The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This came last evening after days of debate on how much marketing, valuing, viewing and conveyancing could be done during the lockdown. Here is the guidance in full: There is no… Read More »Agents Beware: definitive government guidance on buying and selling
LOCKDOWN Mr Johnson has placed the UK on lockdown to tackle the coronavirus, threatening police fines for anyone who ignores new measures including a ban on public gatherings of more than two people. The Prime Minister detailed a short list of reasons why individuals can leave their homes as he… Read More »The Deserted streets of England
A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make videos appropriate for marketing. The ‘How To Do It’ video is 12 minutes long and produced by industry consultant Chris Watkin, and it’s shared below with Estate Agent Today… Read More »Vendors can create video tours for agents to market – here’s how…
Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately – they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus safety guidance. A statement from Propertymark issued this afternoon says: “Propertymark has spoken to a senior civil servant at Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Goverment (MHCLG) this morning. … Read More »Government tells agents to shut offices immediately
Landlords who have a buy-to-let mortgage with Barclays will not be offered a repayment holiday, despite government guidance to offer borrowers a payment referral of up to three months as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank says that the support is primarily available to residential mortgage borrowers, with… Read More »Barclays refuses to offer buy-to-let borrowers a payment holiday
A high number of buy-to-let landlords are concerned about the impact of the Coronavirus, but The Guild of Letting and Management has provided some practical guidance and advice to help you cope with the existing situation. One of the most common questions many landlords are currently asking about is the… Read More »Useful guidance and support for dealing with tenants during Covid-19 outbreak
The devastating impact of the Coronavirus could cost buy-to-let landlords nearly £14.9bn should tenants be unable to pay rent during the three month support period announced by the government last week, new research shows. The government has announced that they will suspend new evictions and halt new possessions proceedings to the… Read More »Coronavirus could cost BTL landlords almost £15bn in lost rental income
Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on the High Street. Fine & Country, Hunters, Northwood and Belvoir are amongst the company names cited on the Say No To Rightmove website as being signatories: however, the website… Read More »Over 600 agents Say No To Rightmove – but will they stick by it?
While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how they can pull teams together at difficult moments like these. Estate Agent Today has seen a message to the staff of Choices Estate Agents from its chairman, Simon Shinerock,… Read More »It doesn’t have to be like Spicerhaart – another agent’s approach…
A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per cent over the rest of this year because of the virus crisis. John Charcol is saying that the peak UK house price for 2020 is likely to be the… Read More »House prices to drop 10% thanks to virus, warns OnTheMarket partner
