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Big rise in mortgage business for Connells

Monday 18th March 2013

The Connells Group says it is writing ‘substantially’ more mortgages so far this year...

Dragon James Caan looking for estate agency's next big hitter

Monday 18th March 2013

So, who will be the next Jon Hunt of the estate agency world? And is he (or she) already out there? Hunt was the man who famously sold Foxtons – founded as a single office estate agent – for £390m at the height of the market...

Network agents honoured at Cartus conference in US

Monday 18th March 2013

Representatives of Cambridge agents Thomas Morris have returned from Phoenix, Arizona, where they waved the flag for Britain...

Mortgage figures 'best for five years' claim is spin, says critic

Friday 15th March 2013

This year started with the best figures for mortgage lending in five years, it has been claimed. But the rosy picture painted by the Council of Mortgage Lenders is disputed...

Boris caught in crossfire over London housing 'bubble'

Friday 15th March 2013

London Mayor Boris Johnson has been told in no uncertain terms to butt out of the property market...

Shares in Savills rise after 21% jump in profits

Friday 15th March 2013

Shares in Savills lifted yesterday after it announced a 21% rise in pre-tax profits to £60.8m last year...

Auction activity goes back to pre-crunch levels

Friday 15th March 2013

Auction sales in February struck a new high, with business back to pre-credit crunch levels. The overall figure of 3,083 lots sold is the highest since 2007, but contained both residential and commercial lots...

Beresfords on the expansion trail

Friday 15th March 2013

Essex estate agent Beresfords has bought family-run agency Foxton Hayes – and announced it plans more acquisitions...

New role for former Digital portals boss Milner

Friday 15th March 2013

Former Digital websites boss Mark Milner has been appointed CEO of Landmark Information Group, also in the ownership of the Daily Mail...

Estate agents now selling more houses, says RICS

Wednesday 13th March 2013

The number of houses sold reached its highest level in over two-and-a-half years, with chartered surveyors selling an average of 16...

Changes to Funding for Lending scheme could hit housing market

Wednesday 13th March 2013

Plans to put the Government’s flagship Funding for Lending scheme on ‘steroids’ could harm the housing market...

Mortgage firm expands into estate agency via franchising

Wednesday 13th March 2013

A firm of mortgage and financial advisers has unveiled ambitious plans to become a major player in the estate agency and lettings market...

Green Deal loan could harm home's chances of selling, warning

Wednesday 13th March 2013

Home owners who take out Green Deal loans may find that they have hampered their chances of selling their properties in future...

OFT slaps fine on agent that is no longer in business

Wednesday 13th March 2013

An estate agency that is no longer in business has been fined £2,000 for failing to register with the Office of Fair Trading...

Fully fledged Minister of State needed for housing, call

Wednesday 13th March 2013

Lenders have called on the Government to appoint a Minister of State for Housing. The Building Societies Association says the post – which would have cabinet status – should be created to boost housing and deliver more ambitious policies across all parts of the market...

VM ONE from Albion Display - light pockets without equal.

Tuesday 12th March 2013

Albion Display is now the exclusive UK distributor for VM ONE, the brightest, easiest to install and most adaptable LED widow display system in the UK...

Convey Your Property in 45 Minutes

Monday 11th March 2013

Residential Conveyancing Lawyers, Convey Law are at the very forefront of the e-Conveyancing revolution...

Absence of first-time buyers helps keep second steppers trapped

Monday 11th March 2013

Nearly two-thirds of first-time home owners who wanted to move up the property ladder last year found themselves stuck...

CBI says NewBuy should be extended to those in negative equity

Monday 11th March 2013

The CBI is today calling on the Chancellor to make the housing market the central plank of this month’s Budget...

Countrywide gears up for FTSE 250 launch

Monday 11th March 2013

Britain’s largest estate agent and mortgage network, Countrywide, could raise as much as £750m when it floats on the stock market – where it expects to be in the FTSE 250...



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