Agency
Experts Group expands into commercial property
Company hopes to build a network of 100 experienced agents across the country
News
Agency
Savills raises bumper figure in February auctions
Sales total represents a 20% increase on the same period last year
Lettings
Ditch the leaflets and improve online presence, letting agents urged
Prominent property professional pronounces paper marketing dead
Agency
Agency MD predicts house price impact from VAT on school fees
The policy is resulting in "a wave of parents looking to move closer to state school catchment areas"
Law
Leasehold flats ban beginning of the end for ‘feudal’ system, minster says
This announcement represents a significant shift towards a fairer and more transparent system of property ownership which is more consistent with the rest of the world, says NLC
Agency
Agencies ‘operating on tight margins’ seek exit plan
Joel Osbourne, Spicerhaart’s new acquisitions director, says many agencies are struggling as the Renters' Rights Bill looms
Lettings
Police called as protesters blockade estate agents against eviction
The protesters were opposed to a tenant's tenancy being terminated at the end of a 12-month tenancy agreement
Acquisitions
Property investment giant plans £2bn sell-off to expand into residential sector
The plan is to establish a £2bn-plus residential platform
Other News
UK housing market ‘showing signs of strength’
The early-January jitters ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration due to the inflationary risks of tariffs have subsided, though not disappeared
Compliance
Right to manage reforms come into force today
How will the change impact on the various stakeholders: leaseholders, freeholders and professional advisors?
Politics
Industry responds to latest HMRC UK property transactions report
Despite certain headwinds, the property market has had an encouraging start to the year in terms of buyer activity
Agency
EYE NEWSFLASH: Rightmove revenues up 7% as estate agency subscribers grow
The property portal forecasts a further increase in membership and a rise in average revenue per estate agency advertiser as agents upgrade their packages and renew contracts
Other News
What is currently happening in the UK property market?
The Guild's Iain McKenzie features on the show this week
Lettings
Big Issue founder calls for urgent action following significant rise in Section 21 evictions
Big Issue founder Lord Bird has tabled a number of amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill
Law
‘No business requirement’ to answer Reapit’s tribunal FOI request on rent hikes, says government
Reapit made the Freedom of Information (FOI) request in a bid to understand the additional workload that is likely to be created by the government’s Renters’ Rights Bill
People
Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Hugh Maconochie joins the Savills Private Office; Zero Deposit expands leadership team; Lomond appoints investment management MD
Lettings
Rental housing shortfall could threaten government’s growth plans
Joint letter from the BPF, NRLA and Propertymark expresses concern about the impact the stamp duty hike set out in the Autumn Budget has had on the provision of rented housing
Law
Can changes help deliver 1.5m new homes this parliament?
Planning Committee's working paper outlines three options for the faster delivery of new homes to achieve the government’s target of 1.5m new homes this parliament