Strutt & Parker forecasts 10% UK price growth for 2021
Increased housing market activity is expected to continue for years, as there has been a permanent shift in behaviour and lifestyles
News Archive
Comings and goings
More snippets of news from the industry – iamproperty, Pygott & Crone, Sinclair Taylor, SDL
Demand is falling for furlough friendly mortgages
More borrowers with contract or irregular incomes are seeking mortgage advice
Nationwide deploys voice-tech to help house hunters
Voice-activated information service for home movers will interest agents
Plans to change minimum EPC rating on rental properties pose huge problems for the sector
Landlords are potentially facing a bill of £29bn to bring housing stock nearer to Net Zero
Mental health best practice across the conveyancing, legal and property industries
Initiative sets out to encourage kindness between professionals
Mass-market home prices hit new record as upper end cools – Rightmove
Rightmove predicts that there will be an autumn bounce in both seller activity and prices
National Tell a Joke Day – let us have yours
EYE readers invited to submit their most groan-inducing property-related funnies
No more self-isolation for double-vaccinated adults
The new regime should help agencies to keep functioning without disruption
Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily
Signs of returns to normality in the student lets market
Mortgage arrears – latest figures from UK Finance
Measures of support during the pandemic have helped mortgage payers to keep their heads above water
Potentially explosive report delivered to RICS
The question now is, ‘when will the Levitt report leak out’
Letting agents need to be aware of this legal case
Judgement will result in civil fines increasing for landlords who break the law
Commercial property trounces residential for rental yields
UK commercial property investment offers average annual yields of 10.7%, compared to just 3.4% for residential
How to show landlords that buy-to-let is still a good investment
Is the weight of legislation and associated costs driving landlords out of the market? Not everyone thinks so
How long would it take you to save enough money to buy some of the world’s biggest celebrities’ homes?
To afford to buy the homes of the stars would take literally thousands of years of saving
Construction output fell in June to below pre-Covid levels
Office for National Statistics gives statistics for construction output in the period April to June 2021
EA Masters: Need help with market appraisals and property marketing?
Tech before Human – an exclusive Kerfuffle discussion for EA Masters