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Zoopla launches ‘sales sector committee’ of leading figures to steer decision making
Zoopla has named the eleven industry figures who have been appointed to the portal’s Sales Advisory Board. The names, who are from some of the UK’s leading estate agencies, are being brought in to bring ‘agents into the heart of the decision making’ at Zoopla and ‘maximise customer collaboration’. These agents are Oliver Blake (pictured, below), MD of Your Move & Reeds Rains, who will chair the group along with Kate Randall (MD of TPFG), Ian Fry (National Operations Director, Connells Group), Lisa MacKenzie (Sales Director, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, Sharon Donaldson, MD of, Countrywide) and James Bunning, Managing Director (director, Arun Estates). Nathan Emerson from Propertymark is also on the board, as is Ben Quinney from FocalAgent and Jamie Cooke from iamsold. The move by Zoopla, which follows the formation of a similar ‘lettings board’ late last year, is perceived by some within the industry to be an attempt to counter Boomin’s decisoin in July 2021 to sign up leading agents to its ‘voice of the agents’ board. Non-regulatory Zoopla’s new ‘sales board’ is to be an independent, non-regulatory group to support the successful and sustainable growth of the residential sales market, while also ensuring vendors and buyers remain…
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Your Move reveals £11m cost of Covid within full results
Latest accounts show a £11.3m drop in turnover last year though the months afterwards have been much kinder as the market has boomed.
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Proof positive – proptech and digital marketing works
Survey shows properties marketed with professional photography, floorplans and 360° tours, with Facebook ads and premium listings, sell 48% faster.
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PIC OF THE WEEK: Your Move’s big day at EFL match final
Results of the estate agency's season sponsorship of the EFL were plain to see for the 20 customers and 10 staff among the 82,000 fans at the match on Sunday.
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Stamp Duty changes to blame for 14% dip in property sales volumes says Your Move
The changes to Stamp Duty ushered in by George Osborne in 2014 have reduced property sales in London and the South by up to 30%, analysis of Land Registry data has revealed. The number of homes sold each year has plummeted by nearly a third in London and by 20% in the South over the past two years, according to the monthly Your Move/Acadata house price index, although the sales volume reduction has been less acute nationally, at 14%. These figures are also very different across the UK. For example, in the northern regions the volume reduction is just 11% while in Wales the number of homes sold increased by 2%. “The slowdown in London can now also be seen in the South East. Time will tell if the rest of England and Wales remains resilient,” says Oliver Blake (pictured, left), Managing Director of Your Move. His company’s index reveals one silver lining and potentially brighter times ahead for agents. The Christmas/NY shutdown for 2017/18 did not depress sales volumes as much as it usually does during the festive season. “We estimate that the number of housing transactions [during] January 2018 in England and Wales at 64,000, down by 15%…
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Property sales market shines north of the border as London struggles
Do you run or work for an agency in the North? Then you may be heartened by the latest property sales figures from Your Move and Reeds Rains. They show that, while London and the South East are facing an alarming and continuing slump in sales, the north is proving much more resilient. The number of transactions in the North increased by 10% over the past three months (February to April) and increased by 6% in the North West, 7% in Yorkshire and Humberside, 6% in the West Midlands and 13% in Wales. In contrast, the two companies say, transactions in London have plummeted by 19% over the past three months in Greater London, and 7% in the South East. West Midlands property sales The figures also underpin what developers have known for some time – that Birmingham and the West Midlands are the property hotspots of the UK at the moment. Not only are transaction increasing, but house prices in the region are up 5.1% so far this year, while neighbour Shropshire has seen prices increase by 7.1% over the same period. “The market remains resilient and there’s encouraging activity in the North, but we need to urgently address…
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