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The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will not be tolerated. The CMA has in recent times probed three cases of price-fixing amongst agents in different areas. These were: 2019: agencies Michael Hardy, Prospect, Richard Worth, and a fourth… Source: Estate Agent […]
The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of his MoveIQ service. Throughout his 30 year career Phil has worked as a buying agent, housing market commentator TV property expert and as an awards ambassador; throughout this time he… Source: Estate Agent News
Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is likely to create a huge boost for prime London. Fraser Slater, chief executive of buying agency Ludgrove, says: “With a vastly improved political backdrop, the threat of a hard-left government… Source: Estate Agent News
The proportion of 25 to 34 year olds who own their own home in England has risen for the first time in over a decade. There are now as many owner occupiers in this age range as there are private renters according to the government’s annual English Housing Survey. It shows that… Source: Estate Agent […]
OnTheMarket has signed up another big-name house builder to list on its portal. Bellway, which is the UK’s fourth largest house builder by volume, sold 10,892 new homes in its most recent financial year. “We like the clear and simple way in which OnTheMarket displays its properties and have watched it make real headway… Source: Estate Agent […]
Welcome to this week’s charity round-up, where we include a possible kick-start to your fund-raising efforts for 2020. Whatever you’re doing this year, please let us know: drop a line to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we will publicise your efforts, your fund-raising address, and we’ll show some pics too if you include them…. Source: Estate Agent News
The Competition and Markets Authority has released a 135 page document giving explicit details of its latest agency cartel investigation. This includes emails, telephone calls and interviews with and between the agents at the centre of the scandal; it also refers to some agents and witnesses whose evidence was regarded as… Source: Estate Agent News
The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to ultimately walk away from the company – and how the stress of running an agency has led him to re-evaluate the priorities for his family and work. James Davis founded… Source: Estate Agent News
The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram has been named. Last week The Times made reference to speculation that an agency was being sued by clients upset at seeing images of their properties on an individual agent’s… Source: Estate Agent News
Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and 2019, part of a broad decline in income since late 2016. The figures have prompted a demand by Jackson-Stops’ chairman Nick Leeming that the government wake up to the fact… Source: Estate Agent News