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Features
Lender lockdown?
Richard Reed takes the temperature of the property finance market and discovers some worrying effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Agencies & People
Belvoir franchise reports continued growth despite COVID-19 challenges
Lockdown makes only a small dent in lettin agency chain’s performance with June breaking records for Newton Fallowell arm.
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Housing Market
Mortgage approvals bounce back to 40,000 according to latest BoE figures
Bank of England data shows big rebound in mortgage approvals but experts warn of potential logjams ahead from low LTVs.
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Latest property news
Faster sales loom as Land Registry green lights electronic signatures
Land Registry says needs of Covid led it to bring forward electronic signatures for a wide range of different property transactions.
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Latest property news
Fintech pioneer launches free-to-list estate agency to rival Purplebricks
Ray Rafiq-Omar says his online estate agency will make it money from arranging mortgages for buyers who register to view properties advertised on Rightmove.
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Latest property news
‘Sales and rent-back’ scandal firms thrown out of TPO in March
Two companies facing High Court proceeding and freezing orders were reported by TPO to Trading Standards at the start of lockdown, The Neg can reveal.
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Regulation & Law
Chancellor confirms immediate stamp duty holiday – raising threshold to £500,000
Budget announcement means 79% of those living in the capital will avoid paying any tax on moving home.
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Housing Market
House prices fall for fourth month in a row, according to Halifax price index
Four-month house price fall is worst run since the aftermath of the financial crisis though prices are still up 2.5% on 2019.
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COVID-19
Young renters at risk of defaulting as furlough scheme comes to close
Landlord body calls for government action to help thousands of at-risk tenants.
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Guest Blogs
Head for the hills
Big city high-flyers will turn their back on traditional city living to escape COVID-19, says Alistair Brown, CEO, Alistair Brown International Real Estate
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