In an overheating housing market, can conveyancers, agents and clients protect themselves this growing threat?

When the dreaded call comes in that a sale has fallen through, the news is a double whammy for estate agents. Not only will they not get their commission, says Joanne Christie,…

Kate Faulkner says: “Confidence is waning. Brexit is starting not to influence the market, but to influence people’s confidence. As Christmas approaches, unless you have to, why would you move?”

A great deal of my consultancy work these days involves helping business owners to increase the value of their businesses prior to a sale in a few years’ time. Letting businesses used…

Landlords can, in extreme circumstances, forfeit long residential leases, leaving the owner homeless and the landlord with a valuable windfall. Property lawyer, Jeremy Stephen, considers a recent case.

Go back ten years, says Nelly Berova, agents would call or email their clients to move a deal forward. Now, we see a massive shift to a different method. As this shift…

Agents do suffer criticism and in some cases it may be justified. But the industry does self-police more effectively than some believe, as Joanne Christie found out.

Read Sheila Manchester's summary of the three keynote presentations made during the Negotiator Conference including from Sir Ivan Rogers.

Utility suppliers have become very interested in estate and letting agencies as a route to market, and for the agent, that can mean a new revenue stream and less moving hassle. Lisa…

As new HMO rules affect 100,000 homes, Richard Lambert, CEO of the NLA, says, “This is an unacceptable failing on the part of the MHCLG, which should have ensured all local authorities…