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Associations & Bodies
Peer says university estate agency degrees ‘not real courses’
Baroness Fox of Buckley reveals her disdain for institutions who offer real estate courses during Lords debate, but Propertymark is not amused.
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Features
It’s looking up!
Analysis of the latest leading indices are cause for some optimism, says property expert Kate Faulkner.
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Estate agents with star qualities in 2021 revealed by Propertymark
Nine training and qualification winners gathered in London to celebrate being top of their game whether learners, agents, agencies or trainers.
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Propertymark hunts for new policy chief as Hayward takes final bow
Mark Hayward, who has worked for the trade association since 2013, will retire at the end of the year once a replacement is found.
Read More » It’s a sellers’ market – but where are they?
More space, second homes, bigger homes, gardens – as the restrictions of the pandemic cool, the market gets hotter, says Kate Faulkner of Designs on Property.
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Property market ‘off the scale’ report NAEA agents
Extraordinary figures from Propertymark reveal that 16% of homes sold last month were for more than their asking price, the highest ratio for nearly seven years within the property market. The trade organisation also says the number of sales agreed last month reached the highest level for the traditionally busy month since 2007, driven by an average of 13 prospective buyers chasing each property on the market. The number of house hunters registered per branch also jumped, from 388 to 409 on average between February and March, while supply dropped from 34 properties to 31 properties per branch. And only a third of properties sold for less than the asking price, the lowest level since records began. Reports of a wildly busy market last month are also supported by the research, which points to 12 properties on average being sold per member estate agency branch, up from 11 in February but the highest per-branch figure for 15 years. First time buyers The government’s 95% LTV mortgage is helping – sales to first time buyers increased significantly last month, rising from 25% to 27% of all sales. Mark Hayward (left), Propertymark’s Chief Policy Advisor, has hailed these figures as ‘fantastic’ and…
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Government launches ‘risky’ plan to link EPCs to mortgage lending
NAEA boss Mark Hayward says proposals to make lenders put EPCs at heart of their lending would endanger housing market.
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Features
Busy, busy, busy…
With reports of some of the busiest activity in the housing market in 13 years, Kate Faulkner of Designs on Property, wonders how you’re all feeling…
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Stamp duty ‘boom’ raises agency fees revenue by 14%
Research shows agents, conveyancers and surveyors have all enjoyed increased income as the housing market has taken off following Rishi Sunak's announcement in July.
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