In recent years, technology has profoundly changed our businesses and our everyday lives. We have all developed a greater reliance on portable technology, accessing much-needed data within an instant. Consequentially, property software…

Christopher Hamer, The Property Ombudsman.

Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The question is, will the great news on Stamp Duty deliver more sellers?”

Over the years, I have received a number of complaints about agents, often instructed on a tenant find only basis, who have not forwarded the tenant’s deposit to the landlord, as they…

Twenty years ago, most estate agents – apart from chartered surveyors – were unqualified. They joined an office straight from school and learned on the job. Then, in 2007 the National Federation…

I OFTEN ASK ESTATE AGENTS what a conveyancer can do to help them and the answer is usually the same – answer the phone, return their calls, give updates and get the job…

The Building Futures Group, (previously Asset Skills, CSSA and FMA), already a key training provider for the property and housing sector, works in consultation with employers to offer a successful property apprenticeships…

A number of queries have been referred to my office in recent months by landlords, with the unfortunate situation that their tenant had died during the tenancy. As landlords they were unsure…