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Government set to finally kill off the High Street

Today could be the final nail in the coffin for the High Street, which has been slowly withering away for the last 2/3 decades, firstly… Read More »Government set to finally kill off the High Street

It’s a big day for leasehold reform today with the Law Commission due to publish three residential leasehold and commonhold reports. They will be formally… Read More »Big day for Leasehold reform as Law Commission issues reports

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce – and that’s before the effect of yesterday’s stamp duty initiatives.… Read More »RICS figures confirm short-term bounce but supply is very low

As you may well be aware, the Chancellor has just raised the threshold for Stamp duty to £500,000 until the 31st March 2021. Whilst… Read More »Chancellor introduced stamp duty holiday

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent days many national… Read More »Stamp Duty dithering could kill the market, warn angry agents

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be duty-free. “Temporarily removing stamp… Read More »Almost 90% of sales could have zero stamp duty says Zoopla

OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing up to the… Read More »OnTheMarket bags another 500 branches with ‘welcome shares’

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The Acorn Group is… Read More »Say No To Rightmove campaign chief signs up to new free-to-list portal

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and The Property… Read More »Code of Practice for Estate Agents set to change industry forever

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at the end of… Read More »Homesearch portal launches with two-week feedback period for agents