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New virtual estate agent comparison platform looking to keep the industry moving forward during local lockdowns.
VenGent, is a new platform that allows vendors and landlords to upload images and details of their property and receive multiple valuations, bespoke fees and some extra Information from estate agents so they can compare who is the right agent for them. We compile all the agents quotes and data into one document giving the…
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ResponsEye to serve Housing Associations live video streaming
#Proptech concept ResponsEye has successfully gained growth with contracts of UK housing associations Rochdale Boroughwide Housing and MHS homes that will see both using it’s live stream service between costumer service and tenant. The beauty of the service is that primarily it allows an easy to use live streaming function for the tenant to use…
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August 2020 UK HPI from HM Land Registry
UK House Price Index August 2020 This is the fifth publication of the UK House Price Index since May 2020 following the decision to suspend the index as a result of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the reporting of the data. Since August, we have been publishing the reports that were meant to…
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5 Reasons Why Virtual Video Surveys Will Benefit Real Estate Businesses
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on the way that we all live our lives. These impacts have substantially changed the ways in which businesses in the real estate industry have to operate. National and regional lockdowns and new social distancing measures forced businesses to adapt to an ever-changing working environment. Historically, real…
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End of commuting line now hot property as demand by zone reverses
Analysis of commuter lines in London reveals Zone 6 is seeing the biggest increase in the number of buyers, and Zone 1 the smallest, a reversal of the trend we saw a year ago: Zone 6 has moved from having 9% more buyers in September 2019 compared with the previous year, to now being up…
Rightmove
Love or Hate choices – Rightmove or Boomin
Many grudges surround PurpleBricks and their founders, Michael Bruce and Kenny Bruce, and this could be heightened has we see a new Bruce venture in to the market of property portals with Boomin. So, my question is, do you hate Rightmove enough to choose Boomin or do you hate PurpleBricks enough to stick with Rightmove?…
Christopher Walkey
Rightmove House Price Index: New records set and forecasts rise in extraordinary times
New national record for average price of property coming to market, with a 1.1% (+£3,534) monthly rise Prices now 5.5% (+£16,818) higher than a year ago, the biggest rate of increase for over four years, with Rightmove now forecasting annual growth rate to peak at circa 7% by December Activity levels also hit three new…
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New Online Agent looks to remove risk for Landlords
Any letting agent that has the interests of it’s landlords at heart will certainly do well and especially in the current climate where managing a property portfolio might not be the easiest profession under the sun. A new online estate and lettings agency will focus exactly on this, Stockport-based company Three Sixty Living, and also…
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Record rents outside London & demand shift creates challenge for smaller flats
Asking rents have hit a record outside London to £964 per month, driven by record demand from renters London is only region where rents are falling, down 6.8% in Inner London, while Outer London is up by 0.8% Two bedroom houses have replaced studio flats as the most in demand property type, as post-lockdown renters…
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Former Glasgow hospital site will offer 100’s of new homes
A recent news story from Scottish Housing News shows that 403 new homes are proposed to be built at the site of the former Ruchill Hospital in north Glasgow. “If approved, the homes will consist of 160 one and two-bedroom flats and 243 three and four-bedroom homes.” The site will see a selection of flats…
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National Federation of Builders Past National Chair receives CBE
Simon Carr, past National Chair of the National Federation of Builders (NFB) and Managing Director of Henry Boot Construction Limited, is appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. While National Chair at NFB Simon focused on both the challenges and barriers to growth that…
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University of Liverpool to sell off halls for residential development
Suggested that the current site of the Carnatic halls is no longer fit for purpose, ie to hold student, the best thing to both improve the bank balance and also help towards local housing is to put out the site for residential development. “Operating for more than 50 years, the ageing nature of the buildings…
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Property searches surge in smaller communities as country escape continues
Areas with populations of under 11,000 saw the biggest uplift in buyer searches in September, as people look to move to smaller places in the countryside All of the places where searches have doubled are small towns, villages and civil parishes, in contrast to searches being up 53% on average across the ten biggest cities…
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Trade up gap hits record of £68,000 for buyers needing space
Home movers are having to pay almost £68,000 on average to move from a two bed flat to a three bed house outside London, £4,000 more than this time last year Asking prices of two bed flats have increased by 15% over the past five years, while three bed houses have jumped by 20%, leading…
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Million pound home sales outpacing the market
Houses for sale at £1 million and above are finding a buyer 18 days more quickly on average than this time last year, outperforming the nine day drop seen across the whole market The level of million pound homes finding buyers is also beating the wider market, with sales agreed doubling in August (+105%), compared…
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