I wonder if I were to conduct a straw poll amongst readers, and ask the question “Has the government’s stamp duty holiday been a good thing for the residential property market?” I have a strong suspicion that the vast majority of votes would be behind such government...
Over the past few weeks, it has been difficult to ignore the outpouring of frustration, anger and resentment aimed at UK estate agent trade body “Propertymark”, primarily by a significant number of its 17,000 members. It is easy to forget that the decision to move to...
Undoubtedly, 2020 will live long in the memory of many UK estate agents as being “a game of two halves” to borrow a sporting metaphor. First, came a natural fear of the unknown in the shape of Lockdown One, followed almost directly by an explosion in demand for...
Well, 2021 has barely begun and already major announcements have been made regarding the future acquisition of Countrywide PLC, and the impending merger of Yorkshire based agency Linley & Simpson with Lomond Capital. Clearly, two very different scenarios, but...
I have to confess, that my jaw nearly dropped to the floor last week when I read (in an article in the BIG ISSUE) that there has been as many as ten different housing ministers in government since 2010. Quite staggering really when you consider that we have had a...
As a business owner, are you starting to reflect upon the future direction of your estate agency business, and perhaps more importantly your role within it? Well, I suspect that if I were to conduct an opinion poll amongst estate agency owners, the vast majority would...
