The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February 7. The revised form will include updates on Japanese Knotweed and flood risk. The new form comes just a few days after the latest update about a document which is intended... Source: Estate Agent...
January 2020
Mystery surrounds a historic agency that has ceased trading after 235 years in business - even though its website is still running and inviting vendors and landlords to sign up. Pritchards Estate Agent in Bath was established in 1785 and describes it as the longest running agency in the city. However, while... Source: Estate Agent...
The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major Proptech development in the near future. “We will soon be announcing exciting developments to our technological proposition and it will be designed specifically to strengthen our customer offering and drive... Source: Estate Agent...
Here’s a reminder of some news we broke last week - the hugely-respected Phil Spencer starts a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today this Monday, February 3. The column, under the auspices of his Move iQ service, will allow Phil to tap into his 30 year career as... Source: Estate Agent...
Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey of 2,000 assessing their knowledge of the housing market. And it appears that the public have very little understanding of house prices for a start. Almost one in five people across... Source: Estate Agent...
Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of Agents Do Charity. It’s early in the year and many in the industry are working hard in a busier-than-expected 2020 market, but it’s heartening that so many still find time... Source: Estate Agent...
Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email account. The issue concerns a couple who were renting through Alwyne Estates in Islington, but the implications stretch across the wider agency industry. According to a report in a London newspaper,... Source: Estate Agent...
Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate of offices were shut last year. Looking at 2019 as a whole, the London-focussed agency says its group revenue was four per cent down at £107m - what it describes... Source: Estate Agent...
A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright - the legal director of Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew - writes in The Scotsman newspaper that those who resolved to start 2020 by moving house may not know... Source: Estate Agent...
An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has “dwindled” in recent years. Matthew Jackson, a former head of new homes and investment at London-focussed agency Chestertons, has now set up Oakmont Private Office. He is damning in his assessment... Source: Estate Agent...