Majority of estate agencies will ask customers and staff to wear face masks
Estate agents must continue to carry out health and safety risk assessments, provide adequate ventilation and turn away those with Covid-19 symptoms.
Marc da Silva
The ‘meteoric rate of house price growth simply isn’t sustainable’
Caution now prevails as we enter a second year of wildly increasing property values.
Propertymark demand ‘urgent action’
Greater financial support is needed.
Agents want to keep ‘certain precautions in place for now’
Alex Britchfield, partner at Davis & Partners: “Our policy for the protection of our staff, viewers and our clients is ‘no mask, no viewing’.”
UK property prices increase further amid record monthly sales
Rightmove’s analysis shows that there is a shortfall of 225,000 homes for sale.
Almost a quarter of privately rented homes fail to meet minimum standards
It is claimed that 17% of private tenants are not satisfied with the standard of their homes.
Updated guidance for estate agents in Scotland
The whole of Scotland moved into level zero restrictions today as it eases its Covid-19 measures.
Sharp rise in activity ‘unlikely to be down to stamp duty incentives alone’
Marcus Dixon, head of research at LonRes: “Both June and second quarter transaction volumes exceeded levels seen at previous peaks in 2007 and 2014.”
Rental costs on an ‘upward trajectory’
A lack of stock is placing upward pressure on rental values.
EYE Poll: Will your agency encourage mask-wearing from Monday?
Face masks will no longer be law in England from 19 July - but should you and your clients keep wearing one?
Somewhat naively, ‘some agents think that it will never happen to them’
Estate agents naturally want to avoid penalties and fines.
Spicerhaart unveils new look
Antony Lark, Spicerhaart group managing director: “We’ve had excellent feedback already.”
New app designed to help keep agents safe when visiting a property
Ed Mead: “When Suzy Lamplugh disappeared in 1986, help for lone workers was limited and of course mobile phones didn’t exist.”
Estate agency technology adoption in a post-pandemic world
Oliver Blake of LSL Property Services: “As we come out of the pandemic, our agents now have a very exciting suite of tools that help win us more instructions.”
Rightmove claims that it has speeded up referencing times by 20%
Rightmove’s head of lettings, Christian Balshen: “We know that letting agents are busier than ever.”
Your opinion sought for major new report
Agents are being invited to have their say - the report will be released in September.
House price rises outstrip wage gains
Zoopla's Andy Marshall: “As our agent partners know better than anyone, there’s been strong demand from home buyers since the market reopened after the first lockdown in May last year.”
EA Masters: Event details announced
An impressive roster of speakers will deliver sessions on a wide range of topics.
Ex-employee steals client database ‘and another local agent is using it’ – claim
Director Peter Brown: “This is one of the most shocking and blatant attempts to try and destroy a competitor’s business I have come across in over 30 years of estate agency.”
Housing market boom ‘continues to move forward at an alarming pace’
The north-south divide has never been wider.