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<p>The UK PropTech Association has established a Residential PropTech Committee to provide estate and letting agents with guidance on technology adoption and compliance management. The committee brings together agents, PropTech firms and industry bodies to identify barriers to technology adoption.</...

<p>A coalition of estate agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in Wales has launched an initiative aimed at improving the property transaction process, independent of Westminster reforms. The group, named Move Wales, comprises independent property professionals working to reduce fall-throughs an...

A New York City attorney lays out red flags that real estate agents and title agents should remain on the lookout for.

<p>Propertymark has called on the Home Office to simplify its draft Right to Rent guidance, warning that current regulations are too complex for letting agents to implement effectively. The professional body submitted its response to a government consultation, highlighting that existing guidance fai...

<p>Property and construction companies represent more than half of Reform UK's corporate donor base, according to an analysis of Electoral Commission records. The research found that 22 of the 40 companies that have donated to Reform UK since 2019 operate in the property and construction sectors.</p...

<p>Partridge Homes, a West Midlands-based lettings agency, has appointed two senior staff members as it prepares to launch a block management division later this year. The Solihull and Yardley-based firm has hired Nicola Hall and Sarah Bannister ahead of the autumn 2026 launch.</p> <p>The post <a hr...

<p>Landlords and letting agents will no longer be permitted to hold tenants' deposits in their own bank accounts under reforms planned by the government. Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has confirmed plans to abolish insured tenancy deposit schemes, requiring all deposits to be held within custod...

<p>The UK residential property market recorded 572,000 homes sold subject to contract in the first 23 weeks of 2026, representing a 6% decline compared to the same period in 2025. Despite the year-on-year decline, sales volumes remain 1.7% higher than 2024 and 11.9% above 2023 levels.</p> <p>The pos...

Berkshire closed its Taylor Morrison acquisition at $72.50 per share, valuing equity at $6.8B and EV at $8.5B.

Take a peek inside Kansas City real estate agent Rachel Kilmer’s relationship marketing playbook that helped grow her business and referrals. The greatest growth opportunity comes from reaching out and celebrating people, Jimmy Burgess writes.

In the first half of this two-part topic, I described the piecemeal nature of private hazard insurance policies, state-sponsored “last resort” programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, and federal aid through emergency declarations. This system is reactive, slow and difficult to navigate for f...

<p>The government has announced proposed reforms to the homebuying process in England and Wales, aimed at reducing transaction times and the number of failed sales. According to government estimates, the reforms could reduce the average homebuying timeline by four weeks and address a system where ap...

<p>StreamBank has provided a £642,000 bridging finance facility for the acquisition and refurbishment of two buy-to-let properties in Kent, secured against three properties with a combined value of approximately £1.525 million. The transaction resulted in an overall loan-to-value ratio of 44%.</p> <...

<p>Five former school buildings converted into residential properties have been listed for sale across England and Scotland, with prices ranging from £500,000 to £1.795 million. The properties include Victorian, Georgian and 19th-century buildings adapted for modern residential use.</p> <p>The post ...

An expert expains why aging in place is shifting from preference to financial necessity — and what housing professionals need to know.

Exactly 50 years ago this time of year, a 51-year-old man handwrote a four-page letter on a legal pad to his then 21-year-old son, one of seven children – six of them sons and one angel of a daughter – who was spending a semester studying in Dublin, Ireland. The letter’s narrative arc, now mostly [&...

For the better part of a decade, the Texas growth playbook was remarkably simple. If you wanted scale, liquidity and appreciation, you went to the Texas Triangle: Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio and tried to be early to the next ring of rooftops. Those four metros captured the li...

ICE is using Claude Mythos via Project Glasswing to find vulnerabilities faster, with a focus on accuracy, speed and fixes.

ATTOM reports 64,348 Q1 2026 flips, 8% of sales, as typical gross returns rose to 25.4% and gross profit increased to $66,000.

In his first Inman Interview, National Association of Real Estate Brokers President Ashley Thomas talks housing equality, technology and why private listing networks harm Black buyers and sellers.