Agents have been warned to tighten up on their record-keeping after a surge in initial complaints to the Property Ombudsman. They were 19% higher in the first four months of this year than the same period last year...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
First-time buyers paid 2.8% more for their homes in March as they tried to make savings of 1% in Stamp Duty. The Office for National Statistics said that first-time buyers were unique in paying higher prices this March than March of the previous year...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
The number of housing transactions in April was down markedly in April. A total of 72,000 homes across the UK were sold, according to HMRC – down from 88,000 in April, although up on the 70,000 sold in April last year, when the Royal Wedding proved a distraction...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Estate agents may well be advised to call off their Olympics celebrations now – or at least, make sure they’re not for the high jump over them...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Gross mortgage lending tumbled by 19% in April, its downward trajectory propelled by the ending of the first-time buyers’ Stamp Duty holiday. Lending fell from £12...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
LSL Property Services has scooped a Chartered Institute of Personnel Development HR award, beating off contenders including Tesco. LSL won the Talent Attraction and Management Award following the creation of dedicated talent acquisition teams whose prime objective is to attract the ‘best in the business’ to join the group...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Asking prices of properties new to the market have not risen in May – and this is the first time in a decade that this has happened. Rightmove says it is unique in the 11 years that it has been in existence that new sellers in May have not raised their asking prices, and it warned that the market has lost its traditional spring momentum earlier than usual...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
A total of 1,479 homes were sold at auctions in April. The collective amount raised was £149m, so each residential property went for an average of just over £100,000...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Notorious property fraudster David Watmuff has been jailed for three and a half years after stealing from his own mother. He was sentenced at Newcastle in the name of David Kelso...
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The results of the recent Great North Property Auction (GNPA) held on the night of May 15th at the Ramside Hall Hotel in Co Durham have been announced and the event concluded in style with yet another successful night...
The dreaded day has arrived, today will be the day when you find out whether that difficult Tenant, who is always in arrears with their rent has paid – and guess what, they haven’t! Now it’s time to once again pick up the telephone to the Landlord to advise that the rent has not come in and as usual, there will be a barrage of questions and accusations made by the Landlord who at this stage is truly frustrated and is finding it hard to pay two mortgages...
John Paul Getty, known as one of the Richest men of all time once said: “If it appreciates buy it, if it depreciates, lease it” At Cars4Agents we fully believe in John’s quote and can prove to you that leasing is certainly the way forward...
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