Other News
Withdrawals at lowest rate since beginning of June – weekly index
Sale fall-through rate remains steady as more properties come to the market
News
Lettings
Younger tenants ‘in serious danger’ of falling behind in rental payments
Landlords call for more benefit support to help tenants as furlough scheme is scaled back
Agency
High-value country house market is strongest UK performer – Knight Frank
Increased demand for outdoor space and greenery offset the impact of Covid-19 on higher value country homes
Finance
Ipswich Building Society withdraws all BTL products including expat and holiday let
Building society pulls back from lending due to record pipeline of applications
Politics
‘Master bedroom’ may have become a politically-incorrect term
Some say 'Master’ represents a stigma and place in time that we need to move forward from
Agency
The Property Ombudsman warns of ’emerging complaint issues’ regarding video viewings
Consumer and industry forums highlight areas of concern for agents
Finance
Upfront cost of renting rises despite deposit cap
Analysis reveals impact of tenant fee ban one-year on
People
Mark Hayward to retire from NAEA Propertymark
NAEA and ARLA names likely to be amalgamated into single Propertymark brand
Law
Rent Repayment Order claim could result in considerably higher penalties for landlords
New HMO hotline advice service from Landlord Law and Anthony Gold
Compliance
Conveyancing Association provides guidance on ‘local lockdown’ house moves
Stakeholders can continue to process transactions and move people within ‘local lockdown’ areas
Lettings
Landlord body refutes evictions claims by Shelter
Important to distinguish between tenants affected by COVID-19 and those who were building rent arrears before lockdown
Compliance
NEWSFLASH: Director disqualified by the High Court – Burnham on Sea cartel case
This is the first application for a competition disqualification order to come to trial.
Agency
NEWSFLASH: haart confirms 23 branches will not reopen ‘at this stage’
Redundancy process under way for some staff
Agency
haart plans for home-working Partners ‘to take advantage of the changing estate agency landscape, post coronavirus.’
Company says it plans 250 new network locations and that physical branches will reopen within the next ten days
Agency
Behind every Olympian is an… estate agent? Purplebricks reveals its latest TV ads
'Alice' the estate agent is back showing her support for Team GB
Agency
What estate agents earn – Rayner wants to benchmark the industry
Poll will provide an authoritative assessment of pay across the sector
Other News
Thermal imaging technology installed at agent’s offices to detect Covid-19 symptom
Every person entering the offices can have their temperature checked by a camera
Agency
Warwickshire agent makes appointments – and takes on a branch and staff from Andrew Grant
Agency appointments include former Yopa regional director and a former franchise director of Reeds Rain
Finance
Remortgage market activity – latest index
Optimism that Q3 data will reveal a more confident and stable remortgage market
Other News
Pent-up demand for property in Scotland evident as restrictions relaxed
Highest number of property valuation requests ever in a month were recorded during June