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Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches
on 27th January 2021 at 8:00 am
A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark market snapshot comes with a warning from chief policy advisor Mark Hayward that: “We are increasingly concerned about the pressure … on the property... […]
Top portal is latest to urge stamp duty holiday extension
on 27th January 2021 at 8:00 am
Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31.  And the portal says: “The case is growing for a short, month long extension to help buyers who agreed a sale in 2020, and secure the expected savings.” In its latest market analysis Zoopla says... […]
Not coping with Covid? Shock figures about agents’ mental health
on 27th January 2021 at 8:00 am
A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent of individual agents reporting problems. The charity Agents Together - set up last year by Michael and Kenny Bruce with prominent industry consultant Sarah Edmundson as chief executive - says... […]
PropTech Today: Farewell – what we’ve learnt and where do we go next?
on 27th January 2021 at 8:00 am
I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything about the term ‘PropTech’. There were no other ‘journalists’ writing about PropTech in the UK. There were definitely no consultants or strategists, which you see everywhere now. Everyone is now an expert... […]
Trade groups slug it out - Guild says it saves agents £33,500 a year
on 27th January 2021 at 8:00 am
Just as the new chief executive of Propertymark holds interviews across the industry, so The Guild of Property Professionals is coming out fighting, with claims of saving members thousands of pounds each month.  According to Iain McKenzie, Guild chief executive, the organisation was able to collectively save members over £26m last year, in costs... […]
Property industry set to lead economy out of the Covid slump
on 27th January 2021 at 8:00 am
The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast.   Employment in the real estate sector is forecast to grow by 1.39 per cent by 2023 compared with 2019 - that’s the highest of all sectors according to EY.  When... […]