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29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Homeowners are increasingly looking to properties that can either boost income or to offer a better work/life balance – without the...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Vendors are increasingly shifting the goalposts on a sale at the final moment, a buying agent has warned. The strong sellers’ market...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A buyers’ market, and a more challenging time for buyers and sellers, could be on the cards as a result of...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features
Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend? Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features
Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The British Property Federation has made an outspoken intervention into the Brexit debate, telling politicians that No Deal is the worst...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Stacks Property Search & Acquisition has become the first independent buying agency to become a member of the Royal Institute of...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A significant number of properties are coming to market as a result of separations which don't involve divorce, according to a...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The major property portals are “way behind the market”, don’t carry all homes that are for sale, and have such varied...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Stacks Property Search, one of Britain’s largest buying agencies, has entered the debates over portals and the use of DIY house...