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New Property Tax – consultation begins on ‘cladding’ tax proposal
The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards ...
Urgent warning to agencies over repayment of Coronavirus debt
There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the ...
Red Flag! Insolvency firm warns of growing distress in property ...
An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress ...
First time buyers can now borrow 5.5 times their income
The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their ...
Consumers demand upfront property details on portals
Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals – not wait until a prospective ...
Stamp Duty deadline creating ‘frenzy’ over property listings
A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing ...
Rightmove flying with record visits as buying frenzy continues
Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the ...
Stock shortage is worst I’ve seen in 30 years, says ...
An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s ...
Over half of buyers never visit an agent’s office, claims ...
A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of ...
Sellers must be “on it” and collate info upfront to ...
A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be ...