Politics
Analysis shows how government could potentially achieve housing targets
Jacqui Daly, director, residential research, Savills: “It’s difficult to overstate the importance of build-to-rent in delivering new homes.”
News
Events
Letting agency’s spooky trail unveiled
Angharad Trueman, managing director at CGT Lettings: “We have two different branches who are doing spooky trails around the local area.”
Agency
More online agencies could face class actions over self-employed pay
Lee McIntyre-Hamilton, tax partner at Keystone Law, has been advising on employment tax matters for more than 20 years.
Agency
When is a self-employed estate agent not a self-employed estate agent?
The property industry appears to be scratching its head with regards to what it now means for the self-employed or ‘hybrid’ sector, according to Alice Bullard, head of commercial at Nested.
Agency
Sellers overpricing by an average of 13% when listing on portals
Adam Kamani, CEO of MoveStreets: “Many sellers are listing their homes at an over-optimistic price point, no doubt in an attempt to take advantage of the market boom.”
Acquisitions
Technology firm snaps up specialised sales engine
Swedish firm says its methods help UK agents find buyers faster.
Finance
Zillow shares fall after it pauses home purchases
Zillow has seen its share price tumble after the the online real estate firm said it would stop purchasing new homes.
Agency
Children invited to create estate agents Halloween window displays
With Halloween fast approaching, a Portishead estate agents is inviting children to help it create window displays for its local branches.
Charity
Hamptons raises over £9,000 for Cancer Research UK
Lesley Cairns, managing director at Hamptons: “The Cancer Research UK Summer Run and the Hamptons Charity Golf Cup bought members of the Hamptons team together all in aid of one fantastic cause.”
Agency
Purplebricks faces legal action from agents over holiday and pension pay
More than 100 workers say they were wrongly classed as self-employed by the online estate agency.
Agency
UK’s ‘poshest estate agent’ relaunches under new ownership
Strong foundations laid with new senior team at agency formerly owned by landed gentry.
Politics
Who is eligible for the £5,000 heat pump grant?
Homeowners will be encouraged to switch to a heat pump or other low-carbon technology when their current boiler needs replacing.
Finance
Halifax increases income multiple to 5.5 times salary
Lewis Shaw, founder of Shaw Financial Services: “When will people realise that rising house prices make everyone poorer, not better off?”
Acquisitions
Property firm acquires lettings business
Joe Gervin, LPS real estate director: “These days, you often see the larger corporates snapping up the smaller agencies so, as a growing independent, we are delighted to get this opportunity.”
Lettings
Housing supply shortage pushes London rents up 15% – Chestertons
Richard Davies, head of lettings at Chestertons: “Rents have risen sharply and tenants now have a much more limited choice than they did last year.”
Politics
Housebuilding volumes will not recover to pre-pandemic volumes until 2026
New housing delivery peaked in 2019/20 at 220,000 homes, but fell to 190,000 in 2020/21.
Lettings
Grants for heat pumps, but NRLA wants clarity for BTL landlords
Ben Beadle, chief executive of the NRLA: “Eighty per cent of private rented households have gas central heating and replacing such systems will be both costly and vital to achieving net zero.”
Lettings
Demand from tenants hit record high
Richard Rowntree at Paragon Bank: “With this seasonal demand added to already high levels of tenant demand, we are beginning to see a shortage of property in certain parts of the PRS.”
Tech
New boards ‘quite unlike anything that’s been done before’
George Cobb said: “For Sale and Let Boards outside homes are still one the most effective ways to generate interest for a property.”
Tech
allAgents integrates Google Reviews onto its platform
Estate agents will now be able to link their Google Review account to their allAgents account, giving customers the option of posting a review on bth platforms.