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Can a driveway add value to your home?
We all know that selling a property can be a hard drawn out process, they say a potential buyer makes their mind up on a property within the first 10 seconds of viewing, so first impressions count! There is normally a lot of tidying up to do to make sure the garden area looks its…
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How to Sell Your House During the Coronavirus Pandemic
To say that the coronavirus pandemic has most likely put a damper on your house-selling efforts, is probably an understatement. Regardless of whether you were planning on putting your home on the market or it’s been there for a while, this whole situation has made it much harder to find an interested buyer. From potentially…
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Sex, kids and rock and roll prompt spike in soundproofing quotes from homeowners during lockdown
Tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, has seen a spike in quote requests submitted to the platform for soundproofing work while most other traditional trade relate work has dropped off since the UK entered lockdown. Last week, HaMuch.com released some top tips to safely allow tradespeople to complete essential maintenance within your home with many of us refraining…
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Property repossessions could soar & house prices plummet due to pandemic induced recession
Research by leading peer to peer lending platform Sourced Capital has found that the UK property market could see a double-digit rate of property value decline, with the market taking over five years to recover, while the number of property repossessions could also soar as a result of a COVID-19 induced recession. Currently, the market has…
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The best broadband hotspots to WFH revealed
Wandsworth, Southwark and Kingston upon Hull are amongst some of the best locations across the UK to keep calm, and WFH with lockdown now extend for a further three weeks. These areas are home to the best download speeds at the cheapest cost, according to new research by Get Agent, with Argyll and Bute and…
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Letting Agent Bingo: How to Avoid the Repetitive and Ineffective Sales Slang
Thanks to the internet and people being much more willing to travel further afield to find jobs and accommodation, clients tend to be much savvier when it comes to getting sold on a property. Using online articles to understand the phrases and being open to viewing many places through many letting agents because they know…
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Short-Term Outsourced Services Provide Lifeline For Beleaguered Estate Agents
London 15th April, 2020: UK estate agents with bricks and mortar premises on the nation’s high streets have been hit particularly hard by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. They face a perfect storm of problems including closed premises; viewings cancelled or postponed indefinitely; purchases put on hold; a squeeze on mortgage terms; and a…
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Residential People In Talks To Become A New Estate Agency-led Portal
Challenger property portal, Residential People is looking to change its structure to become a possible and viable estate agency-led portal, owned and controlled by member agents. The free-to-list portal which already has 1,800 registered agents is in the process of talking to industry leaders and pioneers about sitting on its Board of Directors Agents will…
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Don’t ignore essential home maintenance during lockdown – Here’s how to get a professional tradesperson in safely
Last week, tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, highlighted that over the last year there have been 48,012 recorded incidents in Britain caused by gas, fire or electricity issues that resulted in death or non-fatal injury. With this in mind, they’ve provided some top tips on how best to let a tradesperson carry out essential work within…
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What Does The Future Hold For Property Portals?
Blog Christopher May, Founder and Director of Residential People The market-leading portals for the last few years have been accused of taking food from the agents’ table. They’re further tightening their grasp on the agents by taking ownership of wider markets such as insurance, utility switching platforms and more commonly CRM systems. It’s no wonder…
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Deposit replacement launches to help tenants tackle rental cash flow for less than a monthly Netflix subscription
With the rental sector now facing unprecedented challenges such as legislative changes, the growing pandemic and increasing competition, Hamilton Fraser’s deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has picked up the pace in order to launch as planned; helping to provide the nation’s tenants with an alternative method of securing a rental property at a much lower cost….
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What will UK property prices do during and after COVID-19?
For many years now it has been a relatively care free upward climb in property prices with many regions seeing decent annual increases. ‘Demand & Supply’ is usually what causes the value of anything to be set, currently there are plenty of takers for property both for sale or to rent, some areas there are…
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The rental locations where tenants are looking for garden space
With the nation on lockdown just as the weather starts to pick up, the great British garden has suddenly become a hot commodity for the nation’s tenants looking to spend time out of the house. Research by tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, has revealed that this demand for a garden rental home is at its highest…
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Property Businesses Boost Productivity By Over A Third Through Intelligent Process Automation
The property sector has a huge opportunity to streamline business processes, dramatically improving productivity by more than a third, according to Roby.ai. Using the company’s intelligent automation engine it is now possible to seamlessly execute routine tasks and eradicate laborious activities. This means estate agents and property businesses – operating within the commercial, residential, co-working,…
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The lockdown DIY jobs that can save you money and keep the kids busy
Instead of spending the next however many weeks sitting around climbing the walls, tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, has highlighted eight DIY jobs that can be easily done around the house; saving you over £1,000 by tackling them yourself while also helping occupy the kids. Hinges – Saving: £30 Squeaky hinges might sound like a small…
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