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BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 03/02/2021
IS THE HOUSING MARKET STALLING? New analysis by a major lender is suggesting that the Propertymark in residential sales could be hitting the buffers, the economic advisor Robert Gardner for Nationwide building society has been quoted as saying that the muted January market, ‘reflects a tapering of demand ahead of the end of the stamp…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 02/02/2021
GOVERNMENT DEBATE EXTENSION OF SDLT HOLIDAY There was a general consensus by those giving evidence, at the live debate yesterday that constituents and MP’s were generally in favour of an extension or tapering of stamp duty, though having watched the debate it again reminded me that the most informed individuals, people who are reading this…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 01/02/2021
SDLT HOLIDAY EXTENSION DEBATED TODAY At 4.30 pm today the government will debate an extension to the ‘stamp duty’ holiday, the petition seeks to extend the present non-payment of the tax in its present form until the 31st of September. With Lockdown 3.0 and a large number of properties set to miss the present deadline, many…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 29/01/2021
NEW INSTRUCTIONS AT A SEASONAL LOW Typically instructions start to come to the market from the second week of January, this trend has not occurred in 2021. Many agents are now scratching around for inventory to let and sell. One agent contacted today confirmed that fees were under huge pressure as the local agents were…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 28/01/2021
ZPG LOOKS TO PIVOT ZOOPLA PORTAL MODEL In what has been widely signalled Zoopla is looking to refine its business model, with a bigger focus on nurturing prospective vendors looking to move, building in functionality around sales control and provide agents with a marketing suite. This move very much takes it into CRM territory and…
Andrew Stanton
When is Rent Arrears not Arrears? When it is a Moratorium Debt!
From 4 May 2021 landlords, in common with others owed money by individuals living in England and Wales will need to consider the effect of debt moratoriums. The new Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 come into force as from 4 May 2021 and will apply to…
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BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 27/01/2021
MONDAY 1ST FEBRUARY WATCH SDLT HOLIDAY DEBATE LIVE After immense pressure, the government is now allowing a debate on the extension of the SDLT holiday until the September, for those who are keen to see how it plays out, tune in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0420gQEA9Hs&feature=youtu.be. THE RELOCATION NETWORK CHANGES HANDS Richard Tucker who headed (RAN) is stepping down and the…
Andrew Stanton
City centre rents suffer as tenants look to suburbs
Asking rents in some of the UK’s biggest city centres saw annual falls of up to 12% in the last quarter of 2020 as some tenants swapped centres for suburbs Inner London has been hardest hit with average asking rents falling annually by 12.4%, followed by Edinburgh city centre down 10% and Manchester city centre…
Rightmove
BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 26/01/2021
CAN AGENTS SMOKE ON A ZOOM CALL IN THEIR OWN HOME? It is not clear what if any fallout can come from smoking in your own property, but if you are undertaking company business on a video conference call and you light up, will you fall foul of company procedures and be reprimanded? An owner…
Andrew Stanton
Boris Johnson further punishes Bars & Restaurants via underhand extension
The wood from the trees is suddenly appearing more and more clearer for many people as the government continue their military style lock down. From new deadly strains to sitting on park benches could kill you, the government is running out of excuses and yet still are surfing on their wave of supremacy in thinking…
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BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 25/01/2021
COUNTRYWIDE PLC – THREE WEEKS AND COUNTING It is just three weeks before the shareholders of Countrywide Plc vote on whether or not to accept the Skipton building society (they own Connells) cash acquisition to purchase them. If the deal happens, the new owner has said that it will not look to make huge closures…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 22/01/2021
RICS AT LAST IS FORCED TO ACCOUNT FOR ITSELF As we have been reporting for some time RICS has been torn apart by allegations that its governance has been opaque and there are big questions over its handling of financial matters, which as yet unproved may be a serious breach. There is now to be…
Andrew Stanton
Demand for warehouses in overdrive as online sales increase
Following today’s ONS retail sales figures, Rightmove, with the largest online commercial real estate (CRE) audience in the UK, reveals the increase in enquiries in the industrial and warehouse property sector: · So far this year, there has been a record number of enquiries for industrial and warehousing, with total enquiries on freehold properties up…
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Drones take to the skies in Nottingham to inspect council houses
Nottingham City Homes has found an innovative and cost saving way of inspecting the roofs of council homes in the city. NCH have taken to the skies for the first time to carry out roof inspections on some properties. By using these drones, it will help to diagnose issues quicker and save the company money….
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BREAKING NEWS – 5 top stories 21/01/2021
SLIGHT DIP IN NON DOMS PURCHASING IN CAPITAL According to recent data from Search Acumen’ there has been a 5% dip on the amount of property bought in the capital by overseas buyers, this might be the impact of leaving the EU or it could of course be Covid-19 upsetting the supply chain, with investors…
Andrew Stanton