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17 hours ago · Stamp Duty-exempt stock could drop by 20% from April – research. Written by: Marc Shoffman. First-time buyers will face a stock shortage as well as potentially higher costs once Stamp Duty thresholds return to £300,000 in April, research suggests. ...
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Sam Mitchell: ‘Why I’m leaving Purplebricks’. JONATHAN ROLANDE: Reports say we are in a property boom…. Halifax: UK house prices pass post-pandemic peak. Estate Agent Today provides daily industry, Estate Agency, Property Market, Housing, Moving Home and Online Estate Agent News updates for the UK's letting agent community.
Property Natter – a short history of estate agency
The 1930s was, too, a busy time for the founding of well-known regional agencies, with Surrey-based agents’ Curchods appearing in 1938, Connells opening its first branch in Luton in 1936, and Dixons, a large estate and letting agency firm in the Midlands, also founded in this decade. Andrews was established in 1946, the 1950s saw the founding ...
Leaders Romans Group unveils high-profile acquisitions
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Stirling Ackroyd, Alexander & Co and Peter Ball in the latest high profile industry acquisition. All branches will remain under their current brands. Nick Dunning, chief executive at Stirling Ackroyd and George Thomas, chief executive at Alexander & Co, will leave their respective businesses after a short ...
Stop Property Fraudsters – new guide released - Estate Agent Today
A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud Advisory Panel, HM Land Registry and the Law Society. The increasingly-common scam happens when a fraudster changes the registered details of a building to pose as its owner. The fraudster then applies for a mortgage or sells the ...
Boomin - What’s the verdict? - Estate Agent Today
The second area that concerns agents contacting EAT is the simple one – Boomin has relatively few listings and not so many agencies on board, at least yet. In early March, Boomin claimed it had some 5,000 agency branches on board – it quoted the same figure for its launch, a month later. Zoopla last week said it had 19,500 including new ...
CPRs; the implications - Estate Agent Today
Aug 29, 2018 · CPRs; the implications. In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as CPRs. The main change was a shift in focus away from caveat emptor, or buyer beware, to greater transparency for those involved in the purchasing or renting of property ...
Another year of change? How property law will evolve in 2024
Currently, the Renters’ Reform Bill is in the Committee stages, with no official date yet confirmed by the government. However, it is estimated that it will come into law on 1 st October 2024. Once it becomes law, the Bill will initially only affect new tenancies, and pre-existing tenancies will be included 12 months later.
Marketing, Events & Networking Archives - Estate Agent Today
Oct 5, 2024 · Low-cost marketing can produce high rewards, say TVPN. Written by: The ValPal Network. Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living crisis begins to bite. But this is not the time to put the brakes on marketing activity, according to ... 17th September 2022.
Why? How? Let’s get better - Estate Agent Today
Iain White, who worked in Agency for 30 years before establishing a consultancy business and founding The Innovation Collaboration Group, explains: “Sales progression is vital because it is unsustainable to have a 17-week period between sale agreed and exchanging contracts.”. “Agents used to turn their pipeline over four times in a year ...