Posts by Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 06/10/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the recent RICS apology, the revelations surrounding the Pandora Papers, and Propertymark’s stance on PRS landlords RICS continues in its old ways despite promise to reform What do The Pandora Papers tell us about the HMRC and super wealthy?…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 05/10/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the Standard Duty Land Tax and Propertymark. STANDARD DUTY LAND TAX – WILL IT ACT AS A BRAKE ON THE HOUSING MARKET? There has been a lot of recent debate about stamp duty or SDLT, which stands for Stamp…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 04/10/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the RICS values charter and Nested’s move to a hybrid agency franchise model. RICS apologises to wronged NEDs & sets out new values charter The four wronged NEDs expelled by force from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, have…
Read MoreWEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 01/10/2021
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Mark Hayward to retire from Propertymark Treasury slow-rolls digital tax returns for landlords New tech from Tenancy Deposit Scheme cuts admin time for agents Coadjute to launch UK’s first mortgage stablecoin in with blockchain provider R3 Mark Hayward to…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 30/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Coadjute’s groundbreaking mortgage stablecoin, the secret to proptech investment, and the final end to SDLT holiday Coadjute to launch UK’s first mortgage stablecoin in with blockchain provider R3 Navigating the huge proptech investment sector October 1st spells the end…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 29/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at FreeAgent247’s latest take on the buyer model and Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s new CRM API. FreeAgent247 makes the buyer pay the vendors agency fee – is this good news We’ve seen a number of interesting takes recently that have attempted…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 27/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the Inventory Hive and TDS’s latest features, and Mark Hayward leaving Propertymark. Inventory Hive & TDS – 360° property images now accepted via online evidence portal A year ago today, Inventory Hive and The Dispute Service started working more…
Read MoreWEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 24/09/2021
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Gove as housing secretary…what can it mean? Sunak’s SDLT giveaway finally ends in nine days. What next? NRLA wants the Chancellor to back a tenant hardship loan Will the housing market be hit by inflation and mortgage hikes before Christmas?…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 23/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at winter housing market and the Grenfell disaster blame game. Will the housing market be hit by inflation and mortgage hikes before Christmas? Just as things seem to be getting back to normal, over 800,000 households are now facing higher…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 22/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the NRLA’s calls to back a hardship loan, the viability of a work from home estate agency, and Strike’s free estate agency. NRLA wants the Chancellor to back a tenant hardship loan Will the work from home estate agency…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 21/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the Ministry of Housing’s rebranding, the looming final SDLT deadline, and the commercial partnerships defining proptech operations Will the Department for Levelling Up become the Ministry of Silly Walks? Sunak’s SDLT giveaway finally ends in nine days. What next?…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 20/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Foxton’s latest appointment, the enduring issue with UK proptech, and Gove’s new set of challenges Foxtons appoints Nigel Rich as Chairman Is UK proptech lost in translation? Gove as housing secretary…what can it mean? Foxtons appoints Nigel Rich…
Read MoreWEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 17/09/2021
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Mixed messages regarding lettings and notice periods reverting back to normal Fallout from RICS independent review lands at the feet of law firm Trussle promise a mortgage decision in only five days CMA pressure makes Countryside re-think leasehold strategy Housing…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 16/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at the leasehold U-turn made by Countryside, the Housing Secretary’s sacking, and Gary Barker’s next gig after leaving Connells. CMA pressure makes Countryside re-think leasehold strategy Housing Secretary Jenrick bites the dust Gary Barker exits as Connells CTO to re-join…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 15/09/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Trussle’s five-day mortgage promise, Property Franchise Group’s half-year results, and the winding down of SDLT phase two. Trussle promise a mortgage decision in only five days Property Franchise Group half-year results show an impressive uptick SDLT holiday phase two is…
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