NEWS ARCHIVES

Skipton bought two of the UK’s largest estate agencies during David Cutter’s tenure, but now the firm’s chief executive has announced that he is stepping down.

The leasehold reform bill, which looks to restrict ground rents for future leaseholders, has passed its third reading through the House of Commons.

Credas announced at their Future of Digital Identity event yesterday that they are joining the Coadjute network with plans to launch a new digital identification service.

The cloud-based software provides a single storage solution for both agents and tenants for deposit information, references and other key documents.

A survey of almost 1,000 estate agents found that the the majority plan to expand their business through additional staffing or premises this year.

The estate agency is urging anyone transacting funds to ‘exercise additional caution’ following the email hack.

The market share of hybrid and online agents has dropped to just 6.7%. You can view the full report.

Savills has expressed concern at the ‘one size fits all’ nature of the short-let licensing legislation being introduced.

A growing estate agency has opened a brand new branch.

Yorlet,‘the Shopify of property’, lands £350,000 funding led by Goldsmith Ventures.