An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer – who was in the French Alps on holiday when she saw the social media posts for the property in the Warwickshire village of Lapworth – was attracted by a series of teaser photographs.… Read More »Social Media: Agent sells home off-market via Instagram teaser images
A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their business has been involved in a price fixing cartel. In a statement released this morning the CMA says: “If you think your business has been involved in illegal activity,… Read More »Agents asked to confess if their firm has been price-fixing
A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites – especially Rightmove – are contributing to estate agencies going bust. “Property portals make money by charging to list on their site, regardless of a sale or let being made. Depending on the quality of listings, brand notoriety,… Read More »Rightmove charges blamed for helping some agents going bust
Average house prices in the UK grew by 2.9% in February compared to last year, according to Rightmove. The latest figures from the online property website revealed that average house prices have risen by £2,589 over the past month, a 0.8% monthly rise. It means the average price of… Read More »UK House Prices Surge to Near-Record Levels
Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short of the mark according to new mortgage data. Statistics for December from UK Finance, the mortgage lenders’ trade body, suggest that there were 5,700 new buy to let home… Read More »Death of buy to let has been greatly exaggerated, new figures show
A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers – but is that really the case? The survey by comparison site GetAgent looked at the average price paid by cash buyers over the last 12 months and compared it to buyers with mortgages. The data shows that across… Read More »Cash is king – but does it really mean lower sale prices?
A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves – Mayfair. Peter Wetherell, whose agency Wetherell entered into a partnership with London chain Dexters at the end of last year, says Mayfair is about to see its largest demographic… Read More »Young and minted: 50% of Mayfair residents aged 21 to 44
A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price – closest to asking. Homes selling in this short period typically get 99.4 per cent of their asking price. Those that sell after one month achieve an a average of 98… Read More »Homes bought after 14 days listing achieve best sale price – claim
The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago, quoting two separate sources saying the idea was being considered by both the Treasury and 10 Downing Street. On the same day Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick appeared on… Read More »Mansion Tax scrapped after PM vetoes the idea
A challenger portal says agents should reduce their reliance on the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla by using smaller rival portals as part of a wider marketing strategy for their listings. Babek Ismayil, founder and chief executive of OneDome – a PropTech platform which runs a portal of the same… Read More »Use small portals and social media to stop Rightmove and Co, agents told
