Property transaction delays

Delays in property transactions are all too common, and they’re usually caused by one thing: not hav...

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Auctions ‘upfront information’ initiative rolled out for estate agents

Datarooms, which have 'transformed' the auctions process over the past 17 years or so, are...

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Winter Property Surveys: What Your Estate Agent Won't Tell You

Stop booking property surveys for spring. If you want to know what you're really buying, winter is y...

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Is the Property Sector Ready for the Legal Turmoil of Commonhold Conversion?

As the UK government proposes a significant shift from leasehold to commonhold ownership, the move i...

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Digital Improvements or Digital Highway Robbery?

Something interesting happened during our latest IPSA livestream - we exposed how councils are using...

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CLADDING MATTERS: "Builders Don't See Ethics Are Part Of The Solution"

Ultra special day with our resident from Royal Artillery Quays, Stephen Day, a campaigner who has be...

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Sliding Scale Fee - The Holistic Remedy

Sliding Scale Fee - The Holistic Remedy.Deliberate inflation of the Asking Price - A pox (...

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Editor’s Podcast: Mortgage service levels have affected brokers in 2024 With Silas J. Lees

Interview: Carmen Reichman/FT Adviser with Silas J. Lees/WiggyWam

Mortgage lender service levels have been one of the biggest sources of frustration for adv...

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CLADDING MATTERS: "Sign For Safety! It’s the Earl’s Way Or We All Pay."

And some will pay more than others. Sorry to get political, however it's a mater of Nation...

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​IPSA Kind of Magic: "It's Not Only Whisky That Needs To Be Refined"

IPSA is The Association of Independent Personal Search Agents For discussion this week: re...

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"Cladding's Black Hole: Who Should Fill the Gap?" – A podcast!

Alongside serious fire risk, the cladding crisis has leaves a significant funding gap. Joi...

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The Power of Collaboration in Property Transactions: Why Estate Agents, Conveyancers, Solicitors, Mortgage Brokers, Buyers, and Sellers Must Work as a Team

Collaboration and teamwork make the journey easier for everyone!

The process of buying or selling a home is one of life's most significant events, yet it i...

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Reducing Burdens in Conveyancing

Conveyancing can be a lengthy process, often bogged down by a chain of delays and miscommu...

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Setting the foundations for effective data use in local government

In this blog post, we share the insights behind our approach to scaling data standards and an update...

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Adaptive funding: 8 ways to make funding effective in solving complex problems

Complex problems  Most of the problems that today’s governments are trying to address are complex. I...

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Taking a bold, innovative approach to tackle the digital and data recruitment challenge 

Digital and data roles are known to be difficult to fill, not only in government but in the wider se...

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Funding Service: why combining self-service with a human touch works best for grant teams 

What we mean by guided self-service  In the world of designing and launching new funds, guided self-...

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Design, delivery, and determinism: reflections on the SDinGov conference 2024 

Not quite the entire MHCLG contingent at the Service Design in Government conference, hosted in Edin...

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FTB Basics: mastering property micro-markets

So, you're taking your first steps into the world of home buying, exploring online listing...

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Breaking Free from the Paywalls: Why Mortgage Brokers, Financial Advisors, and Insurance Brokers Need a New Way to Generate Leads

THERE IS A BETTER WAY!

In the financial services industry, generating high-quality leads is the lifeblood of busi...

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Seismic change in the UK property industry is possible

The UK property industry has undergone significant changes with Rightmove becoming a domin...

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Navigating the Changing Landscape of the Property Industry: An Objective View

Since 2009, I've been a consultant to service suppliers in the property industry, includin...

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Ground-breaking - accurate - instant data to assist Estate Agents and IFAs

It's the middle of summer, and even though sunrise is still an hour away, I'm already half...

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Rocking the Status Quo in Estate Agency

Since the mid-90s, property portals haven't changed much. They're still using old tick-box...

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In estate agency, the most significant advancements come from the most unexpected places!

Some days change in an instant, they're truly inspiring. It started with a casual mention ...

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Estate Agents: don't fear your competition - control them!

In the competitive world of agency, agents often find themselves gripped by fear of their ...

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Understanding the dynamics and KPI stats is crucial for anyone looking to make a mark in estate agency

Recently, Simon Bradbury asked a great question on Twitter about potential home buyers mov...

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Property Portal Search: Accessibility & Inclusion

Guy, a contact on LinkedIn, asked a thought-provoking question on a previous LinkedIn...

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Why the Property Industry Needs a New Word: Help me Define it

The property industry is complex, with over 700 CRM systems feeding data to portals like R...

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A Discussion with AI on Zillow's Liquidation Decision

This morning, I engaged in a discussion with a machine learning system that attempted to j...

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