Estate agents are overpricing by considerable margin, new data suggests
Charlie Lamdin, founder of BestAgent, says that that some estate agents are prepared to overvalue in order to gain an instruction
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Growing concern as more lenders follow HSBC and pull mortgage deals
Banks and building societies have withdrawn a high number of mortgage deals, restricting options for buyers
Agent ordered to pay almost £50,000 for serious fire safety breaches
This is not the first time Monsoon Properties Limited has been prosecuted
Stamp duty reform, letting, and truth about sales transactions
Stamp duty; the state of the letting market, and an eye on sales volumes
Inflated asking prices doubling time it takes to sell a home
Properties requiring two reductions are likely to spend over six months on the market, says estate agency
Fewer would-be-tenants flying the nest as rents soar
The share of renters leaving the family home has been steadily declining across the UK since 2015
Homeowners hit with £7,000-a-year ‘Tory mortgage penalty’, Labour claims
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Well-established estate agency goes into liquidation
The estate agency business failed to recover after struggling during the pandemic
HSBC pulls all its mortgage deals for new customers
Banks and building societies have pulled hundreds of mortgage deals in recent weeks