Open Property Group,...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

Like millions of others, I watched in open-mouthed astonishment as details emerged about the Post Office scandal. I knew a little bit about...

The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

By Alan Siggins, indoor ventilation expert and Managing Director of Airflow. Whilst the UK’s focus on Net Zero and green efforts may...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

In his latest column, Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, explains how those working in the sector can beat the...

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

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

Just because you don’t live in London - and of course the vast majority of people don’t - doesn’t mean you’ve...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Hamptons: Agency brand Hamptons has announced it...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

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

Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

Viewing ‘time wasters’ and the long conveyancing process have been identified among the main frustrations among vendors when selling a property. It...

Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

Reapit has acquired agency software provider Inspect Real Estate (IRE). The service, already used by more than 3,000 real estate customers to...

Almost a third of UK home sellers are being gazundered by their buyers, many of whom are seeing their potential buyer...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

The rising price of fuel and the wider cost of living crisis are causing significant concern and stress for UK homeowners...

We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...

Portico Estate Agents is set to unveil a new sustainable office at its Fulham branch in London next week. It forms part...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...

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

An estate agent has kicked off a bid for Christmas number one with a World Cup-inspired song. Ealing-based estate agent Marco Helliwell,...

As a signage company we know we have a serious responsibility to the environment to ensure our industry’s future and we...

Letting agents and landlords who know how to avoid deposit disputes at the end of a tenancy can save time, money,...

A buyers’ market, and a more challenging time for buyers and sellers, could be on the cards as a result of...

A land agent has called for the planning process to be privatised as it hits out at the Government’s focus on...

Agency-backed risk management platform Thirdfort has received awarded B Corporation status. The certification recognises Thirdfort’s commiutment to goals outside of shareholder profit...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, not to mention the uncertainty of a post-Covid economy, real estate businesses across the UK don’t have...

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

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...

Homebuyers are deterred from moving again and using the same estate agent due to the stress and increasing length of time...

A typical comment accompanying news of the UK heatwave is that our homes are not built for 40-degree heat. Many residential homes...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...

A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Buyer issues have been cited as the main cause of fall-throughs, according to new research. A survey of more than 940 agents,...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

The government has insisted it is still committed to introducing agency qualifications and minimum standards in the sector. It is almost three...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

A Russian billionaire says he no longer owns many of his former properties in the UK, raising question marks over the...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...

The OneDome group websites - OneDome itself and nethouseprices - are launching their largest ever advertising campaign. It will target buyers and...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

Agents have told Housing Secretary Michael Gove that his Levelling Up agenda needs to include positive efforts to bring hundreds of...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

Data, when used to its full potential, holds the key to the property market’s growth. The reason for this is the...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Compliance check list - are you New Year ready? The start of a new year is a great time for estate agents...

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

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...