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Six out of the UK’s top 10 conveyancers are now aboard a new transactions platform that aims to speed up property...

A consumer group and a removals firm claims to have identified the busiest day of the year for house moves -...

So it’s a Labour landslide but it’s not like 1997. I remember the last time as if it were yesterday. May 1st, 1997....

Zoopla owner Houseful has launched Movemnt, described as a national home transaction infrastructure for all property professionals.  Movemnt joins the Houseful family...

Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event.  The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...

Higher agency fees and the end of pandemic support boosted Zoopla’s revenue in 2022. The portal’s annual accounts for the year to...

OnTheMarket Software has announced an integration with digital ID and source of funds provider Thirdfort. The digital ID, anti-money laundering and source...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The Government’s First Homes Scheme is set to be the first state-backed initiative to use digital property logbooks. It comes after a...

When moving abroad, many people weigh up the pros and cons of renting or purchasing their own property.  In its new survey,...

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

Forget sales skills or an ability to keep track of countless numbers of keys and alarm codes, a senior industry trainer...

The boss of new Purplebricks owner Strike has said he has “exciting plans” for the brands. It comes as Strike was officially...

One of the most valuable, most successful and most recognisable brands worldwide is Coca-Cola. And we have all wondered, at least...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has been slammed for “unhelpful” comments about abolishing leasehold after it emerged that there may not be...

Eight agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme during the first quarter of 2023 including collapsed online brand Doorsteps for...

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

First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases as cut-off-point approaches for the housing support scheme. To be eligible for an...

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

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...

Housebuilder Persimmon has signed a multi-year software contract with Zoopla. It follows the launch of Zoopla for Housebuilders in July, a new...

Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...

One of the biggest frustrations people have with the home buying and selling process is the amount of time it takes...

The market is a long way off crashing but sellers are becoming more realistic, a senior agent has claimed. It comes as...

It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...

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

Propertymark Qualifications has added two industry veterans to its board. Jan Hytch, residential and operations partner for Arnold Keys and Katie Griffin,...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

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

First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...

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

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...

The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given a ringing endorsement to home ownership as a central part of the government’s levelling up...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

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

Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...

A new appeal has been launched to discover what happened to missing London agent Suzy Lamplugh. She disappeared in July 1986, aged 25....

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

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

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

The letting industry has come a long way over the past few years, embracing regulation and taking pride in doing good...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

One of the few agents anywhere in the British Isles who has returned to something like normal working has revealed new...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.  The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...