Unprecedented cross-industry open letter warns Rishi Sunak of dangers should he insist on March 31st stamp duty holiday cut-off.

Property search firm claims too many agents and home movers don't realise the urgency of the situation despite the cut-off date being five months away.

The biggest names in conveyancing have issued a joint statement warning agents that ongoing problems with sales progression are unlikely to ease soon.

Organised by the Home Buying and Selling Group, the pledge is designed to introduce much more transparency into the way estate agents and other players operate.

Agents and conveyancers are worried that system is beginning to creak as record numbers of sales put sales progression under huge pressure.

Reservation agreements may be a way forward for providing home buyers and sellers with more certainty, says a leading residential property law specialist at Gordon Brown Law Firm LLP (GBLF).

Field trials of a binding standard reservation form to be signed by both buyers and sellers have been announced the housing minister Heather Wheeler

Conveyancers have called on managing agents to provide them with Leasehold Property Enquiries data within 10 working days and for no more than £300.