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EVER since Rishi Sunak stood in the rain and effectively announced he’d soon be moving house, Labour have been saying the...

Street.co.uk has added new fields directly into its property records to help agents stay compliant following the new material information guidance. It...

In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance. There are 21...

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

Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...

Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

Whether you realise it or not, APIs have helped make your day possible.  Reflect on everything you’ve done today online. On your...

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

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

Property seekers can now search for a home through OnTheMarket based on “accessible features.” The portal has introduced a new “accessible features”...

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

Tenants are becoming more discerning – not just about the properties they choose to rent but who they rent from too. With...

Energy efficiency, gardens and garages as well as speedy sales are top of buyer’s wishlists, Zoopla claims. The portal has published the...

Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....

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

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...

Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...

Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

A Midlands property firm has quit its city centre premises after 25 years and says the pandemic has proved it can...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

An estate agent has been sacked after being identified as one of two people accosting England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty. A...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

Two agencies have announced the opening of offices in out-of-town-centre locations with easy parking. In Loughborough, well-known local agency Andrew Granger &...

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...

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

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...

As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

An estate agency has started a petition to get bollards erected outside its branch after two accidents, in each of which...

Only two weeks into the new year and we’re already in full swing with a wide range of fund-raising - well...

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

New research has identified homebuyers' top 20 'must-have' features that would encourage them to purchase a seller's property. According to the survey...

A London council has issued 49 fines to estate and letting agents in the first two months of a crackdown that...

A number of local authorities are now serving £100 or £120 fixed penalty notices on estate agents who display For Sale...

One of Britain’s best known housing innovators says he may just have found one way of helping overcome the UK’s shortage...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

The National Association of Estate Agents report has batted away an idea which has been resuscitated by the insurance industry, suggesting...

Haart has apologised over what it calls the “completely unacceptable” parking of one of its cars which blocked in a care worker’s...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following two unrelated complaints - one was over an agent’s property description, and the...

It’s been hot, hot, hot this week - but that's not deterred many in our industry from helping those in need...

The old and eternal debate over whether or not tenant fees should be banned continues to rumble on. It’s a major concern...

An estate agency in Cornwall has opened on the site of a former filling station and allows people to drive up,...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

The huge publicity surrounding the high prices of parking bays that have been sold in some parts of prime central London...