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The Interior Design Trends that will Help you Sell your Property This Spring
The spring is a great time to put your property on the market – the days are longer, so hosting prospective buyers is easier, there are more buyers looking for homes, so competition is rife, and the interior design trends make for pleasant viewings! Making your property stand out from the crowd can be a…
Read MoreNLA BUDGET RESPONSE: NO NEWS STILL BAD NEWS FOR LANDLORDS
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget announcement today Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer, National Landlords Association (NLA), said: “The Chancellor has passed up his last opportunity to reverse the damaging plans to restrict mortgage interest relief for landlords before they hit, or even to act on suggestions as to how he might ease the immediate impact. …
Read MoreNew Survey Gets Inside Landlords’ Heads
As an estate agent you’ll already be aware that landlords come in all shapes and sizes. They certainly aren’t an easy bunch to categorise. Some are devoutly hands-off and will trust you religiously with the well-being of their tenants’ housing affairs. Others believe delegation is a dirty work and, like PM Teresa May, would prefer…
Read MoreSelling Your Estate Agency? Points to Consider Before Making Your Decision.
Are you eligible for Entrepreneurs’ Relief? When you sell a business your proceeds of sale are likely to be subject to Capital Gains Tax. However, if you qualify for Entrepreneurs’ Relief you will only pay 10% on all gains on qualifying assets up to a lifetime limit of £10 million. So, how do you qualify?…
Read MorePaul Shamplina, to star in 3rd series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
Paul Shamplina, Founder of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of Hamilton Fraser, is set to feature in his third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, a twelve-part series starting this Sunday (5th March) on Channel 5. The programme once again delves into the dark side of the buy-to-let market showing the complexities landlords and tenants…
Read MoreAre 100% Mortgages A Good Idea For First Time Buyers?
When it comes to getting on the property ladder, saving for the deposit is – at risk of mixing metaphors – often the toughest hurdle to overcome. By 2016, the average deposit for a first time buyer was more than £30,000, meaning the upfront cost of a house is higher than the average annual salary…
Read MoreZPG Plc snapping up again with Expert Agent
The ever increasing jaws of ZPG Plc have been snapping up leading industry service providers again this time with Expert Agent being the latest to join the likes of uSwitch, Primelocation, Home track, Property Software Group in the great treasure chest belonging to the second biggest property search engine for the UK. Expert Agent, formed…
Read MoreHamilton Fraser announces launch of new website
Hamilton Fraser, parent company to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, the Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect has announced the launch of its brand new website, designed to create an amalgamated hub for all its brands. A year in the making, the redesigned site is now live and forms part of a larger initiative for…
Read MoreMore Estate Agents Turning to Auction Sales
Estate agents are increasingly turning towards auctions to sell properties, according to a leading member of Network Auctions. He backs this up by insisting that his company had enjoyed a ‘record year’ in 2016 with more than £42 million raised, and a success rate of 85 per cent. Speaking at their Partners Conference in the…
Read MoreHouseviz making property VR affordable
The next Big Thing in property marketing, 360 VR property tours add a whole new dimension to estate agency marketing. Creating extraordinary experiences – with the potential to provide enormous benefits -. 3D virtual walkthroughs work very much like the virtual tours you find on Google Street View. And, more immersive than a standard video,…
Read MoreCIELA alleges that Purplebricks advertisements are misleading to consumers
CIELA accuses Purplebricks of breaching Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Are PB customers paying over £5m per year for properties that PB do not sell? On day one of its existence CIELA, the Charter for Independent Estate and Lettings Agents, has written to Purplebricks to demand they change their misleading advertising and comparable savings…
Read More6 reasons why Estate Agents should use Drones for Property Marketing in 2017
As you may already know, using Drones, or “UAV’s” to market property and land is becoming increasingly more popular in the UK. But you may ask, what exactly are the costs and benefits to my business?
Read MoreProperty Analysts Predictions for 2017
Now that we’re well and truly into 2017 no-one can blame buy to let landlords for attempting to forecast ahead to try and predict how the next 11 months or so are going to pan out. It hasn’t been an easy ride for them over the past couple of years, after all. Thanks to the…
Read MoreThe Power of Word of Mouth
Going through my 2016 figures last weekend, to my amazement I found that 92% of my business came from word of mouth referrals. Not that I’m blowing my own trumpet (ok, perhaps I am!), but that figure even took me by surprise. And then it got me thinking: why was it so high? I was…
Read MoreLANDLORDS LOOK TO COMMERCIAL LOANS TO SIDESTEP BUY-TO-LET TAX CHANGES
The proportion of landlords intending to take out commercial loans to fund their property purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they look for ways to avoid the impact of forthcoming changes to landlord taxation. The research* from the National Landlords Association (NLA) shows that the proportion of landlords who said they planned to…
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