Rightmove to host home-moving reform webinar with Propertymark

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar to help estate agents unpack new proposals to reform the homebuying and selling process, just days after the government announced its plans. 

 

On 19th June, the government announced its roadmap for home-moving reform after consulting on changes last year. Rightmove worked closely with the government on these proposals, providing expert insights, leading data and views from home-movers and the industry. 

 

The webinar is taking place on Thursday 25th June 13:00-14:00 in collaboration with Propertymark. It will go through the government’s proposed changes to the home moving process, and what they could mean in practice. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark’s CEO, will help to break down the developments and answer agents’ questions in a live Q&A. 

 

Home buying and selling reform proposals are aimed at improving the speed and transparency of transactions, as well as reducing fall-throughs. 

 

Rightmove data shows that the current average time to complete a property transaction once a sale is agreed is a lengthy 170 days, and over one in five (23%) transactions initially fall through, highlighting the need for improvement.  

 

The webinar is part of Rightmove’s ongoing investment into tools, training and education to support agents in keeping up with a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. 

  

Jason Charles, Rightmove’s head of education says: “This session, just days after the government’s announcement, will go through what we know currently about the home-moving reform plans and what they could mean for agents. While some of the detail is still to emerge, we want to help agents to get ahead of any changes to the way the home-moving process works and make sure they feel confident talking to sellers and buyers about them.” 

 

Agents can book their place here: https://hub.rightmove.co.uk/webinar/homebuying-reform-unpacked-with-propertymark/  

 

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About Rightmove 

• Rightmove has the UK’s largest selection of properties for sale and to rent, adds more listings than anyone else 

• Latest view from Comscore is over 80% of all time spent on property portals is on Rightmove, and latest view from SimilarWeb is over 70% of time spent on property portals in the UK is on Rightmove (two datasets used across the industry to track time spent on portals) 

• Rightmove’s vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move by giving people the best place to turn and return to for access to tools and expertise to make it happen 

• Users can search Rightmove for residential resale, new homes, rentals, built for rent, commercial property and overseas properties. Rightmove also provide an extensive range of tools and information assisting their home moving journey, including but not limited to: local sold prices, online property valuation, agent visit requests, moving guides, mortgage in principle certification, renovation calculator, extension explorer, home services for renters like utilities, media and insurance, school information, moving guides and sustainability information 

• Partners (Rightmove’s customers) include the following key groups: estate agents, letting agents, new homes developers, rental operators, commercial property operators, overseas property agents, financial services operators and home services providers for insurance, utilities and media 

• Using the UK’s largest housing datasets, we issue a number of regular reports to track housing market indicators: our monthly House Price Index (established 2002), quarterly Rental Trends Tracker (established 2015), weekly Mortgage Rates Tracker (established 2023) and quarterly Commercial Insights Tracker (established 2024). Historical data is available on request 

• Founded in 2000, Rightmove listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2006 and is a member of the FTSE 250 index