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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 02/08/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at surging Rightmove profits, proptech’s biggest IPO of the year, and the ongoing cladding saga. Rightmove riding high with half-year profits up The Matterport & Gores SPAC delivers huge IPO Cladding scandal refuses to go away Rightmove riding high…
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PROPERTY NEWS ROUND UP – 30/07/2021
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X. Former Savills estate agent launches new platform ViewRabbit RICS investigation: the mystery deepens again A quarter of Conservative MPs are private landlords SRA is investigating over 130 allegations of sexual misconduct Starling Bank buys Fleet Mortgages for £50 million…
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Best chance of finding a buyer over past ten years across all areas of Great Britain
Nearly seven in ten homes (68%) across Great Britain have found a buyer in the current market, the highest percentage recorded over the past ten years On average just over half (53%) of properties up for sale successfully found a buyer between 2012 and early 2020, highlighting the strength of the market over the past…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 29/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Devon’s millionaire hotspot, the precipitous housing market, and work from home’s impact on Agents Buying a second home in parts of Devon may soon not be possible Will the housing market go from boom to bust? Agents: Working from…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 28/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at OnTheMarket’s annual statement, Starling Bank’s new acquisition, and Purplebricks one million shares giveaway. OnTheMarket give an upbeat annual general meeting statement Starling Bank buys Fleet Mortgages for £50 million Completions could increase by over 25% in 2021 Purplebricks CEO…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 27/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Tory Landlords, SRA, Propertymark and more. Four in ten homes sold for more than the asking price in June A quarter of Conservative MPs are private landlords MP suggests sharing the cost of rent arrears in PRS SRA is…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 26/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Savills, RICS, ViewRabbit and more. Former Savills estate agent launches new platform ViewRabbit UK Government issues updated home moving guidance Savills Research: Prime residential rents Housing market begins to cool despite heatwave RICS investigation: the mystery deepens again …
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Top 5 Stories of the Week
In case you missed them, here are the most interesting proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X from the week. Rightmove says it has the tools to speed up tenant referencing by 20% Zoopla: One in five homes increased in value by over £35,000 in last year HomeHere focuses on better lead…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 4 stories 22/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Resolution Foundation, HMRC, Aviva’s latest research and more. Resolution Foundation says pandemic made the rich even richer The HMRC net draws in on landlords not paying taxes Aviva suggests widescale buyer’s remorse after moving in to dream homes Will…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 4 stories 21/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Facemasks, Viewber, The Guild of Property Professionals, and more. How many estate agents are using facemasks? Ed Mead announces ViewBuddy app to make property professionals safer Proptech Bamboo Auctions gets £1.1m round of funding The Guild of Property Professionals…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 20/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Boomin, HomeHere & Auction House and more. Boomin gearing up to launch its valuation tool Pandemic changed buyer behaviour at auction Sadiq Khan to put former council homes back into the rental space Number of tenants not paying rent…
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Rightmove House Price Index – 2021 buyer frenzy reveals 225,000 shortfall in number of homes for sale
Busiest ever first half of a year pushes average price of property coming to market to a new record high for fourth consecutive month, and £21,389 higher (+6.7%) in just six months With the first half of 2021 seeing 140,000 more sales being agreed and 85,000 fewer new listings than the long-term average, this surge…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 16/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at Revolut, U-See Homes, Connells and more. Rishi Sunak congratulates Revolut on $33 billion valuation You’re hired: Connells Group look for 135 new apprentices U-See Homes is on a mission to save Agents thousands of pounds Birmingham City Council harnesses…
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BREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 15/07/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and real estate news in partnership with Proptech-X. Today, Stanton looks at ONS, Purplebricks, Hunters and more. Completed sales peaks in the final week of SDLT holiday Office for National Statistics says property value rose 10% in last year Savills employee arrested over alleged racist tweet Purplebricks share price sinks below…
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Average rents hit a record £1,000 & city centres start to recover
National asking rents outside London have reached another record, and are now over £1,000 per calendar month for the first time: Asking rents are 2.6% higher now than in Q1 2021 and 6.2% higher than this time last year, the biggest quarterly and annual jumps ever recorded by Rightmove London is the only region with…
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