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Will requiring estate agents to be professionally qualified improve the market? No, says think tank (PIE)

It is no surprise that plans requiring estate agents to hold professional qualifications in future have gone down well with the National Association of Estate Agents.

Rob Hailstone April 12, 2018

Agents report deepening housing market gloom as buyer enquiries fall for 12th consecutive month (PIE)

Buyer demand has now fallen continuously for a full year, estate agents who are members of RICS have reported.

Rob Hailstone April 12, 2018

Purplebricks tells Government to go further in reforms and compel high street agents to publish fees (PIE)

Purplebricks has called on the Government to go further in its proposals to clamp down on the industry by requiring agents to publish their commission rates.

Rob Hailstone April 11, 2018

Home sellers should be forced to provide upfront information, says trade body (LSG)

A trade body for conveyancers says it would liked to have seen the government require sellers to provide vital information prior to their property being viewed in order to improve

Rob Hailstone April 11, 2018

HomeOwners Alliance challenged to display its own referral fees on website (PIE)

The HomeOwners Alliance has been embroiled in a public dispute on Twitter after the Government announced that estate agents must in future disclose referral fees.

Rob Hailstone April 10, 2018

Conveyancing: dual representation off the table (LSG)

Buyers and sellers will not be encouraged to use the same conveyancer as part of the government’s plans to fix what it considers to be a ‘broken housing market.

Rob Hailstone April 10, 2018

Government targets referral fee transparency and conveyancers publishing performance data (LF)

Estate agents will need to be more transparent over referral fees they receive from lawyers, while conveyancers will have to publish performance data, the government has decreed.

Rob Hailstone April 9, 2018

Government to professionalise the estate agent market

New measures will be introduced to professionalise the estate agent market, driving up standards and bringing an end to ‘rogue managing agents’.

Rob Hailstone April 8, 2018

Government accused of lack of clarity over anti-money laundering rules (EAT)

A technology company is accusing the government of leaving agents and other property professionals with “a lack of clarity” about exactly what new anti-money laundering requirements mean.

Rob Hailstone April 6, 2018

FCA warn of cloned property investment firm (TC)

Legitimate firm, Castlebrook Properties Ltd. has been copied by fraudsters, who have set up a copycat firm under the same name.

Rob Hailstone April 6, 2018

First-ever mortgage with digital signature is lodged at Land Registry (EAT)

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London.

Rob Hailstone April 5, 2018

Blockchain conveyancer uses AI to put online auctions “beyond manipulation” (LF)

An online property sales platform that uses the blockchain to record property transactions has adopted artificial intelligence (AI) technology in its auction process, in the hope of boosting trust by

Rob Hailstone April 5, 2018