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Every agent has been there. You’re sitting in a valuation, building rapport with the seller, and everything seems to be going well, until they hit you with: “We’re also getting a valuation from [Insert Big Name Agent Here] because they…

The Scottish Budget has been approved with a key focus on housing investment and higher buy-to-let taxes. The Scottish Parliament has approved the 2025-26 Budget, allocating more than £15bn to local councils and increasing investment in affordable housing. But while…

Nigel Ellis Family, friends and colleagues have paid tributed to an estate agent described as “an old-fashioned gentleman” and “the kindest man I have ever met”. Nigel Ellis, a director of Prickett and Ellis Estate Agents, in Highgate, north London,…

Victoria Pendleton Olympian Victoria Pendleton has been named as eXp UK’s new ambassador The British former track cyclist is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. With two Olympic gold medals and one silver, Pendleton is one of Great…

Jas Athwal Labour MP Jas Athwal has stood down as a councillor for a north-east London council. It is not clear why Athwal resigned from Redbridge Council, triggering a by-election in the Mayfield ward, which he represented, to be held…

Lister Haigh in Knaresborough Dacre, Son & Hartley has acquired the longstanding North Yorkshire based rural estate agency, Lister Haigh. The Lister Haigh team, which offers agricultural and rural consultancy, specialist planning and development advice, along with residential sales, lettings…

With new regulatory red tape hitting letting agents in the coming weeks, Goodlord has announced the launch of two key upgrades to its award-winning PRO Referencing service. These new features include ID Upgrade, which has been designed to streamline Rent…

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of leaseholders are waiting for changes to leasehold law which could make it easier and cheaper for them to extend their leases or purchase their freeholds. These changes were enacted by the Leasehold and…

Lucien Cook The number of £1m-plus homes market remained resilient last year, according to property firm Savills, with 3,127 more joining the ranks of property millionaires. In total there are now 702,580 homes valued at £1m or more across Great…

Propertymark has issued its Leasehold “Still a Life Sentence” survey in partnership with the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership and the National Leasehold Campaign to understand how the current leasehold changes have affected leaseholders and property agents in England and Wales. In…