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Shortly after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act was granted Royal Assent in May, we surveyed members of the Association of...

We welcome the thrust of the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement this week on planning reform.  In particular, we support the return of...

What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...

On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...

Given the rise of conveyancing fraud, client compliance platform Thirdfort is urging conveyancers, lawyers and estate agents to offer more secure...

Letting agents are more confident in technology than ever before and a large majority believe that investing in automation is more...

In what are some of the biggest changes to the residential leasehold sector in the last 21 years since the Commonhold...

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was the final piece of legislation to pass before Parliament closed ahead of the General...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...

The world of PR can feel like a crowded marketplace, where shouting your message the loudest doesn't guarantee anyone hears it....

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured agreements from eight freeholders to remove “problematic ground rent” terms from leases. The competition...

Complete ASAP has launched a new package to help agents provide material information on listings. Agents already using the Complete or Instruct...

The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

London based presenter and property expert Elizabeth Warburton has partnered with Fine & Country as one of the hosts of the...

Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law   2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss their series of ground-breaking innovations announced at their annual...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

Leasehold campaigners are urging anyone responding to the Government’s consultation on ground rents reform to boycott all options but capping them...

Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...

The Government has outlined five proposals to reduce ground rents for existing leaseholders as its latest attempt to reform the sector...

Estate agency insolvencies have increased by 11% over the past 12 months, research suggests. Analysis by audit and accountancy firm Mazars found...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

Propertymark has given its backing to commitments from the Housing Minister on the long-awaited next steps of leasehold reform. Timothy Douglas, head...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

Agency software provider Alto has launched a new way for users to keep track about its latest product developments.  The Zoopla-backed cloud-based...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

An artificial intelligence-powered property due diligence platform that is popular in the commercial market has raised £7.5m to help expand into...

Real estate consultants SHW is advising leaseholders not to wait to extend their lease. The call follows the start of the Government’s...

Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a new survey module for its movebutler sales progression platform. The new module encourages surveys as early...

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has signalled that legislation to allow for further leasehold reform will be included in the next parliamentary...

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

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...

We spent some time with Lucy Noonan, Founder and CEO of Atomic Consultancy, to pick her brains about the many moving...

Around one-third of properties on the portals are ‘fake listings,’ it has been claimed. Industry analyst Charlie Lamdin, founder of estate agency...

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

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

A parliamentary petition calling for ground rent charges to be extended to existing leases has reached the required number of signatures...

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

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

Proptech firm iamproperty has surpassed £1bn of sales using the Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) in the past 12 months. Its iamsold...

Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...

New rules on leasehold homes came in this week, banning ground rents on new leases but a property expert warns this...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

A property specialist is warning about “modern day ambulance chasers” who try to convince buyers they have paid too much stamp duty.  “An increasing...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

The government has released details of a new property tax. It’s the Residential Property Developer Tax, first announced at the start of...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero...

A leasehold group has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher pressing for an update on the government’s approach to reform for...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...

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

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the  transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...

The long-awaited proposals for leasehold reform produced by the Law Commission suggests giving owners the right to extend their lease for...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a 135 page document giving explicit details of its latest agency cartel investigation. This includes...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

The troubled London agency Foxtons says its fleet of branded Minis will go electric - but it has generously set itself...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...

A story from America caught my eye this week. It’s about a company called Curbio partnering with another called The Keyes...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

A retirement development specialist is warning buyers on such schemes to beware unexpected clauses or restrictions which they may not have...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

A firm supporting leaseholders across the UK says the ongoing Competition and Markets Authority probe should “punish” what it calls “rip off...