Optimus launches conveyancing partnership with moneysupermarket (IC)
All customers on the MoneySuperMarket website can now easily compare the best-rated conveyancers and property solicitors from Optimus’ panel and receive a fixed conveyancing quotation based on the information they […]
Yourkeys cuts conveyancing to 7 days (MS)
Tech firm Yourkeys has cut the conveyancing process down to seven days from offer to exchange of contracts.
High street big names to create ‘conveyancing powerhouse’ (LSG)
Two big high street names are in advanced talks to merge with an eye on the conveyancing market.
Cladding groups have joined together to ask the government once again to help fix the cladding crisis
The tragedy which cost the lives of so many of those who lived in Grenfell Tower now leaves hundreds of thousands of people trapped in homes that have dangerous cladding […]
10 housing ministers in 10 years: All you need to know
From Shapps to Pincher, with eight more in between!
Agents Beware: reports of cyberfraud phishing emails (EAT)
A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to con them into handing over business information including login […]
Welsh Government unveils plans to give tenants 12 months’ protection from eviction (PIE)
Tenants renting in Wales could be given a minimum of 12 months’ protection from eviction under a new Bill introduced yesterday.
Surge in buyer demand outstripping new instructions means more price rises on the way (PIE)
There are buyers galore – but new seller numbers are failing to keep up with demand, Rightmove is reporting this morning.
System which predicts property listings up before they happen ‘proves the concept’ in UK (PIE)
A system which claims to allow estate agents to predict new property listings before they happen says it has proved the concept with a UK agent.
Mansion Tax scrapped after PM vetoes the idea (EAT)
The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget.
New housing minister is announced as his predecessor is shown the revolving door (PIE)
The revolving door of housing ministers continued yesterday with the sacking of Esther McVey after just seven months in the role and the appointment of her successor, Christopher Pincher.
Nine in ten agents ‘rely on their own instincts’ to sniff out money laundering (PIE)
Almost six out of ten estate agents believe that money laundering is not a problem in their area – and almost nine in ten say it is enough to rely […]