Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with the industry, please email us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and… Conquering Corona – portal offer, live events, mental health help
Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite the lockdown. Savills has held its first ever remote-bidding-only auction, run by a single… Auction success shows property sector can still thrive – claim
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… Big surge in distress sales even before virus – top agent
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… Two new portals set to launch despite Coronavirus chaos
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… Coronavirus outbreak could cost the buy to let sector £14.9bn in three short months
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… House price gap between sellers and buyers reduces
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… Say No To Rightmove – the fight goes on says campaign leader
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.… Housing market could be ‘frozen’ to avoid Coronavirus crash
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… Rightmove “taking appropriate measures” to shore up company
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… Agents Beware: definitive government guidance on buying and selling
