An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40 per cent during the… Read More »40% price fall and 54% price rise – Prime London snakes and ladders
A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in ‘failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National Association of Estate… Read More »Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches
Zoopla’s latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The case is growing… Read More »Top portal is latest to urge stamp duty holiday extension
A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent of individual agents reporting… Read More »Not coping with Covid? Shock figures about agents’ mental health
Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector – a key indicator of the economy’s performance – has seen 11,000 additional businesses enter significant… Read More »Soaring distressed property firms are ‘just tip of large iceberg’
A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far beyond the savings possible.… Read More »Stamp Duty Holiday: Did market need it? Have buyers really benefitted?
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent accountancy firm.For weeks the… Read More »RICS in dramatic U-turn after newspaper allegations
Plans are afoot for millions of leaseholders in England to be given the right to extend their leases by 990 years while paying £0 ground… Read More »990 Year Leases Announced in Leasehold Law Shakeup
One in seven London tenants are in arrears. Now pressure is growing for the Government to do more than delay evictions. The Government is coming… Read More »One in seven London renters now behind on payments
Massive monetary stimulus from central banks and governments stepping in with fiscal support have driven house prices higher around the world. Covid-19 has pushed the… Read More »Why the world is going through a property price boom