Spicerhaart to relaunch old business after eight-year absence
A familiar name returns to the scene.
Marc da Silva
House prices and rents ‘continuing to accelerate’
Demand is strong and strengthening.
Salisbury Novichok home where Russian spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned is sold
The Salisbury property has been purchased following 13,000 hours of cleaning.
Alexander & Co acquires another estate agency
Alexander & Co continues expansion plans.
Media agency working with Boomin among those pitching for Purplebricks
Goodstuff Communications says it likes to work “with brands that challenge the status quo through innovation”.
Comings and Goings
Manning Stainton promotes Clare Frieze; Freehold appoints new board members; Paul Colam joins Whitehall Capital
Savills remains ‘resilient’ as group revenue drops 9%
Savills UK residential grew revenues by 10% as the market recovered strongly from the middle of the year.
Home learning computers fundraising appeal raises more than £61k
A number of agents and industry suppliers have contributed to this good cause launched by industry trainer Stephen Brown.
Which UK cities have the busiest estate agents?
Research indicates where homebuyers are likely to have the longest buying timelines.
Rogue tenant fined £9,000 for illegally sub-letting HMO
Brent council in north London has prosecuted a tenant who sub-let a property.
Covid-19 fraud: HMRC taskforce ‘may go some way to recouping billions of pounds’
The last time HMRC put 1,000-plus staff into criminal enforcement was a decade ago and that generated a fivefold increase in prosecutions in under five years.
Homebuyers offered first 40-year fixed-rate mortgage
Borrowers are being offered the option of locking their mortgage repayments at the same level for up to 40 years with the launch of the longest fixed-rate deal on the market.
BTL landlords are ‘becoming fed up with the lack of support coming their way’
Timothy Douglas at ARLA Propertymark: “With the furlough scheme extended until September, it is likely that we will see further changes in the months ahead.”
Comings and Goings
Sowerbys appoints new directors; Dacres recruits David Simm; Andrew Barnes joins Savills
How many additional homebuyers will benefit from the stamp duty extension saving?
The estimated total benefit of the complete stamp duty holiday period unveiled.
Investment in residential property exceeded £6bn in 2020
Andrew White, head of residential at Colliers: “UK residential property is a solid investment option in the UK.”
Welsh government urged to get a grip of the rent debt crisis
The NRLA calls on the Welsh government to do more to improve financial support for landlords and tenants.
Connells acquires another well-established agency
Connells continues to grow by purchasing a well-respected and family-run agent.
House prices set to boom over the next five years
Savills revises up its UK mainstream house price forecasts for 2021 and beyond following an unexpectedly strong market.
Updated cladding guidance means 500,000 leaseholders will no longer need an EWS1 form
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick said RICS’ new guidance would help homeowners “sell or re-mortgage more quickly and easily”.