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In today's rapidly evolving property market, the focus on reducing transaction times for individual properties is at an all-time high. Various...

You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...

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

According to Landmark Information Group’s recent Insights Report, both sales and purchases have seen substantial increases in the time taken from...

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in securing a mortgage, it’s been claimed. Research from Market Financial...

A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...

More than a third of property sales fell through last year, with buyers to blame in most cases. A survey by QuickMoveNow...

Fall-throughs doubled in the first two weeks of October compared with a month before, analysis claims. Chain-breaking service UPSTIX, which conducted the...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

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

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

It’s been reported that Nested, an estate agency launched two years ago, has received a massive £120m cash injection from venture capitalists. Nested, which...

Breakdowns within property chains are the most common cause of fall throughs, according to a new study. Over the last ten years,...

Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Innovative London agency Nested has raised an additional £36m in funding - brining the total behind the company to almost £50m. Nested,...

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

Predicting ho­­w the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...