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Move or improve? Britain’s fascination with home improvements continues with the 110th edition of the Ideal Home Show

2nd March 2018 0

Ideal Home Show 2018 sponsored by Zoopla*, heralds one of the busiest times of the year for the DIY and home improvements industry. Taking place Read More

The Luxury Property Show is coming! London, Olympia 27-28 October

2nd October 2017 0

Once an investment niche, luxury property is now a rapidly growing market with recent data from Christies International Real Estate revealing the world’s top ten Read More

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Major agency launches lifestyle service to bolster sales and lettings income
on 25th April 2019 at 7:00 am
Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has now formally launched a lifestyle division. Called Humberts Living and based at the hubs, it tries to make the agency a one-stop-shop for a wide range of property-related services far... […]
Stamp Duty plummets by £1 billion following surcharge backfire
on 25th April 2019 at 7:00 am
New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop was from £12.9 billion in 2017/18 to £11.9 billion in 2018/19. This is despite overall HMRC tax receipts rising from £594 billion to £623 billion during the same period; this... […]
Countrywide suffers ‘frozen trading’ again as share price stays low
on 25th April 2019 at 7:00 am
For the second day in a row Countrywide was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of trading in shares because of erratic movements. As on Tuesday, the PMEs happened at the end of trading yesterday just a few minutes apart.  The freezes happen when algorithms are triggered as... […]
Rising transactions show the market's still fighting back against Brexit
on 25th April 2019 at 7:00 am
Residential property transactions rose 1.4 per cent in March, making them a healthy 6.8 per cent higher than in March 2018. Data from HM Revenue and Customs shows that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, residential transactions in March were some 0.4 per cent higher than a year ago. "Transaction numbers are a... […]
Some London houses 25% below peak as transactions plummet - new index
on 25th April 2019 at 7:00 am
It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their peaks some years ago. The new measure comes from buying agency Property Vision and it differs from the slew of other London indices by looking at price per square foot on... […]
Third of homes on sale have no outside space, claims online agency
on 25th April 2019 at 7:00 am
Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have no outside space for their buyers. The online firm looked at properties currently on the market in more than 100 major UK towns and cities and found - perhaps unexpectedly... […]