Tech
Matterport announces partnership with LonRes
6,500 subscribers will now have access to 3D data platform
News
Lettings
Tenants demand is for outdoor space – Belvoir
88% of Belvoir offices managed to conclude lets during lockdown
Other News
Sellers feeling bullish as listings return with higher prices
Analysis reveals vendors are still benefiting from low supply
Agency
Purplebricks appoints law firm to support activities and agents, day after major share transactions
Last tranche of Woodford fund shares in Purplebricks sold off
Lettings
Eviction ban has left landlords ‘powerless against domestic violence and anti-social tenants’
Landlords warn eviction ban extension fails victims of abuse
Agency
Premium market thriving since market reopened
Fine & Country says the market is far more active in the premium property sector than it was this time last year
Lettings
Middle-aged letting agent has been hiding in the spare room of our house…
Bizarre lettings tale unfolds on Reddit
Law
Free masterclass on possession claims this Friday after landmark case ruling
Ruling on pivotal lettings case will be discussed online
Agency
Record levels of offers accepted a month after lockdown lifted – Knight Frank
The number of new prospective buyers continues to increase
Charity
Beresfords top up the fund for schoolkids’ laptops
Donation will go towards the purchase of laptops
Agency
EYE NEWSFLASH: Estate agent directors disqualified for roles in illegal cartel
CMA has secured the disqualification of 2 Berkshire estate agent directors
Agency
Less than half of agency offices are fully open – EYE survey results
Considerable confidence in the long term buoyancy of the lettings market, not so much for sales
Finance
The furling of the Furlough scheme starts soon – but can the industry cope with it?
Government supporting up to £122m in property firms’ wage costs each month - but not for much longer.
Agency
Agents have secured 40,000 sales but 175,000 sellers are ‘missing’ – Rightmove
Buyers are paying 97.7% of the asking price on average
Tech
Proptech firms tasked with developing how to digitise upfront sales information
New working group will look at how digital logbooks for properties can be built
Finance
Landlords’ average capital gain falls to £78,100 in 2019
Landlords' biggest bonuses come from cashing in the capital gain on a property
Other News
Instructions and sales move above 2019 levels
Firgures show Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales languishing in property market lockdown
Other News
A month on from the market reopening, may we have your views please – EYE survey
Is your office open; is your job secure; how long will the bounce last?
Politics
Northern Ireland housing market to reopen next Monday
The country remains vigilant to the threat of a second wave of Covid-19