-
Latest property news
EXCLUSIVE: Entrepreneur plans agent-owned portal to tackle likes of Rightmove
Find Properties will encourage agents to differentiate themselves by improving their own web presence which will also improve standards and competition.
Read More » -
Our Events
The Negotiator Conference review
The UK's premier annual event for residential estate and letting agents. As well as featuring over 50 key supplier companies, it is a networking and educational event for the UK residential property industry
Read More » -
Housing Market
MORTGAGES: Lenders cut rates as hopes rise of BoE reduction
Increased expectations that the Bank of England will cut the base interest rate next month prompt lenders to reduce mortgage costs.
Read More » -
Rental market
Holiday lets ‘free-for-all’ over as HMRC cracks down
HMRC has started almost 2,000 investigations into income earned by holiday homeowners in the last year.
Read More » -
Regulation & Law
Rightmove rolls out new material info fields for agents
Portal warns agents that those who do not fill in the new fields face fines – and even prison sentences.
Read More » -
Rental market
Landlords ‘increasingly keen’ to bring rents up to market averages
Hamptons says 90% of tenants renewing an existing contract saw rents increase while 60% of landlords achieved a higher rent when a new tenant moved in.
Read More » -
Housing Market
Properties now taking seven months to sell, warns Rightmove
Despite a surge in asking prices driven by pent-up demand and a strong Spring season, selling still takes seven months between listing and completion.
Read More » -
Housing Market
First-time buyers paying 191% more than parents did in 1990s
My Home Move Conveyancing Director, Alistair Singer, says average earnings-to-house-price ratio has more than doubled from 4.0 to 8.1 adding more pressure than ever on those looking to start their home-owning journey.
Read More » -
Marketing
How to get more landlords
Landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agent, and Simon Cairnes looks at new ways of getting more of them onto the books.
Read More » -
Charity
Birmingham Children’s Hospital gets boost from Bond Wolfe
The Bond Wolfe Charitable Trust has donated £500 to the hospital following a dine and donate event at a local restaurant.
Read More » -
Rebecca Marsh
The Ombudsman Files – Dual agency fees drama
Sellers made a complaint to The Property Ombudsman against an estate agent with whom they had signed a sole selling rights agreement. Rebecca Marsh explains.
Read More » -
Proptech
NEW: Jaw-dropping AI writes property descriptions from images
ModelProp AI announces the integration of Chat-GPT4o into its products, which features a property descriptions writer.
Read More »