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Hat and Home has become the latest member to join The Guild of Property Professionals network. Founded in December 2020, Hat and Home has rapidly established itself as a well-known estate agency. Ben Gee, founder of Hat and Home, expressed his…

March has traditionally been a busy month for property auctions, with vendors trying to get sales across the line before the end of the financial year, but at first glance, it would appear that this was not the case this…

Alto, part of Houseful, will be showcasing Alto’s latest conveyancing automation features, as part of its agency software update, in an upcoming webinar. Alto says it prioritised these new features as a direct result of agent feedback to bring new…

Humza Yousaf Humza Yousaf unilaterally scrapped the Scottish National party’s landmark coalition with the Greens yesterday and signalled that he will drop vote-losing policies, which one senior estate agent hopes will include housing. Following the surprise decision by the first…

Michael Gove The housing secretary Michael Gove cannot guarantee that Section 21 evictions will be banned in England by the next general election. The Tories first pledged to end Section 21 evictions in 2019, and Gove said the practice would…

LSL has released its results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2023.  It shows that group revenue from continuing operations was £144.4m, down from £217.5m in 2022. After adjusting for disposals and discontinued operations in estate agency, revenue was around…

Camran Ishaq Touching tributes have been paid to long-standing Whitegates franchisee Camran Ishaq, who has passed away at the age of 41. Ishaq had run the Dewsbury branch of Whitegates since 2018 and was one of the close-knit brand’s most…

The UK property market for the week ending Sunday, 21st April 2024 (Week 16) saw the best week for gross residential sales in nearly two years, best week for listings Oct 2020, yet that is all tempered with a worrying…

David Hardwick A new estate agency has opened to serve Bournemouth and Poole. Hardwick Estate Agents, founded by David Hardwick, is aiming to quickly establish a presence in the local market after launching this month. The online estate agency is…

The Renters (Reform) Bill has returned to the House of Commons today, with Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young arguing the legislation will provide unprecedented protections for renters via the abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. But does the Renters…