One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of the capital’s housing market – even before the Coronavirus outbreak began. Marc Schneiderman is…
Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing market. OpenBrix has been 18 months in the making and says it’s finally launching…
The latest research by Deposit Replacement Scheme, Ome, has found that the impact of the Coronavirus could cost buy to let landlords nearly £14.9bn should tenants be unable to pay rent during the three month…
Leading lettings and sales agent, Benham and Reeves, has released the latest of its very own quarterly house price index based on data from the top four existing indices, looking at where the average house…
The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on – and agents are still joining the campaign hour by hour. The portal caved in to pressure…
It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the virus crisis to avoid a crash and to allow financial institutions to offer mortgages.…
Rightmove has this morning told its shareholders it is “taking appropriate measures” to shore up the company. It gives no indication of what those measures are but it says in a trading statement released at 7am…
The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This came last evening after days of debate on how much marketing, valuing, viewing and conveyancing…
A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make videos appropriate for marketing. The ‘How To Do It’ video is 12 minutes long…
Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately – they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus safety guidance. A statement from Propertymark issued this afternoon says: “Propertymark has spoken to…
