Harding Green signs its first franchise with more planned
The vision for Harding Green is to have multiple franchise offices across London and the UK,
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Dispute Service selected to be the New Homes Ombudsman
Natalie Elphicke MP: “The ombudsman will be an independent customer guardian, making sure buyers get proper redress if they’ve been sold a shoddy home.”
Scotland sees strong demand from rest of UK
New prospective property buyers based in the UK but outside of Scotland made up 18% of all those looking to buy property in Scotland in the first ten months of 2021.
Britain’s happiest places to live revealed – does your area make the top 20?
Rightmove’s Tim Bannister: “It is fascinating to see that people who moved in the last 12 months were more likely to be happy in their areas than those who did not.”
Property industry reaction to ‘sharp drop’ in residential transactions
Anthony Codling, founder of PropTech firm Twindig: “As the stamp duty holiday ends, the housing market hangover begins.”
Too many corporate employees miss out on life, says hybrid agent
Hybrid estate agent Lee O’Brien: “This is a rather sad indictment of ‘the office’ and based upon our survey this outdated institution must surely be numbered in its days.”
Pensioner did not believe estate agent’s claim about house
Ray Edwards, 72, simply did not believe the information provided by the estate agent.
Agents to benefit from major investment in Alto, says Zoopla
Zoopla’s Andy Marshall: “From a software perspective, we’ve reached a milestone in this journey with Alto now delivering more value than ever before to our customers.”
Councils could be given new powers to restrict second homes and holiday lets
Fresh plans drawn up suggest that homeowners may soon require consent from their local authority to convert properties.