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29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buyers looking for homes that can create an income - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Homeowners are increasingly looking to properties that can either boost income or to offer a better work/life balance – without the...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Vendors increasingly shifting goalposts at last minute - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
Vendors are increasingly shifting the goalposts on a sale at the final moment, a buying agent has warned. The strong sellers’ market...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sellers need property dossiers in uncertain market, says firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
A buyers’ market, and a more challenging time for buyers and sellers, could be on the cards as a result of...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rise in buyer interest for renovation projects - claim](/upload/images/library/Housebuilding%26RenovatingShow400x310.jpg)
Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where this New Year](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Paws For Thought: Dogs key for many buyers, says agency](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![London’s Changing Market: What’s hot and what’s not](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buying Unseen - not as mad as it seems says leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Get ready to party - London's market is bouncing back](/img/default/eat.png)
The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Corona kindness - the best of agency in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features
![Agents increasingly using ‘grey’ low-key marketing - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Vendors warned not to jump the gun on ditching London for the sticks](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty dithering could kill the market, warn angry agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Dog tired of working from home say Winkworth, Stacks and CJ Hole](/img/default/eat.png)
You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend? Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post-Coronavirus?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features
![Agent’s fantastic Good Neighbour Scheme steps up to the plate](/img/default/eat.png)
Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Flooded houses could suffer 30% hit on asking prices, says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brexit uncertainty - buyers advised not to wait any longer](/img/default/eat.png)
Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: will conveyancers help buyers wanting to pay less?](/img/default/eat.png)
A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tricks of the trade: buying agent reveals tips for purchasers using portals](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Industry chief says No Deal is worst outcome as London prices drop 20%](/img/default/eat.png)
The British Property Federation has made an outspoken intervention into the Brexit debate, telling politicians that No Deal is the worst...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions to rise in 2019 says top agent (well, after Brexit is sorted)](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent says 'guide prices' confuse valuations and purchasers](/img/default/eat.png)
As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property experts reveal their Autumn Budget wishlist](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
![Brexit and election result are stopping people moving, leading agent says](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sealed bids: buying agent says process should be more transparent](/img/default/eat.png)
The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buying agency becomes the first to be accredited by the RICS](/img/default/eat.png)
Stacks Property Search & Acquisition has become the first independent buying agency to become a member of the Royal Institute of...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News
!['Separation' becoming a driving force in the property market](/img/default/eat.png)
A significant number of properties are coming to market as a result of separations which don't involve divorce, according to a...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent tells would-be purchasers: Don't go portal-perving](/img/default/eat.png)
The major property portals are “way behind the market”, don’t carry all homes that are for sale, and have such varied...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buying agency talks down DIY sales, talks up 'Big Two' portals](/img/default/eat.png)
Stacks Property Search, one of Britain’s largest buying agencies, has entered the debates over portals and the use of DIY house...