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02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of property sales registered with HMRC rose in July but remains below pre-pandemic levels, official data shows. HMRC property transactions...
02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
Property taxes in Scotland raised almost £640m over the past twelve months, according to analysis of the latest statistics by agency...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
In today's rapidly evolving property market, the focus on reducing transaction times for individual properties is at an all-time high. Various...
29 August 2024
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Estate agents working with international individuals can face a significant risk of encountering money laundering activities. The complex nature of cross-border...
24 August 2024
From: Features
Spicerhaart is reigniting its acquisition strategy with a multi-million pound investment in its estate agency and lettings businesses after posting a...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Chestertons Global has agreed a strategic collaboration with Romanian real estate agency Top Estate Team. Established in 2018, Top Estate Team has...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK has the slowest home moving timeline among 12 global nations, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly has analysed the average...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A cross-industry collaboration aims to showcase how working horizontally across key stages of the home-buying and selling journey can positively impact...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Homeowners are becoming more concerned about property fraud, research suggests. A freedom of information request has shown a 26% increase in the number...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The slump in housing market transactions is beginning to translate into a fall in the number of conveyancing companies. A study by...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has produced a strong ‘half year report’ to shareholders - but with an interesting take on how it’s operating in...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review. While waterside homes in...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Six out of the UK’s top 10 conveyancers are now aboard a new transactions platform that aims to speed up property...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s nothing more frustrating than losing a sale at the last minute due to details that could have been disclosed upfront....
07 August 2024
From: Features
New figures from Connells suggest the company remains Britain’s biggest estate agent, handling one in 10 transactions. And in its latest report...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Fewer sales than usual were registered by HMRC for June, official figures show. The latest property transactions statistics from the taxman - based on...
01 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents pocketed record amounts of fees from auction with iampropety during the second quarter, research suggests. It comes as iamproperty’s Online Auction...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
There is no doubt that the residential market in the UK slumped last year. Transactions were at around 1 million, whereas...
27 July 2024
From: Features
A vote of no-confidence in the Law Society over material information rules has failed. The Property Lawyers Action Group (PLAG), had arranged...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lack of cashflow is stopping agents from adopting technology to boost their business, it has been claimed. Proptech firm iamproperty recently...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...
20 July 2024
From: Features
Cash buyers accounted for the highest percentage of market activity seen in the past decade and, so far this year, they’ve...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A mixture of buyer reluctance to take on high mortgage rates, the availability of home loans and inefficiencies in the homebuying...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Proper implementation of material Information across the estate agency sector could reduce the amount of lost or delayed commission due to...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Extra paperwork, poorly-resourced solicitors and a lack of upfront material information have all been cited as factors contributing to delays in...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The General Election sparked an early summer slowdown for London’s prime housing market, research suggests. Analysis of the prime London housing market...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Residential sales have returned to more than 90% of their pre-pandemic average, Savills claims. It comes as the latest HMRC property transaction...
01 July 2024
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Zoopla owner Houseful has launched Movemnt, described as a national home transaction infrastructure for all property professionals. Movemnt joins the Houseful family...
19 June 2024
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Almost half of properties sold in prime central London (PCL) this year had a price reduction, research suggests. The latest data from...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, Savills claims. Research by the agency brand suggests the total value of...
17 June 2024
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The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country has launched an exclusive training event for its licensees featuring internationally renowned speaker, trainer, and coach, Josh Phegan. It...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Henry Adams is on the acquisition trail. The southern region-focused agency brand has said it is actively seeking acquisitions, joint ventures, and...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Vendors could boost the value of their property by around £13,000 on average by improving its energy efficiency, research suggests. Research by...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has extended its North London presence with the opening of a new office in fashionable Stoke Newington. This will be the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...
25 May 2024
From: Features
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £623m over the last twelve months according to analysis of the latest statistics by a leading...
25 May 2024
From: Features
Auction is gearing up for further growth with a traditional strong spring market anticipated off the back of a record-breaking quarter...
15 May 2024
From: Features
THE property sector has embraced technology and the enormous benefits that it can bring. Never was this more accurately demonstrated than during...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents and lettings agents have a legal obligation to protect themselves from money laundering and as such you must recognise...
13 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has kicked off an eight week marketing campaign to fend off the threat of OnTheMarket and to capitalise on the...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new guide to help conveyancers understand and utilise digital signatures, electronic signatures and e-signature...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Iamproperty service says it’s seen £450m of sales in the first three months of 2024 - a record quarterly figure. Between...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...
27 April 2024
From: Features
Homesearch is launching a new product designed to help agents convert past contacts into future instructions. The PropTech company says its Re:Contact...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has revealed that it has not renewed franchises on offices “where our standards were not being met and results were...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket president Jason Tebb has cautioned buyers against waiting for an interest rate cut and General Election before making a transaction...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...
13 April 2024
From: Features
In a recent panel discussion at The Guild of Property Professionals' conference I highlighted the pressing challenges faced by estate agents...
06 April 2024
From: Features
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market was put through a fairly gruelling...
30 March 2024
From: Features
Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The ripple effect of a property sale that falls through is, without exception, one of the most frustrating and disappointing events...
20 March 2024
From: Features
Average sold prices in prime London have returned to 2014 levels, research suggests. The latest market data from LonRes shows the prime...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Spring Budget last Wednesday rounded out to be mostly a disappointment for the property industry, but it was also perhaps...
16 March 2024
From: Features
Last year was not one for the faint hearted. Now, at last, the market appears to be experiencing a gradual uptick. Recent...
16 March 2024
From: Features
As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...
16 March 2024
From: Features
The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...
13 March 2024
From: Features
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the evolution of Estate Agency Software. For a long...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...
09 March 2024
From: Features
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...
02 March 2024
From: Features
Mortgage approvals increased for the fourth consecutive month in a row during January but that hasn’t fed into official sales yet, data...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...
24 February 2024
From: Features
It’s taking an average of 17.61 weeks to sell a property across Greater London, with some parts taking up to 147 days on...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...
17 February 2024
From: Features
Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of properties going under offer and new instructions are on the rise but this has yet to translate into...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average house prices fell 1.4% during 2023, Land Registry data has revealed. The latest Land Registry House Price Index for December 2023...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...
07 February 2024
From: Features
Client compliance platform Thirdfort has launched its updated Secure share product to help estate agents boost referrals through the secure sharing...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Property sales fell for the fourth consecutive month in December and ended the year at 1.02m, HMRC data suggests. The latest property...
01 February 2024
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Estate agents sold a record-breaking number of properties via online auction in 2023, research suggests. The latest Online Auction Index from iamproperty...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Fall-throughs are costing estate agents an estimated £63m purely based on the cost of having to remarket a property and host...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023, TwentyCi claims. The property data firm highlights that house...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law 2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...
20 January 2024
From: Features
Prime London prices fell 6% annually over 2023 but remain higher over the long term, LonRes claims. Analysis by the data company...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Fintech firm Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an associate member. The brand provides systems and...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...
13 January 2024
From: Features
Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...
06 January 2024
From: Features
Fall-throughs are estimated to have cost UK buyers and sellers £270m during the third of last year, research suggests. It marks the...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Legal infrastructure provider CTS has managed to restore its services after a cyber-attack halted its conveyancing tools and delayed transactions at...