Conveyancers blame system, not themselves, for property transaction delays
Conveyancers make several recommendations aimed at speeding up the house buying process
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Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Influential leaders join Digital Sparks advisory board; My Property Box expands senior leadership team; Resi founder joins Goodlord
Estate agency continues expansion with new acquisition
The deal represents the group’s 16th purchase
Cheaper borrowing to drive mortgage lending growth, says IMLA
Greater lending activity set to fuel property price growth
Foxtons teams up with IAG Loyalty to reward clients with Avios
Customers can collect up to 30,000 Avios by letting, selling or instructing Foxtons to manage a property
UK government eases wildlife rules to support housebuilding
The government said the changes form part of its wider planning overhaul, intended to support the delivery of 1.5m new homes during this Parliament
One in five second-steppers needed family or friends’ help to buy home
‘Second-steppers’ who had financial help received £81,000 on average towards purchasing their property
Rents in Wales rising three times faster than UK average
Cardiff drives Welsh rent growth, outpacing London and Edinburgh
Does estate agency have a drinking problem?
As leaders, if we’re the ones saying, “go on, just have one,” are we actually part of the problem?
Estate agency numbers forecast to grow 4% in 2026
There were 25,665 active estate agency businesses in the UK in 2025, up 2% on the 25,155 recorded in 2024