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KEYWORD "Property Week" - 27 RESULTS
Property week in review: Interest rates, house prices and purple woes

It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

12 May 2023

From: Breaking News

RICS scandal - more details expected to be revealed today

A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...

09 September 2021

From: Breaking News

RICS scandal - chief executive in talks to stand down

The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...

08 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Top 10 things to consider before picking rental payment PropTech

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

14 November 2020

From: Features

Agents Do Charity - and the fund-raising goes on virtually...

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...

03 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Coup for London agency selected to provide Bank of England data

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

15 May 2020

From: Breaking News

What next for Countrywide and Purplebricks after day of turmoil?

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

04 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Takeover talks held between Purplebricks investors - claim

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...

03 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Slowing? Growing? What’s really happening in today’s property market?

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

21 April 2018

From: Features

Platt will receive £675,000 pay-off despite Countrywide failure

The magazine Property Week is reporting that Countrywide’s former chief executive Alison Platt, who quit her post this morning, will receive...

24 January 2018

From: Breaking News

Online agency reported to have £20m new funding 'to rival Purplebricks'

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...

20 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Government tries to stamp out speculation over Help To Buy

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

09 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Help To Buy: is the government about to scrap or modify it?

The government is thought to be reviewing Help To Buy which, it is claimed, could end with the scheme being scrapped...

07 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Speculation grows over Countrywide's 2017 performance to date

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

25 July 2017

From: Breaking News

Is Countrywide in trouble over sale of commercial arm LSH?

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

08 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker: local offices outside London 'may not be part of sell-off'

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...

21 April 2017

From: Breaking News

What can we learn from the Property Week Awards PropTech shortlist?

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

22 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Housing White Paper out on Monday... or Tuesday... or...

Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...

12 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Cabinet minister hints at property tax changes next month

The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...

21 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Government fund will buy new-build homes that fail to sell

The government has revealed that its £2 billion accelerated construction fund will be used to guarantee housing schemes, including deals to...

07 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Sceptical welcome to government's new housing market  policies

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

04 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Government to reveal housing stimulus package in the autumn - claim

The industry publication Property Week says it has exclusively discovered that the government is preparing a housing market stimulus package to...

23 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Those dire Brexit housing market warnings - were they just 'Brexcuses'?

An equities analyst has suggested that some of the most extreme warnings of housing market chaos after a Brexit vote came...

08 July 2016

From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker leads high-end agency success at RESI 2016 awards

Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...

13 May 2016

From: Breaking News

London market in trouble? Landmark flats held back from sale

The developer of Battersea Power Station is holding back around 150 apartments in phase three of the landmark scheme. In an interview...

25 April 2016

From: Breaking News

easyProperty seeking £5m to expand into auctions and overseas

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...

30 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty change now damaging lower end of the market - claim

The head of a central London property firm says an unintended consequence of the new stamp duty thresholds is that fewer...

20 November 2015

From: Breaking News

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