In-depth stories that look at the nuts and bolts of the industry.
- Written by: Mark Wright
Some top tips for saving for a deposit If you’re a first-time buyer - or even if you’re taking the next step up the property ladder and just need to boost your current equity and savings – you might be ...
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- Written by: Beth Rudolf
As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how we might adapt to a potentially different property market particularly in terms of transaction levels, and what this might ...
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- Written by: Mark Lawrinson
With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage products, homeowners whose contracts are coming to an end and first-time buyers are looking to seek advice. Average house ...
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- Written by: Beth Rudolf
As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m not sure anyone working in the property market will reflect on the middle of the year as being ‘halcyon ...
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- Written by: Nat Daniels
In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back and forth swirling around between agents and conveyancers over who is to blame for delays and hold-ups - this ...
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- Written by: Eddie Goldsmith
Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes of conveyancing - various solutions have been touted, including agents being told to collaborate more with conveyancers or else think ...
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- Written by: Beth Rudolf
The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years, and no doubt will continue to do so in the future. However, from what was sometimes a feeling of ...
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- Written by: Eddie Goldsmith
There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now a typical transaction time (longer with leaseholds or unusual titles), but I have rarely seen such vitriol in the ...
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- Written by: EAT & LAT Team
The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision Officer for law firm Taylor Rose MW, offers his insight on how those in the sector can best navigate ...
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- Written by: Colin Shairp
There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next generation. But when we already worry about the amount of national debt that the next generation will have to ...
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- Written by: Nat Daniels
The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage, with too much tit for tat about who is to blame for delays, fall-throughs and other issues. It might ...
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- Written by: Lloyd Davies
The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in my opinion, inflammatory nonsense. Trigger happy doom-mongering could damage the housing market and therefore the UK economy. Lloyd, Chairman ...
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- Written by: Beth Rudolf
If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there are a lot of books called ‘The Art of Collaboration’, which leads me to think original ideas are increasingly ...
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- Written by: Eddie Goldsmith
I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers together on one platform to talk through how they could work better together for the benefit of their lay ...
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- Written by: Eddie Goldsmith
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe will come back in vogue. Well, I'm not sure about those green flares I have with yellow stars, but what ...
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- Written by: Adrian Gill
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for residents all over the UK, coupled with low wage growth, increasing rents, and rising house prices in the market ...
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- Written by: Chris Mason
In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1. To reduce costs 2. To free up ...
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- Written by: Eddie Goldsmith
Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about how a billion pound industry can continue to survive and prosper when the satisfaction level recorded by consumers of the ...
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- Written by: EAT & LAT Team
In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter of a million homes in the UK now having one. There is a vibrant and competitive market for logbooks ...
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- Written by: Beth Rudolf
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much an ongoing issue to be dealt with too. One that all stakeholders have to be on top of, in ...
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