Conveyancers are currently working in the eye of the storm. They are facing unprecedented volumes of work due to the SDLT ‘holiday’ combined with the pressures and uncertainty of working…
A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’ by the estate agent from the start of the…
Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital platform Gazeal which has made the calculation by…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the launch of a new £7.1bn National Home Building Fund. Sunak revealed the Fund in today’s Spending Review, as part of a new ‘national infrastructure…
Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, according to Gazeal. The digital platform, which provides Buyer Information…
It often surprises people how long it actually takes to sell a home. In fact, on average in the UK, according to our friends at The Advisory it takes 210 days from the day of marketing to the day of moving. That time frame is further lengthened if we are in slow market or uncertain economic times. And with all that time, comes a lot of stress and chance of the sale falling through.
1. What happens normally in a property transaction? Typically a house move involves a large number of businesses all working together to assist the two parties selling and buying. These two…
Home moving is stressful at the best of times, so without doubt, the current lockdown and social distancing measures brought on by COVID-19 are making things even trickier. In this article…
If you would rather watch than read this article CLICK HERE. This really is the million dollar question right now. There are multiple different sources of news and economists predicting a…