Agency
New partnership to provide agents with ‘additional marketing services’
Having a direct link into these property services will provide supplemented marketing resource for agents to readily access.
News
Agency
haart unveils plans for growth in Cambridge
haart will be opening a new first-time Buyer and Investor Centre in the city, plus will be introducing sister company Chewton Rose into the Cambridgeshire market.
Other News
‘Early Christmas present’ for buyers as sellers lower their price expectations
Tim Bannister: “Sellers often wait until January to get their home on the market, but this year agents say that more people are trying to get a head-start on making 2022 their year to move.”
Other News
Prime property market ‘busy’ despite wider slowdown
There are growing signs that the UK property market is cooling off following the ending of the stamp duty window.
Compliance
MPs criticised for exploiting rent expenses loophole
A least 15 MPs, of whom 13 are Conservatives and three are ministers, are claiming up to £22,920 a year for rent payments.
People
Rightmove chief exec cashes in more than £2m of shares
Sale of shares in Rightmove still leaves Peter Brooks-Johnson with more than £14m shareholding.
Lettings
New data: ‘Abolishing section 21 is not the silver bullet some think it is’
Timothy Douglas at Propertymark: “Throughout the pandemic in particular letting agents have worked tirelessly, communicating between landlords and tenants to resolve issues."
Agency
The number of properties on agents’ books hits ‘historic lows’
Tom Bill at Knight Frank: Stronger-than-normal demand has been boosted by frustrated buyers who were unable to move during the stamp duty holiday.”
Agency
Rightmove to launch new campaign to support agents and boost listings
Rightmove’s Iain Kennedy: “Agents have been faced with record low stock levels this year, so to support them and get people moving, we’ve invested in extensive outdoor advertising.”
Compliance
Property firm expelled from industry body
The agency has been expelled with no right of appeal after an official complaint was filed against the company.
Agency
Nine months after launching, Hat and Home opens second branch
Hat and Home opened its second branch this week in leafy Crowthorne, Berkshire.
Other News
Agency unveils fantastic Armistice Day window displays
The manager of the firm’s Morriston sales branch, Stephanie Vellacott, wanted to honour those who gave their lives for our freedom.
Agency
Winkworth to open at least eight new offices in 2022
Dominic Agace, CEO of Winkworth: “We expect business to remain brisk going into 2022, with rental prices rising due to migration back to London and international interest returning.”
Agency
Watch now – Official trailer for new estate agency TV show
These estate agents make a lot of money selling high-end residential properties.
Lettings
BTL landlords accuse councils of failing to crackdown on rogues
Ben Beadle, chief executive of the NRLA: “The vast majority of responsible landlords are sick and tired of a failure to root out the minority who bring the sector into disrepute.”
Agency
Widow conned by ‘despicable’ agent: ‘My entire world came crashing down’
An estate agent has been jailed for stealing £160,000 from an 80-year old pensioner, who recently died.
Finance
BTL landlords presented with ‘challenges’ that could see many exit the market
Timothy Douglas, policy manager at Propertymark: “Landlords across the country are being presented with financial and practical challenges.”
Agency
This is ‘the best sellers’ market we’ve seen in decades’
Jason Tebb, chief executive officer of OnTheMarket: “October was yet another month where the velocity of the current market continued to defy gravity.”
Lettings
The new professional landlords raising the bar
It is a common misconception that today’s ‘generation rent’ are all desperate to become ‘generation buy’.