Accountable Advice – What Buyers and Sellers Need from the Professionals
Live Thursday 19th June at 10am
Buying and selling in 2025 is starting to feel like an endurance test.
There are more forms, more rules, and more “you should have known” moments. At the same time, there seems to be less clarity than ever.
This week on Property Quorum, we’re exploring what good advice really means in the current housing market. Not just polite, cautious guidance—genuinely helpful advice that gives buyers and sellers confidence in their decisions.
The average home move now takes around six months. That leaves plenty of time for chains to collapse, paperwork to stall, and confusion to creep in. Sellers are expected to disclose more than ever. Buyers are expected to know which questions to ask, often before they even know what those questions are.
So where does that leave the professionals in the middle—the people whose advice is meant to keep everything on track?
We’ll be looking at what happens when advice becomes too vague. What counts as proper disclosure. And what recourse there is when things fall through the cracks.
The Law Society is working on a new version of the TA6 form, aiming to simplify the process. In the meantime, with withdrawn guidance and inconsistent practices across the sector, many buyers and sellers are being left to guess what matters and what does not.
Leasehold properties bring their own challenges. Cladding, service charges, and ground rents are all areas where buyers need clear, early information. Yet these are still handled inconsistently from one transaction to the next.
It’s not just about risk. It’s about visibility. Buyers cannot act on information they do not have. Sellers cannot comply with standards that remain unclear or keep changing.
Professionals are under increasing pressure to explain, to warn, and sometimes to advise a pause rather than a push forward.
It all comes down to accountability. Not only who is liable if something goes wrong, but also who is making sure buyers and sellers understand what they are walking into—before they sign on the dotted line.
Gareth Wax returns as host, joined by regular contributors Hamish McLay and Juliet Baboolal, with Wendy Gibson and Zahrah Aullybocus also joining the panel for this week's discussion.
Join us live on Thursday 19th June at 10am for Property Quorum. A grounded conversation on trust, timing, and the kind of advice that still matters.
PS:
For content enquiries: hm@searchandconveysolutions.co.uk
For podcast/media info: gareth@mphats.com
Buying and selling in 2025 is starting to feel like an endurance test.
There are more forms, more rules, and more “you should have known” moments. At the same time, there seems to be less clarity than ever.
This week on Property Quorum, we’re exploring what good advice really means in the current housing market. Not just polite, cautious guidance—genuinely helpful advice that gives buyers and sellers confidence in their decisions.
The average home move now takes around six months. That leaves plenty of time for chains to collapse, paperwork to stall, and confusion to creep in. Sellers are expected to disclose more than ever. Buyers are expected to know which questions to ask, often before they even know what those questions are.
So where does that leave the professionals in the middle—the people whose advice is meant to keep everything on track?
We’ll be looking at what happens when advice becomes too vague. What counts as proper disclosure. And what recourse there is when things fall through the cracks.
The Law Society is working on a new version of the TA6 form, aiming to simplify the process. In the meantime, with withdrawn guidance and inconsistent practices across the sector, many buyers and sellers are being left to guess what matters and what does not.
Leasehold properties bring their own challenges. Cladding, service charges, and ground rents are all areas where buyers need clear, early information. Yet these are still handled inconsistently from one transaction to the next.
It’s not just about risk. It’s about visibility. Buyers cannot act on information they do not have. Sellers cannot comply with standards that remain unclear or keep changing.
Professionals are under increasing pressure to explain, to warn, and sometimes to advise a pause rather than a push forward.
It all comes down to accountability. Not only who is liable if something goes wrong, but also who is making sure buyers and sellers understand what they are walking into—before they sign on the dotted line.
Gareth Wax returns as host, joined by regular contributors Hamish McLay and Juliet Baboolal, with Wendy Gibson and Zahrah Aullybocus also joining the panel for this week's discussion.
Join us live on Thursday 19th June at 10am for Property Quorum. A grounded conversation on trust, timing, and the kind of advice that still matters.
PS:
For content enquiries: hm@searchandconveysolutions.co.uk
For podcast/media info: gareth@mphats.com
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