Why we must all get behind Countrywide’s recovery plan (PIE)
Countrywide’s long-term recovery plan, set to be revealed with its interim results on Thursday, should be eagerly awaited by estate agents across the country.
Referral fees – why a ban won’t make services cheaper (EAT)
Any belief that services would automatically be cheaper without agent referral fees is a false one for several reasons.
Agents’ fees cartel : investigation blows the lid on how it was planned (EAT)
An investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate agents at Burnham on Sea in Somerset.
Is this why transactions have slumped? Equity Release hits a new high… (EAT)
Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from the Equity Release Council throw some light on why […]
125,000 buyers to benefit from Land Registry’s early digitisation (EAT)
HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land Charges.
Government to introduce mandatory five-year electrical safety checks for rental homes (PIE)
The Government has backed introducing a mandatory requirement on landlords with properties in England to ensure that electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years.
Welsh Government to tackle current leasehold system (TC)
The Welsh Government has created an expert taskforce to find ways to improve the leasehold system in Wales.
Mortgage lender targets Airbnb hosts (TC)
Tipton & Coseley Building Society has launched a new mortgage product which is explicitly aimed at borrowers looking to short-let their properties.
Trading Standards issues warning to estate agents over redress (TC)
Trading Standards has warned agents that they must switch to a valid redress service. Agents who do not do so by 6 August will leave customers unable to access free […]
Housing market hits a brick wall as sales plunge across the UK by up to 29% (PIE)
Property sales were down by a fifth across the UK during March, and plunged by almost 30% in London.
Could blockchain change the way we own property? (TC)
Experts are talking about how blockchain could revolutionise the Land Registry; saving time and money by authenticating property titles and making an incorruptible record publicly available.
Which? undercover operation reveals agents ‘mislead’ buyers about their own mortgage services (PIE)
A new undercover operation by Which? is said to show that some estate agents are misleading home buyers about their in-house mortgage broking services.