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Aug 21, 20232 min read
Landlords Downsizing Portfolios Amidst Tenant Demand Surge
https://thenegotiator.co.uk/private-landlords-downsize-in-record-numbers-nrla-reveals/

Aug 21, 20232 min read
Green Belt Debate: A Battle of NIMBYs vs YIMBYs
Exploring the contentious issue of building on the Green Belt and its impact on the UK housing crisis. This is such an important debate -...

Aug 21, 20231 min read
Does anyone else care about T&Cs?
I'm very mindful that I'm ploughing a very niche furrow here - but I'm quite obsessed at the moment about major companies changing their...

Aug 18, 20232 min read
Street.co.uk Unveils AI Tool for Unique Property Descriptions
Say hello to a revolution in property descriptions! Street.co.uk, the renowned agency software and CRM provider, has unveiled a new...

Aug 17, 20232 min read
Fine & Country Tops Estate Agent Customer Satisfaction Survey
YouGov data reveals customer satisfaction scores for 30 UK real estate brands, with Fine & Country leading the pack New YouGov data,...

Aug 17, 20232 min read
Will Rightmove plug its data leak?
Ever since it started, the property portal has not been great at stopping others using its valuable data. As data becomes more valuable...

Aug 16, 20232 min read
Mortgage Price War Ignites as Big Lenders Slash Rates
NatWest and Virgin Money join the mortgage 'price war', slashing rates on fixed deals, following similar moves by four other UK lenders.

Aug 14, 20232 min read
The Renters (Reform) Bill: What it means for you
The Renters (Reform) Bill is set to change the UK rental landscape. Discover the key changes and what they mean for landlords and agents.

Aug 8, 20231 min read
Gove to hove out of housing view?
Speculation is mounting that Michael Gove will be reshuffled off the housing coil, in another bout of Cabinet swivel-chair-switching by...


Aug 6, 20231 min read
The solution to the UK's home shortage?
Great article and top analysis in Property Industry Eye this week, regarding the increasing interest in converting no-longer-used...

Aug 4, 20231 min read
10% of landlords quit sector
CBRE has launched a pretty damning analysis of the private rented sector, which it says shows that - at the current rate of disposals -...


Aug 3, 20233 min read
Sick (Purple)bricks
Purplebricks has been sold for a quid. But will the new owners be any more successful?

Aug 2, 20232 min read
Mortgage approvals jump unexpectedly
Mortgage approvals jumped unexpectedly in June 2023, with nearly 55,000 approved according to Bank of England data . This begs the...

Jul 30, 20233 min read
Rightmove's swagger
We're about to be introduced to a much more confident Rightmove. And that ought to worry every single other business in this space.

Jul 27, 20231 min read
Property 'is only for the rich now'
A report in the Guardian today declares that Office for National Statistics (ONS) data proves property is now the preserve only of the...

Jul 26, 20231 min read
Tenants 'competing with 20 others' for property
A BBC investigation, using Rightmove data, has found that there are an average of 20 potential tenants slugging it out for each rental...
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