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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 04/02/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X PRESS RELEASE: Epropservices rebrands to nurtur.group PRESS RELEASE: UAE real estate leader Aldar partners with UK tech pioneer Lavanda to facilitate flexible short term stays for visitors to the Middle East Purplebricks half-year results to October 2021 confirm huge cash…
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Busiest ever January with buyer demand over 20% higher than pre-covid levels
Rightmove has recorded its busiest January on record for home-mover activity, with buyer demand up 16% compared to January last year, and 24% compared to January 2020 Tenant demand is up 17% compared to last January, and 33% compared to January 2020 Rightmove recorded over 218 million visits to its site and apps in January,…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 03/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Bank of England to raise interest rates to 0.5% today? If you live long enough you become wiser to the tactics of Chancellors, and how they might play out in real terms. For example, we regularly report on the BoE interest rate, commenting on…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 02/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Are you levelling up yet? And is this Gove’s biggest disaster? The Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove, otherwise known as the “great leveller”, appears to be following a populist-tinged strategy. Combing through the details of his white paper, the central blueprint of…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 01/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. The role of proptech influencers in your business Often, I am asked “what is an influencer, exactly? And what do you do?” To put it into context, as well as owning the publication Proptech-X, being the executive editor of Estate Agent Networking, and having separately produced…
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You can’t level up without proper policy
The Government has announced a £1.5billion ‘Levelling Up Home Building Fund’ to help small and medium sized housebuilders (SMEs) build 42,000 homes and it will form part of their ‘Levelling Up’ white paper. The details of the strategy are expected to be released during the week beginning 7 February 2022, but many will ask if…
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Bexhill-on-Sea tops new year supply hotspots
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, has topped the list of new year supply hotspots – areas where more new properties are coming onto the market for sale than the same period last year The number of new properties coming to market for sale in Bexhill-on-Sea is nearly double that of the same period last year (+88%) High…
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 28/01/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Silver jubilee for Guild of Property Professionals membership Report commissioned by NRLA shows it has been a taxing time for landlords Coadjute powers forward with strategic Credas tie-up Thirdfort analysis: 25% of agents not registered with HMRC Silver jubilee for…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 27/01/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Thirdfort analysis: 25% of agents not registered with HMRC It is a legal requirement if you are an estate agent or deal in property that you register every year with HMRC to comply with the anti-money laundering (AML) policy and pay an annual fee….
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Rents increase at fastest ever rate as tenant competition doubles
Average asking rents have increased at the fastest rate on record, and are now £1,068 per calendar month (pcm) outside of London – 9.9% higher than this time last year Average rental growth is outpacing house price growth in all but three regions (East Midlands, South West & South East) London rents hit a new…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 26/01/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Coadjute powers forward with strategic Credas tie-up As I have reported many times, there is an ever-quickening realignment of the major architecture pieces that will run the future of real estate. Software and new technologies are not just automating processes, they are ensuring a…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 25/01/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. A changing of the guard at Leaders Romans Group Platinum Equity, an American private equity investment firm founded by Tom Gores, is to acquire Leaders Romans Group (LRG), with its present ownership by The Bowmark Group coming to an end. Those in the industry will…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 24/01/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Silver jubilee for Guild of Property Professionals membership Over the past twenty-five years, The Guild of Property Professionals has grown from an idea to an award-winning supplier in the property industry with over 800 members across the UK. This year, The Guild is celebrating its membership…
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 21/01/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X iamsold’s modern method of auction thrives during 2021 OnTheMarket adds crystal clarity through its Autoenhance tie-up Agent & Homes opens second London hub to support its agents Will government intervention be the only way to mend the housing market? iamsold’s…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 20/01/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. PRESS RELEASE: A waste of space – Homeowners sitting on £791.bn in spare room value Research from the game-changing property platform, Boomin, has revealed that the value of the nation’s spare rooms is estimated at at least £791.5bn, and that’s just those of us that admit to…
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