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02 September 2024
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The number of property sales registered with HMRC rose in July but remains below pre-pandemic levels, official data shows. HMRC property transactions...
02 September 2024
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Of all the stories I read over the past week, there was one which really stopped me in my tracks. It revealed...
02 September 2024
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A local pub has been named as the most important lifestyle amenity when buying a home. Jackson-Stops’ latest Property Pulse Survey of...
02 September 2024
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Countrywide Land & New Homes has been appointed by Harcourt to market Tobacco Warehouse, a major redevelopment of the world’s largest...
02 September 2024
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The Government may be silent so far on support schemes for first-time buyers but the UK’s largest lender now appears to...
30 August 2024
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The number of home sellers entering the market increased by almost a quarter in the two weeks following the Bank of...
30 August 2024
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Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property search app Jitty has launched a new feature that lets buyers find their dream home by simply...
30 August 2024
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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
30 August 2024
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Arun Estates has introduced a new profit-share scheme for its staff. The profit share scheme is offered across all four of the...
30 August 2024
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Property taxes in Scotland raised almost £640m over the past twelve months, according to analysis of the latest statistics by agency...
30 August 2024
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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the annual Estate Agency X event, titled 'Mastering the...
30 August 2024
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Rightmove is launching a new national marketing campaign to coincide with what is hoped to be a busy autumn selling season. The...
29 August 2024
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Parents are willing pay 25% extra to live in the right catchment area for a top state primary school, research suggests. New...
29 August 2024
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Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has surpassed the 600 member agent threshold. It comes after recruiting a further 100 agents since the...
29 August 2024
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Auction sales are becoming more popular even as the wider market falls, figures suggest. Proptech firm iamproperty analysed data between January and...
29 August 2024
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Political and economic stability is encouraging more movement in the housing market, according to new figures released by online valuation specialists...
29 August 2024
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TV presenter and property expert Martin Roberts has been named as host of the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards. Known for...
29 August 2024
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Agency stock has hit a seven-year high but realistic pricing is essential, Zoopla warns. The portal’s latest House Price Index for August...
28 August 2024
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Local authority searches are taking up to 60 days in some parts of the country - holding up the sales process. Analysis...
28 August 2024
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Ongoing tax and regulatory clampdowns on landlords have led to warnings of a buy-to-let exodus and new data suggests that may...
28 August 2024
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned this October’s Budget will be “painful.” Speaking as MPs return to Parliament next Monday, he warned...
28 August 2024
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Savills has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Tommy Newbigging to lead its new homes department across Essex and parts...
28 August 2024
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Marketing consultancy We Are Unchained has unveiled details of its autumn masterclass tour. The brand’s highly acclaimed "30 Years of Marketing in...
28 August 2024
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Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...
27 August 2024
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Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings may become a bigger factor for homebuyers in the Autumn market, Rightmove suggests. It comes as energy...
27 August 2024
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Lower mortgage rates have slowed the exodus of first-time buyers from London ,research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons for the first half of...
27 August 2024
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The 90-minute commute continues to flourish for family homes, it has been claimed. Speaking on the Winkworth’s latest Property Exchange podcast, the...
27 August 2024
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Propertymark’s regional conferences are returning in November, promising to help members keep up with the latest legislative changes. As part of the...
27 August 2024
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More homeowners are preparing to put their property on the market in the autumn, Chestertons claims. The estate agency said it registered...
27 August 2024
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Spicerhaart is reigniting its acquisition strategy with a multi-million pound investment in its estate agency and lettings businesses after posting a...
23 August 2024
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The National Leasehold Campaign’s (NLC) heroic journey to get reform of the controversial tenure type on the statute book has hit...
23 August 2024
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Almost two-thirds of first-time buyers have got on the property ladder using help from the Bank of Mum and Dad but...
23 August 2024
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EVER since Rishi Sunak stood in the rain and effectively announced he’d soon be moving house, Labour have been saying the...
23 August 2024
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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
23 August 2024
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Chestertons Global has agreed a strategic collaboration with Romanian real estate agency Top Estate Team. Established in 2018, Top Estate Team has...
23 August 2024
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House price forecasts have improved in just one month and significantly from a year ago, analysis shows. The Treasury regularly compiles independent...
22 August 2024
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Coventry Building Society has joined calls for Stamp Duty reform. The lender has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to address the controversial property...
22 August 2024
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Nationwide has risen to the top of the best buy tables again with a new mortgage rate cut. The building society has...
22 August 2024
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Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions. He takes over from...
22 August 2024
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Fewer than 50,000 mortgages have been completed with the support of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, official figures show. The scheme was launched...
22 August 2024
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As the property market gets ready for a busy autumn market, ESTAS has launched its Summer of Success Stories. This is an...
22 August 2024
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Movemnt is targeting getting half of Alto’s client base to use its property onboarding and sales progression platform by the middle...
21 August 2024
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Estate agency acquisitions expert Lucy Noonan has revealed the misogyny she has faced in the sector. Speaking on the latest episode of...
21 August 2024
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Propertymark has issued a reminder to agents about anti-money laundering (AML) compliance as HMRC declared fines of more than £1.6m for...
21 August 2024
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Savills has expanded its residential sales team with two new appointments in South Buckinghamshire. Adam Harris and Sophie Male have joined the...
21 August 2024
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Northern Ireland portal PropertyPal has announced a strategic merger with Propertynews, uniting two of the country’s leading property websites. Both brands will...
21 August 2024
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Humberts, one of the UK’s oldest agency brands, has announced plans for its first international expansion with the opening of a...
21 August 2024
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Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...
