Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Stags announces partnership changes; Graeme Wadhams joins Seymours; Knight Frank appoints head of UK residential valuations
NEWS ARCHIVES
BriefYourMarket and Dataloft Inform integrate products
BriefYourMarket and Dataloft are hoping to appeal to more agents by integrating their products.
Industry reaction to key data – ‘a better measure of property market health’
The latest transactions figures demonstrate market strength and resilience despite the supply of housing stock remaining at rock bottom levels.
New service allows leaseholders to track Building Safety Fund applications
Under new service, those living in tower blocks will have access to updates on the status of their building’s application to the government’s Building Safety Fund
Big change to timescale for DWP arrears payments for tenants on UC
The government is set to announce a major change to the timescale for DWP arrears payments for tenants on Universal Credit.
OnTheMarket revenues to beat expectations after strong second half
OTM CEO Jason Tebb: “We are pleased to be reporting a strong performance and further operational progress in keeping with our objective of building a tech-enabled property business.”
Purplebricks remove listing after homophobic owners refuse to sell property to gay men
Purplebricks says it responded immediately and removed the property listing after a gay couple were prevented by Christian owners from buying their dream home.
Revealed: Britain’s most and least affordable areas
Recent report identified that affordability was becoming more stretched across all regions. But there is also considerable variation within those areas and Nationwide explore this further.
Corelogic’s acquisition of Rummage will lead to ‘industry change’
CoreLogic UK has completed the acquisition of the property search and marketing platform Rummage4.
Lifting of Covid restrictions will boost housing supply, Knight Frank predicts
The lifting of restrictions this week could see a much needed increase in the supply of property for sale and normal house price economics return, says Knight Frank.