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Statement by OnTheMarket.com

 

Following Zoopla’s trading update this morning, please see below a statement from OnTheMarket.com. Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket.com said: “Zoopla Property Group’s latest trading update serves to highlight the success of OnTheMarket.com, which is already firmly established as a leading portal. “The key fact is that over 90 per cent of our member agents…

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Zoopla Property Group pleased with progress

 

Zoopla Property Group Plc  today provides its scheduled trading update in respect of the financial year ended 30 September 2015. The Property Services division has performed well with UK Agency membership continuing its return to growth. The Group added a further 146 net new UK Agency branches since the last member update for July, taking…

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Transaction data September 2015

 

This transaction data published yesterday provides information about the number and types of applications that Land Registry completed in September 2015. In September 2015: Land Registry completes 1,513,920 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 349,215 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 23,263 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry…

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Right-to-Rent roll out date fixed

 

The government announced yesterday that as from the 1st February 2016  all private landlords letting property in England will be required to check the immigration status  of prospective tenants before before renting out their property. This is the next stage of the scheme’s national roll out after being launched in the Midlands, under the new…

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Plans for ‘Skinny Shard” for West London

 

Changes to West Londons Skyline with what has already attracted the name of ‘Skinny Shard” may well happen if architect Renzo Piano and developers Sellar property Group get their way, Irvine Sellar’s property company has unveiled plans to transform Paddington in West London with a mixed used scheme, the focal point will be a slender…

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HMRC twitter chat for landlords

 

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is hosting a Twitter chat today between 6pm to 9pm for anyone with a question about being a landlord in the UK. Experts from HMRC, the Residential Landlords Association, the Association of Residential Letting Agents, the National Landlords Association and Mydeposit will be answering questions on all aspects of the…

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Lettings disputes nearly double that of sales

 

The latest interim report released by The Property Ombudsman reveals more than half of the 9141 enquiries received related to lettings disputes, nearly double that of sales. This not only reinforces the importance of legislation introduced a year ago, making it a legal requirements for all letting agents in England to register with an approved…

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Zoopla launches pilot affiliate marketing scheme

 

Zoopla Property Group offer members chance to earn additional revenue by launching pilot affiliate marketing scheme, this is a follow on from the aquisition by Zoopla of uSwitch earlier in the year. The pilot scheme will help inform and create an opportunity for ZPG members to earn additional revenues from home switching services, it will…

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Home buyers website launched by government

 

The Government has lauched a website to help hard working people who are looking to own their own home: The new website brings home ownership schemes together including Right to Buy, Help to Buy and the Help to Buy: ISA available from 1 December. According to the British Social Attitudes Survey, 86% of people have…

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Rightmove HPI October 2015

 

Rightmove October HPI highlights that First-time buyer prices surge nearly 10% in a year. Highest ever national average price of property coming to market, up by 0.6% (+£1,715) this month to £296,549- and 5.6% more expensive than a year ago. New record fuelled by high demand for first-time-buyer properties, with prices up 4.9% on last…

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Council makes an unexpected decision

 

If you felt you were paying too much council tax and made a genuine complaint, then you would definately not expect to make life more expensive for all your neighbours by doing so, well that is just what happened. According to a story reported this week a certain resident living in Lynton Avenue in Hull…

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Pledge to build 50,000 affordable homes.

 

Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced at the opening of the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen on thursday that they would embark on a £3 billion programme to build 50,000 new affordable homes in Scotland if the SNP were to win the election  next May, she reportedly highlighted the governments housing  achievements by saying “We have…

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FineLocation Premium Domain Name Real Estate

Houses.co.uk domain for sale.

 

Just  two years after the launch of Houses.co.uk the domain name is now up for sale, that is according to a recent blog on the Sellingup.com website, ‘an independent guide to how to sell your property for the maximum profit with the minimum stress’. The domain name of www.finelocation.com and www.finelocation.co.uk are also for sale…

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August house purchase lending….

 

According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders August house purchase lending was down 9% on July, but up 2% on last year. First-time buyers, home movers, home-owner remortgage and buy-to-let all saw a monthly decline in lending in August but an uptick (significant for buy-to-let) compared to August 2014. This is a normal seasonal trend,…

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(ONS) House Price Index for August 2015

 

Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index  August 2015, released 13th October 2015. UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to August 2015, unchanged from 5.2% in the year to July 2015. House price annual inflation was 5.6% in England, 0.8% in Wales, 2.9% in Northern Ireland and -0.9% in Scotland. Annual…

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