Countrywide Surveying Services is holding its first ever virtual annual conference from the 5th to the 8th January. The conference, which typically takes place in Birmingham, is now a four-day virtual event, with over 500 confirmed attendees. Matthew Cumber, managing director of Countrywide Surveying Services, said: “Technology has been the great facilitator throughout these challenging […]

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Estate agents and legal professionals need to work more closely together to deal with the pressure caused by the stamp duty holiday deadline, according to representatives from both camps. Iain McKenzie, chief executive of The Guild of Property Professionals and Rob Hailstone, chief executive of The Bold Legal Group, are both calling on all stakeholders […]

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Despite the challenges of coronavirus 45% of landlords are optimistic about the state of the buy-to-let market this year, a survey from Property Master has found. However 29% of those surveyed were pessimistic about the buy-to-let market in the coming year and many of these feared landlords would be, in the words of one person, […]

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This month Andrea Fawell (pictured), sales & marketing director of property developers Kebbell, tackles many of the important factors that may affect house buyers and housebuilders in 2021. Brexit We await the impact Brexit will have on the economy and what market confidence will look like in the recession. There has been a slowdown in […]

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Yorkshire residential lettings firm Linley & Simpson has merged with Lomond Capital to create a national lettings and estate agency group. The venture has a combined portfolio of over 22,000 properties under management and major hubs in private rental hotspots including Aberdeen, Birmingham, Brighton, Edinburgh, Hull, Leeds Manchester, Sheffield and York. Stuart Pender, group chief […]

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2020 was a big year for technology and the housing market, given that everyone was forced to work remotely. In this environment we’ve seen some proptech businesses come to the fore. Here, we round up some of the key ones from this year. Moda Living – build-to-rent specialist Moda Living is a build-to-rent developer that’s […]

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The proportion of tenants in arrears dropped to 11.8% in October November, down from 12.2% in August, Payprop data shows. The number of tenants in arrears spiked during September, to 15.1%, although this remains below the 2020 peak of 15.5% recorded in May. Neil Cobbold, chief sales officer at PayProp, said: “The general downward trend […]

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Jonathan Christie is the chief executive and co-founder of The Property Buying Company – a cash buyer of property, led by a team with over 50 years’ experience in purchasing homes. Throughout his career, Jonathan has completed on over 3000 properties, and set up a roster of sister brands focused on property sales, investments and […]

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Commercial real estate investment will increase by 30% in 2021, CBRE’s 2021 UK Real Estate Market Outlook forecast. Investment is expected to total £37bn in 2020, which should rise to £48bn in 2021. Despite the current challenges of Brexit, CBRE predicted that it will rapidly fall away as the biggest source of change and uncertainty […]

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