20 August 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has pledged £90,000 to the Chartered Surveyors Student Bursary Programme to support new entrants...
20 August 2024
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The UK has the slowest home moving timeline among 12 global nations, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly has analysed the average...
20 August 2024
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Super prime agency The Private Office: Real Estate is looking to score with sports stars and celebrities. It has appointed Elisha Warburton...
20 August 2024
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Estate agency CRM Alto has been given a mobile upgrade. Alto on mobile already lets agents view their calendar, manage their diary...
20 August 2024
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Spicerhaart has appointed former Countrywide sales manager Victoria Kelly to lead its Land and New Homes division in the Midlands. She has...
20 August 2024
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Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...
19 August 2024
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Estate agents have more work to do when it comes to customer service and securing leads, a mystery shopping exercise has...
19 August 2024
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Industry figure Charlie Lamdin is set to launch a new crowd-sourced Public House Price Index as he declares war against property...
19 August 2024
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More than half of mortgaged first-time buyers received support from the Bank of Mum and Dad in 2023, the highest proportion...
19 August 2024
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More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in the upcoming 2024 Variety North West PROPs awards. The...
19 August 2024
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Agents can now access pre-populated material information forms through iamproperty. Users of iamproperty’s movebutler platform can use the feature, helping save time...
19 August 2024
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Overvaluations are making properties taking longer to go under offer but sales are at least finally completing faster, research suggests. Analysis by...
16 August 2024
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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
16 August 2024
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When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...
16 August 2024
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Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Milton Keynes brand Alan Francis Estate Agents. The estate agency was founded in 1999 by Jeremy...
16 August 2024
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Demand for new-build homes in London eased in the run up to and just after the General Election but more recent...
16 August 2024
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Bloor Homes, the UK’s largest non-listed housebuilder has signed a 12-month contract Zoopla. All Bloor Homes' 80 developments across all nine regions...
16 August 2024
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Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...
15 August 2024
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Inflation has increased for the first time this year during July, dashing hopes of a further interest rate cut. The rate of...
15 August 2024
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An online travel agent has come to the rescue for an estate agent’s fundraiser to give a local road sweeper a...
15 August 2024
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Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has unveiled redesigned estate agency boards to promote its carbon-neutral status. In collaboration with supplier Kremer Signs, the boards...
15 August 2024
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You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...
15 August 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee (VAC). Olowe...
15 August 2024
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Homeowners of five-bedroom properties without a mortgage could unlock almost £500,000 by downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove highlights the cash-equity release...
14 August 2024
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Plymouth has been named as the fasted location to sell a home in a new index. OnTheMarket has unveiled a new monthly...
14 August 2024
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Mortgage rates may be dropping but buyers need to act fast as product shelf-life is also falling. Moneyfacts data shows the average...
14 August 2024
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Increasing numbers of homebuyers are taking out bridging loans to prevent a chain from collapsing. The latest Bridging Trends industry report shows...
14 August 2024
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A cross-industry collaboration aims to showcase how working horizontally across key stages of the home-buying and selling journey can positively impact...
14 August 2024
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Luxury estate agent Daniel Daggers, aka #MrSuperPrime, has been named as the keynote speaker for the Propertymark Trust’s PropX fundraising event. Daggers,...
14 August 2024
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Fine & Country has been recognised as the most recommended national estate agency brand for the second consecutive year. YouGov research among more...
13 August 2024
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Homeowners need greater protection from poor quality housing amid the Government’s plans for 1.5m new homes, an industry body claims. That’s the...
13 August 2024
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NatWest and Santander are the latest mortgage lenders to unveil rate cuts. The lenders have revealed lower mortgage pricing from this morning...
13 August 2024
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An estate agent’s kind attempt to raise money for a local road sweeper to have a much-deserved holiday have been derailed...
13 August 2024
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A new estate agency in Hampshire is celebrating expansion after securing more than £40m of property listings in its first half...
13 August 2024
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Homeowners are becoming more concerned about property fraud, research suggests. A freedom of information request has shown a 26% increase in the number...
13 August 2024
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Councils are warning agents to abide by the rules following complaints from residents and businesses about the positions of For Sale...
12 August 2024
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A new analysis of buyers’ actions during viewings suggests many effectively ignore the truly important features, and are instead distracted by...
12 August 2024
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Rightmove is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s music show The Voice UK, starring veteran crooner Tom Jones. The portal says...
12 August 2024
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The slump in housing market transactions is beginning to translate into a fall in the number of conveyancing companies. A study by...
12 August 2024
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The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...
12 August 2024
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The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...
12 August 2024
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The most predictable event of the year is underway. After months of talking about how taxes won’t rise for working people,...
09 August 2024
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A prominent westcountry agent has joined Moveli, which operates the self-employed broker model. Jonathan Mowday, previously of Stags in Devon, has joined...
09 August 2024
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The Competition and Markets Authority has raised an unusual issue concerning Barratt’s £2.5 billion deal to buy rival house builder Redrow...
09 August 2024
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UK Finance’s latest data shows the percentage of mortgaged properties taken into possession has risen, but the trade body insists this...
09 August 2024
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Savills has produced a strong ‘half year report’ to shareholders - but with an interesting take on how it’s operating in...
09 August 2024
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Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review. While waterside homes in...
09 August 2024
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A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...
08 August 2024
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A new study by Barclays Bank suggests that despite most Brits either owning a home or aspiring to be future homeowners,...
08 August 2024
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The UK’s largest multi-brand property franchise business, TPFG, says a brace of acquisitions in the past six months have been “transformational”. Since...