The government says it is going to look at “bold options” to improve consumer redress across all aspects of housing - and that includes considering having one Ombudsman-style service for agencies instead of the current three. As part of the government’s broad commitment to reform many aspects of the housing market,... Source: Estate Agent...
November 2017
Hybrid agency Purplebricks and website allAgents have failed in their bid to reach agreement over the accuracy and source of a series of disputed customer reviews. A statement passed to Estate Agent Today last evening by allAgents’ Martin McKenzie reads: “allAgents can confirm that at 2.30pm today, we withdrew from our talks... Source: Estate Agent...
The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the buyer’s conveyancer agrees to transmit funds to the seller’s legal representatives one working day ahead of formal completion. This means fewer chances of delays caused by funds being transferred on... Source: Estate Agent...
The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the proportion of sales made to first time buyers has dropped further, to 22 per cent. The figure, which applies to October’s sales figures drawn from a survey of NAEA Propertymark member agents, was down one per cent... Source: Estate Agent...
We’re delighted to say that the first estate agency pics have arrived as the industry unravels the tinsel and gets out the fake snow to mark the start of the Christmas season. First off the mark this year is Lincolnshire estate agency Geoffrey Collings & Co. Property consultant Carrie Maris has kindly... Source: Estate Agent...
Chancellors Group has signed a five year deal to list its sales and lettings properties with the OnTheMarket portal. The group has over 50 branches trading as Chancellors in parts of southern England, as Anscombe & Ringland in areas of London and as Russell Baldwin & Bright in Hereford, Powys and... Source: Estate Agent...
LSL Property Services - which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains and other high street estate agencies - batted away any housing market gloom by telling shareholders that revenues for the 10 months to the end of October were up by 1.1 per cent. In a trading statement the company says residential... Source: Estate Agent...
ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue from property services up 41 per cent and a six per cent rise in its number of UK agencies with a five per cent rise in its property listings. The... Source: Estate Agent...
Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and requires them to instruct the firm’s conveyancing partner “helping to speed up the legal stage of the sale by up to 50 per cent.” The agency has this year claimed... Source: Estate Agent...
Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever the teacher’s pet, I have. But I've been doing a lot of travelling this week, so that’s given me the time. Because most of us don’t have time to read... Source: Estate Agent...