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With tax relief changes, a rise in Stamp Duty for second homes and strict mortgage affordability checks now in place, it...
04 March 2017
From: Features

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...
19 November 2016
From: Features

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...
22 October 2016
From: Features

SDL Group, which already owns the 54-branch Century 21 UK franchise, has now announced its third business acquisition in 12 months. Humphreys...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...
23 September 2016
From: Features

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...
08 July 2016
From: Features

One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...
24 June 2016
From: Features

Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...
03 June 2016
From: Features

I recently read an article in City A.M. titled: ‘Five ways we will be buying property in 2025’ – it makes...
25 March 2016
From: Features

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...
27 February 2016
From: Features

Predicting how the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...
30 January 2016
From: Features

You might recall a collective sigh of relief emitted by stakeholders in the housing market and private rental sector back in...
04 December 2015
From: Features

It’s hard not to have been influenced by the Rugby World Cup over the past month and a half – while...
06 November 2015
From: Features

Century 21, which describes itself as "the fastest growing agency franchise in the UK," has announced its seventh office opening in...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Despite seeing the word in many industry pieces, using ‘crisis’ to describe anything related to the UK housing market at present...
18 September 2015
From: Features

How do you best sum up the current market status quo? Given the specific regional nature of the housing market in...
07 August 2015
From: Features

Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor, Ed Balls, stands at the Dispatch Box giving his first Budget...
17 July 2015
From: Features

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...