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Rightmove launches course for agents to help compliance with CPRs
Rightmove has launched a brand new course for estate and letting agents, to help them understand and remain compliant with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs). The course has been created with National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team (NTSELAT) to make sure agents have all the information they need to…
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Breaking Property News – 22/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Is Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement – Good or Bad News for property sector? Let’s see has the Chancellor of the Exchequer brought the cavalry racing over the hill to save the stalling housing market? In a word No. No changes to SDLT, so no…
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Rightmove’s weekly mortgage tracker 22/11/2023
Headline stats The average 5-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.21%, down from 5.62% a year ago The average 2-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.65%, down from 5.88% a year ago The average 85% LTV 5-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.29%, down from 5.59% a year ago The average 60% LTV 5-year…
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Breaking Property News – 21/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Wes Snow’s from Acendix’s stateside views on the big events hitting property technology in November Many people are amazed at how much I know about everything across the plan, build, lease sale and the management of property assets and the ever changing themes and…
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Rightmove stats and comment ahead of Autumn Statement
Stamp Duty The average stamp duty that a home-mover (not a first-time buyer) pays is currently £5,607 (based on the average asking price of £362,143) 29% of homes on the market are currently exempt from stamp duty for all home-movers (excluding second homes, anything £250,000 or below) 62% of homes on the market are…
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Breaking Property News – 20/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. ClicPad – Off plan investments platform for investors looking to buy in UK has launched Full disclosure, through my day job getting Proptech founders from MVP to exit, I have known the very capable Rich Wynn for some years, (he is not a client)…
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Sub 5% rate now available in all LTV brackets except 95%
The average 5-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.17%, down from 5.67% a year ago The average 2-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.62%, down from 5.93% a year ago The average 85% LTV 5-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.21%, down from 5.66% a year ago The average 60% LTV 5-year fixed mortgage rate…
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Breaking Property News – 17/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Lee Rowley appointed housing minister – again Since the turn of the millennium we have had 24 housing ministers, that is two dozen of them in just 23 years. As we trawl through the names do any stick in our memory as being outstanding, or…
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Breaking Property News – 16/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. West Sussex agency Alex Harvey are the latest company to join the FIA growing membership Graham Lock, CEO of the Federation of Independent Agents commented that, ‘We are really excited that Alex and his team at Alex Harvey, based in Billingshurst, have joined the FIA family…
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Rightmove’s weekly mortgage tracker and comment on inflation and rates – 15/11/23
Matt Smith, Rightmove’s mortgage expert said: “Lenders have accelerated mortgage rate reductions over the last week and this morning’s positive inflation news will only fuel confidence amongst lenders further that they can continue to drop rates over the final weeks of this year, barring any last minute surprises. “With the markets anticipating that rates have…
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Breaking Property News – 15/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Inheritance Tax, SDLT – will the Autumn statement power the flagging housing market? On the 22nd of November, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, who was not re-shuffled for fear of upsetting the city, will put forward the shape of fiscal policy for the…
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Breaking Property News – 14/11/2023
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Lee Rowley appointed housing minister – again Since the turn of the millennium we have had 24 housing ministers, that is two dozen of them in just 23 years. As we trawl through the names do any stick in our memory as being outstanding, or…
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Better-than-predicted year, as sellers price more competitively
Average new seller asking prices drop by 1.7% (-£6,088) this month to £362,143, as Christmas approaches and sellers continue to adopt more pricing realism to attract a buyer Though the transition from the frenzied pandemic market back towards more normal activity levels has been slow, key indicators point to a year that so far has…
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Why Mobile Application Testing is Important for App Development
How long would it take you to uninstall the app you are using if it stops working properly? The answer may range between a few seconds if you downloaded it recently and a few minutes if you have been using it for a while. Over 1.86 million apps were abandoned on top app stores this…
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP – 10/11/23
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X CoStar Group acquiring OnTheMarket is not the prime reason Rightmove may be in trouble PriceHubble acquires Urbanease, pursuing its ambitious growth plan in France and Europe 4Sale – Kuwait’s classifieds platform launches online Real Estate Brokerage ‘4Sale Realty’ …
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