Property taxes in Scotland raised almost £640m over the past twelve months, according to analysis of the latest statistics by agency...
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![Labour tax threat could derail housing market recovery - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_2062999007.jpg)
A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![New figures show big local differences in overall stable market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1588827391.jpg)
The Scottish housing market is proving remarkably stable according to figures from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre. The average selling price of...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![The rise of the op-co prop-co](/upload/images/shutterstock_1368984350(1).jpg)
In the first quarter of the year, the UK real estate investment market demonstrated resilience and active participation. Despite ongoing uncertainties,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
![American dream? No, owning a property stateside is easy... if you know how](/upload/images/6%20--%20Proofed%20--%20American%20dream%20-%20US%20Property%20market%20By%20Alistair%20Brown.jpg)
HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two. But...
01 June 2024
From: Features
![Scottish property taxes raise over £623m in last 12 months](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Scottish%20property%20taxes%20-%20By%20David%20Alexander%2C%20CEO%2C%20DJ%20Alexander%2C%20Scotland.jpg)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £623m over the last twelve months according to analysis of the latest statistics by a leading...
25 May 2024
From: Features
![£50bn price tag for London's empty homes](/upload/images/6%20PROOFED%20-%20London's%20empty%20homes%20could%20be%20worth%2050%20billion%20FV%20by%20Habib%20Mogul%20(1).jpg)
Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...
13 April 2024
From: Features
![Could stricter regulation mean higher fees? A marketer explains….](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter.jpg/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter__399x266.jpg)
I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...
09 September 2023
From: Features
![Is the rental market still profitable?](/upload/images/2%20LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...
05 August 2023
From: Features
![Top Tips For Social Media Marketing – Part 1](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/Top%20Tips%20EAT.png)
Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...
14 July 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Redress scheme unveils new member panel](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - meet the lettings professional doing his bit for army veterans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/CraigPhillipsOffice-400x310.jpg)
The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...
12 November 2022
From: Features
![Ready for Rishi? Sector hopes for market clarity under PM Sunak](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property sourcing agents encouraged to become TPO members](/upload/images/Logos/ThePropertyOmbudsman-logo400x310.png)
The National Association of Professional Sourcing Agents (NAPSA) has partnered with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) to boost compliance and working practices in...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyers in Scotland ‘unfairly paying’ higher property taxes](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to review stamp duty as more first-time buyers now pay the tax](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty-3-400x310.jpg)
Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – events for agents to look out for in the first half of 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...
12 February 2022
From: Features
![HMRC uses Rightmove and Zoopla to snoop on tax payments](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - It’s Back To The Future](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...
04 September 2021
From: Features
![‘Game Changer’ funding idea uses investor cash for first time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sunak’s Big Day: “Don’t make knee-jerk property tax rises” he’s told](/img/default/eat.png)
Today sees the government’s Spending Review, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak taking centre stage as he presents a 12 month spending plan to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Vaccine injects new life into housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Many overseas buyers don’t even visit Brexit bargain purchasers](/img/default/eat.png)
A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why diversification is the spice of life for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features
![Six ways innovation is transforming the lettings sector](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
![Commercial office space of the future](/img/default/eat.png)
With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Effective signage is key to rebuilding customer confidence in the market](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features
![Ex-Countrywide man launches “world’s most intelligent” portal](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday: the first change to benefit landlords in years](/img/default/eat.png)
As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...
25 July 2020
From: Features
![Capital Gains Tax Threat: new warning it could hurt housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property scam firms selling 'parking spaces' are shut down](/img/default/eat.png)
Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ker-ching! Stamp duty refunds soar during Coronavirus crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – doing our bit to help the industry through this crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
![Two-tier system can produce winners if landlords are prepared to move](/img/default/eat.png)
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
![More agents and property firms show “significant financial distress”](/img/default/eat.png)
Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Election preview - what are the key issues for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features
![Capital Gains Tax changes: owners advised to seek financial advice](/img/default/eat.png)
A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Targeting the right landlords for post-fees ban success](/img/default/eat.png)
We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features
![Tony Strover, Director of Allen Davies](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...
30 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Boris Johnson stamp duty plans disastrous for one part of the country](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Jake Gready, Managing Director for NEXA Bristol](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...
08 May 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold – we’re backing the campaign!](/img/default/eat.png)
The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...
06 April 2019
From: Features
![Blame the accountants - they admit lobbying PM demanding foreign buyer tax](/img/default/eat.png)
An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![“We Buy Any House” says cash property buyer Ask Susan](/img/default/eat.png)
If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Brexit is now single biggest worry for property industry - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Portal data and weak pound help London agent target Chinese buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Cotswolds-based agency expands to second office - and plans more](/img/default/eat.png)
A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Building bridges: Q&A with Daniel Owen-Parr of Together](/img/default/eat.png)
As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...
04 August 2017
From: Features
![“Super short-term rentals” and subletting: the future of the private rented sector](/img/default/eat.png)
Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...
04 August 2017
From: Features
![The world is your oyster! Q & A with AIPP’s Peter Robinson](/img/default/eat.png)
Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features
![Property hotspots: Manchester, Liverpool and Preston](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
![Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
![Capital appreciation on housing far outstrips other property types](/img/default/eat.png)
Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Residential property comes out on top for investors](/img/default/eat.png)
Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...
25 February 2017
From: Features
![Portal for property investors launches with £500k funding](/img/default/eat.png)
A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital. The site...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgages: What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
![Property auctions market round-up Q4 ‘16](/img/default/eat.png)
No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...
21 January 2017
From: Features
![What next for the rental market in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![It’s time to look North for lettings income](/img/default/eat.png)
If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...
07 January 2017
From: Features
![What next for property in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Mortgage market defies Brexit jitters as rates hit record lows](/img/default/eat.png)
Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features
![Is buy-to-let investing still a safe bet?](/img/default/eat.png)
The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features
![Another agency records prime London house price falls](/img/default/eat.png)
Marsh & Parsons is the latest agency to show a price drop in prime central London - homes there were down...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Does Brexit mean the end of the Northern Powerhouse?](/img/default/eat.png)
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
From: Features
![Property auctions market round-up Q2 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features
![Budget: Stamp duty surcharge confirmed, no buy-to-let bombshells](/img/default/eat.png)
In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry. The Chancellor confirmed...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Huge increase in property crowdfunding websites, warns authority](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Controversial Houser portal to create overseas sales website](/img/default/eat.png)
The controversial UK property portal Houser is shortly launching an internet site marketing homes for sale across the United Arab Emirates,...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Investment portal attracts 5,000 agents](/img/default/eat.png)
A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...
07 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter: how to make PR work for you](/img/default/eat.png)
Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...
21 August 2015
From: Features
![Say no to George before housing crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...
21 August 2015
From: Features
![Strong government support for foreign property investors](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents urged to 'saynotoGeorge'](/img/default/eat.png)
A new campaign says it’s not just the buy to let sector that will be penalised by changes to landlord tax...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![On average, property investors sell nine times more often than your typical family. That's nine times the commission](/img/default/eat.png)
Introduce your properties to over 500,000 investors, increase sales and management stock... WHAT IS PRING Pring.co.uk is the largest investment property portal...
05 August 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![The interest rate warning bell has been rung](/img/default/eat.png)
When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...
24 July 2015
From: Features
![Yield is king for buy-to-let investors](/img/default/eat.png)
With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...