In my view the UK property market has been quite fortunate to be able to not just remain active but thrive during all three COVID lockdowns. The industry has made a tremendous effort to demonstrate safe practices to provide much needed services to buyers, sellers and tenants alike. We all know, however, that it may well be sailing into choppy waters. There are now just days left before the current stamp duty holiday ends threatening to derail the mini property boom and leave

The current conveyancing process in the UK is generally accepted as ‘not fit for purpose’ with ongoing fall-through rates in excess of 30% This situation is further exacerbated by Searches, Surveys and mortgage offers taking far longer than they should, further worsened by COVID and the rush to complete before the beginning of April. Buying and selling houses is very stressful and full of problems and pitfalls for all parties, millions of pounds are wasted year after year. Th

The current process of moving home in the UK is generally accepted as 'not fit for purpose' it is time consuming, stressful and costly with

From a supplier’s perspective, we saw the industry turn on itself. Rather than seeing stakeholders pulling together, the market became ...

I bought a Volvo just about a year ago and aesthetically quite liked the orange seatbelts with their inscription ‘Since 1959’ engraved into the clasp. It wasn’t until I researched it a little more and found that Volvo actually invented the seatbelt and promptly gave the patent away because they felt that saving lives was more important than keeping the idea to themselves. Volvo decided to waive any patent rights to encouraged the technology and to make their own vehicles safe

EVERYONE was a cash buyer when I was an Estate Agent (as soon as they sold their own property first!) The age old problem of trying to ascertain who can proceed, and who just cannot. As an Estate Agent where should you focus your efforts, and how can you really be sure? Whilst there is a lot of talk about reservation agreements, and how they could help revolutionise the business, there will always be caveats and you will never be completely certain. We have some nifty bits of