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2025 – Predictions for the Private Rental Sector
As we approach 2025, the lettings industry is entering a phase marked by stabilisation and opportunity. Rental inflation has slowed to an average of 3-4% for new lets, reflecting the …
Agent aims to reduce potential homelessness by selling with …
Amanda Jarvis-Doyle has spent more than ten years working in the property industry but in August launched her own business selling properties with tenants in situ, as well as offering …
2025 Must be the Year that the Government Supports Shared …
One of the greatest omissions from October’s Budget was support for first time buyers – in fact we saw the reverse: 5% more Stamp Duty on properties priced between £300,001 and £500,000 …
Navigating economic shifts in estate agency
The necessity of lowering wage bills. The wage bill often represents one of the most significant overheads for estate agency owners. With the current economic climate dictating an upward …
OnTheMarket: ‘We are the UK’s fastest growing property portal’
OnTheMarket (OTM) has staked a claim to being the fastest growing property portal in the UK since its acquisition by CoStar Group. Using Similarweb data, OTM said it has seen a 90% …
Zoopla adds enhanced local area details to property listings
Zoopla has launched a new feature that lets users access local area information regarding crime rates, flood risk, and planning applications from for-sale listing details pages.
How the girl, kicked out at 16, became Agent Rainmaker
Since 2017, Sally Lawson — also known as Agent Rainmaker — has coached more than 650 letting agents through her one-day virtual courses and four-day residential revenue …
HMRC urges parents not to miss out on child benefit
HMRC is encouraging new parents working within the estate agency sector to claim Child Benefit. If, like thousands of others, you’ve recently had a baby, congratulations!
A freeholder’s fear of bankruptcy - Estate Agent Today
Late last year, the then government consulted on a possible capping of the ground rents which are payable under long residential leaseholds, proposing a maximum cap of £250 per annum.
Will estate agents benefit as Rightmove reports record Boxing Day …
Rightmove has recorded its busiest ever Boxing Day for new seller activity. The portal has reported a record number of Boxing Day properties listed for sale by agents on 26 December …