The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three per cent on foreign buyers of property in the UK. The party has leaked the news to selected journalists this morning. The Tories claim that research from York University shows 13... Source: Estate Agent...
September 2018
Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and more affordable alternatives. That’s the advice of Ben Taylor, managing director of Keller Williams UK. He says that as consumer behaviour changes and increasing amounts of property transactions are conducted...
A statement to the London Stock Exchange by eProp Services has cemented its role primarily as a PropTech firm. This is in addition to having having its wholly-owned subsidiary GPEA licensing the Fine & Country brand as well as operating the Guild of Property Professional, while another wholly-owned subsidiary licenses the... Source: Estate Agent...
London has been identified as one of a number of ‘bubble risk cities’ in a report by Swiss bank UBS. In a report prepared by the bank’s Global Wealth Management's Chief Investment Office, 20 major financial centres around the world have a spotlight put on them. Hong Kong faces the greatest risk... Source: Estate Agent...
Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to a trade body. The requirements will be for convincing firms licensed by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers and is part of what the organisation calls “a cross-industry push to empower... Source: Estate Agent...
Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our industry. We have some big figures, in every sense of the word, in this week’s roll call. Whether you’re raising £1m or £1, let us know: an email to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk... Source: Estate Agent...
The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its listings were sold within 12 months, in the year to April. Sold, in this case, being completed, exchanged or sold subject to contract - there are still no specific figures... Source: Estate Agent...
Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its regional director for London. Ben Ainsworth is to be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of Yopa’s London agents’ businesses “to ensure an exceptional standard of customer service is delivered... Source: Estate Agent...
A new book has revealed that one of the long line of recent housing ministers was known as “the invisible minister” because he kept such a low profile. It was Mark Prisk, who is still Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford but who has not been in any government position since... Source: Estate Agent...
Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running their values have fallen and are cumulatively worth millions less than they were at the peak of the market. Kensington Palace Gardens in London W8 continues to hold the title... Source: Estate Agent...