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February 2023 NAEA — slivers of better news amid the gloom ESTATE agents across the UK reported a slight increase in activity at the end of 2022, according to the National Association of Estate Agents. After 12 months of misery, the NAEA’s monthly market survey for December – traditionally a quiet month – revealed some…

April 2010 But where’s the joined-up thinking? Budget comment by Robin Clarke Exempting first time buyers from stamp duty  on transactions under £250,000 will obviously benefit the mass housing market , but does not smack of joined up thinking. There was a near three-month hiatus between the announcement and  the end of the Stamp Duty…

February 2023 Rightmove off to a flying start… …but rivals also determined to enjoy a memorable year NINETY-NINE per cent renewals, record enquiries on the first Monday in January and a new ad campaign that really is being seen on TV have given Rightmove a flying start to 2023. It is a long way from…

December 2022 / January 2023 Lettings — ‘think before you switch’, says OEA chairman ESTATE agents who are finding the pressure too great in the residential sales market should think carefully before they switch into lettings instead. That’s the advice of Bill McClintock, chairman of the company which operates the Ombudsman for Estate Agents Scheme….

May 2023 Historic firms in key merger CARTER JONAS and Dreweatt Neate, two of the UK’s longest-established property firms, have merged. The merger results in a new property consultancy with a combined turnover of £30 million, 75 partners and more than 400 staff working from 31 offices. But it means the disappearance of the Dreweatt…

May 2011 Record Number of Claims Against Estate Agents Christopher Hamer (Property Ombudsman) has publicly announced a record number of claims against property professionals in 2010. He received over 1,300, the highest figure in 20 years and an increase of over 25% from 2022. Mrs Hamer has stated that if a complaint is justified he…