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Belvoir wins Gold Award
Belvoir Lettings plc, the UK’s largest property franchise group, announced yesterday that one of the Group’s brands, Belvoir, has won the Gold award for “Lettings Franchise of the Year” for the sixth time since the awards began seven years ago. The Lettings Agency of the Year Awards in association with The Sunday Times & The…
Allen Walkey
(ONS) House Price Index: April 2016
House Price Index: April 2016 released yesterday June 14th by the Office for National Statistics: UK average house prices have increased by 8.2% in the year to April 2016 (down from 8.5% in the year to March 2016), continuing the strong growth seen since the end of 2013. The average UK house price was £209,000…
Allen Walkey
Waterfords welcomes review culture with Trustpilot
Waterfords, which has branches in Camberley, Chobham, Fleet, Yateley, Sunningdale and Farnham, has introduced an independent review system to offer consumers complete transparency over its service. In just 6 weeks, the company has received 70 reviews and has an average 9 out of 10 rating. Following continued business growth with the opening of another branch,…
Christopher Walkey
possibility of zero interest rates
Projections on the financial markets are now suggesting that interest rates in Britain will not reach 0.75% until May 2020, some experts are infact warning that the Bank of England could even cut rates to zero in the next 12 months. Rates have remained at an all time low now of 0.5% since March 2009,…
Allen Walkey
Special Agent Races to Success on Gruelling Course used by the SAS
An estate agency worker has achieved a huge triumph by finishing first in a gruelling 24 km race in the Brecon Beacons. Mother of three, Louise Wood, who works for Gibbs Gillespie in Gerrards Cross, came first in the female section of the Fan Dance run which features running up and down the Pen Y…
Alex Evans
Help and Support from (HMRC) for Landlords
News story published on last Friday 10th June by HM Revenue and Customs. Help and Support from (HMRC) for Landlords Webinars, e-Learning, emails and videos for Landlords. Live webinars last for an hour. You can ask questions during the presentation and get answers from the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) host. For full details regarding…
Allen Walkey
Property Bike Ride 2016
The World’s Biggest Property Bike Ride. Thursday 23rd June 2016, will see the return of The Property Bike Ride! Following the success of last year’s event, CBRE are hosting their third property industry bike ride at Denbies Wine Estate in the scenic Surrey Hills, to help them to raise money for their CBRE UK charity…
Allen Walkey
Private rental sector demand continues to rise
Surveys of more than 1,800 Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords and tenants undertaken by BDRC Continental on behalf of Paragon Mortgages has revealed a high degree of tenant satisfaction, and the role landlords see the PRS playing in the provision of housing in the UK. Demand for properties to rent rose in the first quarter…
Allen Walkey
Bill to Ban agents from charging tenants letting fees
Baroness Olly Grender a Liberal Democrat Peer points out in her blog on Huffington Post, that private renters are being failed by a housing market stacked against them and it is time for a serious shift in power towards this growing group of consumers. Baroness Grender a former senior figure at shelter has introduced a…
Allen Walkey
Three complaints against eMoov upheld by ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) the advertising watchdog, has upheld three complaints made about a promotion and claims advertised by online estate agent eMoov.co.uk. The complaint from a consumer, concerned statements on the eMoov website. According to the ASA website…action taken…The ad must not appear again in its current form. We told EMOOV LTD to…
Allen Walkey
Design Trend – Classic Parquet Wood Flooring
If you really want to make a statement with your interiors, flooring is the ultimate luxury in high end design. I use wood flooring in most of projects and can generally find a wood floor solution to fit my clients budget. Current trends are for chevrons and geometric patterned parquet in lighter tones, such as…
Alex Evans
Fall in house prices predicted.
Members of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) are predicting a drop in UK house prices that is expected to be short lived, it citied the EU referendum and the cooling of the market following changes to stamp duty charges in April for this. Beyond that they expect houseprices to rise by slightly more…
Allen Walkey
Auction House numbers strengthen yet again
Auction House sales figures in May marked the fifth month in a row of improved fortunes for the group. Its five month results from January are currently 8.8% up on 2015, with 1,250 sold at a success rate of 76% and £165m raised. Commenting on the figures, Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake said:…
Christopher Walkey
Homelet Rental Index (MAY) reveals rents continue to rise.
The May 2016 HomeLet Rental Index reveals that rents continue to rise in almost every area of the country, with 11 out of the 12 regions surveyed seeing an increase over the three months to the end of May, however the pace of rent rises is now beginning to moderate, particularly compared to a year…
Allen Walkey
Belvoir to become largest property franchise group in UK
Belvoir Lettings plc announced yesterday it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Northwood GB Limited for a total consideration of up to £22.0 million. Northwood is the largest remaining independent property lettings franchise in the UK, established in 1995 it is a clear strategic fit with the…
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