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HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

A poll of surveyors shows strong support for the idea of pre-sale surveys. When asked whether the new Government should introduce mandatory...

It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...

A mixture of buyer reluctance to take on high mortgage rates, the availability of home loans and inefficiencies in the homebuying...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will have the removal vans booked this morning after the General Election result. Sir Keir is set...

Shared ownership and alternative homebuying portal Share to Buy has doubled its team in the past six months, marking significant growth...

The task of obtaining material information is more difficult than it appears for estate agents, Rightmove has warned. The portal revealed in...

Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...

A survey of homebuyers has found overwhelming support for a legal ban on gazumping. A mortgage lender - MFS - spoke with...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

OneDome has launched a new advertising campaign along the theme of  '#PaperbagorOneDome'.  The campaign will feature mini campaigns that aim to humorously...

Northern Ireland property portal Propertynews.com has launched a bespoke artificial intelligence assistant to improve the homebuying process for both buyers and...

The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), committing to help speed up...

OneDome is expanding its flagship product HomeBuyer Service to include surveying.  The property platform said it now provides a full suite of...

Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...

A new upfront information provider has launched, promising to shorten the homebuying and conveyancing process. Home Sale Pack has said it will...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

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

OneDome has launched a new service tailored to benefit prospective buyers and sellers. The homebuying platform has launched Premier Agent, an invitation...

Many first-time buyers are unaware of the upfront costs they need to budget for before applying for a mortgage and purchasing...

A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...

A new analysis of the housing market has assessed 50 cities in the UK to establish which is best for first...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

The OneDome Group has launched a competition to pay a mortgage borrower’s home loan for a year - and agents are...

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

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

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

First-time buyers are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok for homebuying advice and guidance. A survey of first-time buyers aged 18...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

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

Challenger portal and homebuying support platform OneDome has acquired broker CMME Mortgage and Protection from the private equity-backed CMME Group. CMME Mortgage...

The Scottish Government’s Budget this week is being described as an opportunity to help homebuyers and to make the country an...

The Land Registry has taken what it describes as a major step to fulfilling its automation ambitions. Applications submitted to HM Land...

One of the UK’s largest building societies is urging the government to provide more homebuying support as research warns of a...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

The Government is being urged to take the lead on homebuying reform as conveyancers warn that recruitment issues and lawyer burn-out...

The choice of mortgage products for borrowers dropped by almost half during September, new figures show. Thousands of mortgages were withdrawn and...

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

First-time buyers are set to wait up to two years longer to get on the property ladder due to the cost...

Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

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

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

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

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

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

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

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

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

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

A property platform claims the current pipeline stock is so large that the average UK agency branch is waiting on £105,000...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

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

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

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

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

love2move, the digital platform that allows High Street agents to operate parallel online agencies alongside their traditional offerings, is holding a...

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it wants to simplify the system of surveys by scrapping the three current options...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

As a service provider to both Estate Agents and Conveyancing Solicitors from one platform, ETSOS sits in a fairly unique position...