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Sales Progressor of the Year 2022 winner is revealed
2022 marks the third annual Sales Progressor of the Year awards which was open to all UK estate agents
Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Rightmove confirms Peter Brooks-Johnson’s departure; John D Wood & Co. appoints new head of marketing; Charlie Woods joins Harding Green
Local searches holding up sales completions for too long
Accredited experts can speed up the process, insists The Association of Independent Personal Search Agents
Another generation condemned to ‘housing misery’, government warned
The human cost of inaction is already affecting thousands of households
Rental market in crisis as demand soars
Letting supply likely to remain low until next spring, says agency
OnTheMarket provides exit route for agents
OnTheMarket has written to agents who backed the portal at its 2018 initial public offering
Database reveals huge spike in letting fraud
CIFAS registers a steep rise in identity fraud and false applications over the last nine months
Incredibly generous estate agency donates £1m to charity
Since September, the local high street estate agents have been donating £100 for every property valuation they attend, and they have just completed their 10,000th valuation in three months
UK house prices predicted to drop by at least 10% in 2023
Increasing interest rates and a year-long recession expected to trigger a slump that will force households to cut spending
Tenants going to extremes to secure property
Agent tells GB News how far some renters are prepared to go in order to clinch a deal
No house price growth for years, says agency MD
Nicky Stevenson of Fine & Country predicts this year’s increases will be wiped out over the next two years
What does 2023 have in store for the rental market?
Tenant demand looks set to remain high, but will housing supply keep pace?
Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Rightmove chairman secures new position at M&S; Fine & Country grant a new license; Estate agents wanted as part of new recruitment drive
RICS appoints Martin Samworth to chair new board
Martin Samworth brings 40 years of real estate and the built environment experience to the role
Prime London markets not immune to uncertain economy
Prices in prime London postcodes dipped for the second consecutive month, mirroring the wider UK market
Landlords’ funding options reduced in narrowing BTL mortgage market
Research reveals far fewer products and ramped-up rates compared with a year ago
NTSELAT releases a video explaining ‘how property listings are changing’
Property websites and estate and letting agents will be adding this information to their adverts in three stages
Police and local authorities failing to tackle anti-social tenants
Of those private landlords who have served a repossession notice at some point, half have done so because of a tenant’s anti-social or criminal behaviour study finds