Conveyancing fees fall in real terms as firms face pressure

Estate agents with a passion for boxing are being challenged to step into the ring as Paul Shamplina’s ‘Rumble with the Agents’ celebrates its 10th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, the event is moving to the North East for the first time, with Newcastle set to stage the contests. And the target is to…

As part of the acquisition, KFH’s mortgage advisory team will join First Mortgage Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

A marketing consultant who works with estate agents including Knight Frank and EXP UK has launched an AI-enabled property search app that focuses on helping buyers navigate the whole process. Drifthome is not seeking to overturn property search – co-founder Cassandra Humbert admits the big portals have good inventory and ‘pretty good’ search filters. “The…

Estate agents are under pressure to respond to most property sellers within 24 hours, it has been revealed. The findings by Street Group suggests that customers have this expectation for almost every stage of the sales process. Updates, answers or action within a day are the standard now for hard-pressed agents, it claims. Rapid responses…

Programmable technology could reserve buyer funds until conditions are met Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

The average number of viewings per property for sale has halved in two years, it has been revealed. The latest data in Propertymark’s housing report for August this year suggested that the average number of viewings per property is 1.7, down from almost four in August 2024. Propertymark attributed the drop in viewings to “continued…