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Countrywide Branch Closures

Countrywide Set For Branch Closures, According To Reports

While rumours continue to abound about potential branch closures, Countrywide has refused to confirm or deny whether the rumours are true. In the last annual...

Estate Agent Dual Fees

Ombudsman To Issue Guidance Over Agents’ Dual Fees

With growing numbers of home sellers complaining to The Property Ombudsman (TPO) over dual fees means there will be new guidance issued to estate agents...

Wood Burner Pollution

Plan To Ban Polluting Open Fires And Wood Burners

The Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced an ‘ambitious strategy’ to tackle air pollution in the UK, in an attempt to reduce exposure to particulate...

London

Govt Bans Evictions And Launches Mortgage Holidays

The Government is set to ban evictions and bring in three-month mortgage payment holidays for landlords whose tenants are finding it difficult to pay rent...

Seaside property investment

Around One In Five Landlords Confident To Invest In Property This Year

Research commissioned by Paragon Bank reveals that for the first time in four years more landlords are planning to expand their portfolios than reduce them....

Property Survey

Survey Reveals Why People Are Turning To Online Estate Agents

A recent survey has revealed the most important factors to vendors when choosing a company to sell their home. Conducted by a digital research company...

Mortgage Approvals Rise

Sharp Upturn In Mortgage Approvals During April

April showed a sharp upturn in mortgage approvals according to residential chartered surveyors e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor as borrowers take advantage of low mortgage rates across...

Online Estate Agents v High Street Agents

Council Bids To Ban Estate Agent Boards From Borough

A London council is making a controversial attempt to ban the display of all estate agent boards in several areas of its borough. The attempt...

NHS Thank You Poster

Thank You NHS & Key Workers Posters (PDF Download)

Inspired by ‘Clap for Carers’, we are on a mission to ensure that wherever our NHS and key workers go, they see how much we...

60% Sellers Prefer Payment On Completion

60% Of Property Sellers Prefer To Pay Estate Agents ‘On Completion’

Are upfront fees dead? Despite many estate agents promoting a ‘pay less upfront’ pricing model, 60% of people considering using an online agent would prefer...

Desirable property

BTL Landlords Urged To Expand Portfolios Or Remortgage

Investors are being encouraged to review their portfolios promptly as the market for buy-to-let landlords seeking mortgages has improved greatly over the last few weeks....

Property Spring Market - Will It Be Business As Usual?

Property Spring Market – Will It Be Business As Usual?

We are entering a season that is traditionally the strongest season for the property market. But how will this year’s spring market perform? With Christmas...

Social Housing Reform

Social Housing Tenants To Be Given New Rights To Buy

The Government has announced new proposals designed to help rebalance the relationship between social housing tenants and landlords. The social housing green paper asked residents...

House Raffle Lottery

Couple Raffling Their Home Forced To Abandon Plan

While the raffling of homes has grown in popularity, one couple has been forced to abandon their raffling plans after the Gambling Commission stepped in....

Nice house

Desperate First-Time Buyers Take On Longer Loans As House Prices Soar

Some home buyers risk spending thousands of pounds more in interest by taking on longer loans in order to make rising house prices more affordable....

Stamp Duty Cut For First-Time Buyers

Stamp Duty Cut ‘Ineffective’ According To Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

When the Government announced that stamp duty would be cut for first-time buyers buying a home for up to £300,000 last year, estate agents across...

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