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

Industry bodies are seeking agent views on material information rules. Propertymark, together with TDS, The Guild of Property Professionals, Property Redress Scheme,...

The UK sales and lettings markets are in a state of flux, but an upcoming webinar from Reapit, the leading technology...

Homeowners in ESPC’s core territories (Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders) are not aware of the full extent of the...

Homebuyers are spending an average of £51,784 to move home in the current market, although this climbs as high as £86,000...

North East estate agent Dowen has returned to Zoopla in a bid to ramp up its plans for growth in 2024...

Anyone who has ever bought or sold a house, knows the frustration and disappointment when a sale falls through. The excitement of...

In the fast-paced world of property, staying top-of-mind with your clients is crucial. And what better way to do this than...

Around one in 10 buyers who failed to get a survey on a property purchase have gone on to find issues...

Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

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

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...

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

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

Average house prices fell annually for the second consecutive month during October, Land Registry figures show. The data may only reflect activity...

Falling Stamp Duty and survey fees have pushed down the cost of moving. Comparison website reallymoving analyses the cost of moving home...

As the Governor, Andrew Bailey, announces his plans to install heat pumps at the Bank of England, we are increasingly hearing...

House prices are falling at their fastest rate in 12 years, dropping £7,500 on average over the past 12 months, according...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Proptech firm iamproperty has reported 40% growth in its partner agent network over the past 12 months. It now works with more...

Salisbury-based agency brand Whites is celebrating a staff member who has reached 35 years of working for the company. Glenda Privett joined...

Vendors are increasingly shifting the goalposts on a sale at the final moment, a buying agent has warned. The strong sellers’ market...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

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

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

For agents who take full advantage of new developments in technology in 2023, it’s a chance for them to move ahead...

Estate agents have seen a more muted start to the year for seller and buyer activity but there is concern about...

Agents and property professionals have kicked off the year by supporting a range of causes. Whatever the cause you are working for,...

A new ‘zero spend’ property portal is seeking agents to help with its development ahead of a full launch next year. The...

Property sales are being put at risk by failure to tackle infestations of bamboo, according to new warnings. Invasive plant removal firm...

Regional agent Redbrik is celebrating a string of successes as it approaches its 10-year anniversary in January. The South Yorkshire and North...

Proptech firm iamproperty has reached a new milestone as it reveals its partner agent network has hit 5,000 firms. The milestone represents...

The number of property sales falling through has increased for the first time since the height of the pandemic market boom...

Homebuyers are deterred from moving again and using the same estate agent due to the stress and increasing length of time...

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...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

WhatsApp is being predicted to become a key messaging tool for estate agents in the coming years. Messaging provider SMS Speedway analysed...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Surveyors have revealed the key issues coming up in reports that could stifle sales or reduce offers. The most common issues over...

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

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

A director of Essex estate agency Beresfords has announced his retirement after 40 years with the company - and after being...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

LSL Property Services, which owns YourMove and Reeds Rains amongst other industry brands, has created an employee forum to help increase...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

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

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its new Home Survey Standard will be implemented from March and will represent a...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

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

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

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

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...

One of the most prominent companies involved in identifying and treating Japanese Knotweed has recruited a new member of the team...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...