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A new tool has been launched that assigns a percentage score indicating the likelihood of a property selling, if instructed by an estate agent. Called SellScore, the tool’s insights are designed to help agents prioritise vendor enquiries with the highest…

Millions of leaseholders will receive stronger rights, powers and protections to better challenge extortionate service charges thanks to major reforms to the feudal leasehold system. Leaseholders are required to pay a service charge to cover the upkeep of shared areas…

Simon Whale Next week’s Kerfuffle Conference 2025 will be held at the iconic Wembley Stadium next week and there are still tickets available. The conference, which will take place on 10 July, promises to bring together estate agents, PropTech suppliers,…

A growing number of first-time buyers are looking to move to cities, while demand from first-time buyers into coastal areas has stood still, new analysis from Rightmove shows. The study  looked between January and May 2025, compared with the same…

A single mum whose rent was raised by 20% with just one month’s notice is set to deliver her 56,000-signature Change.org petition to 10 Downing Street to call for a cap on how much landlords can raise tenants’ rent by.…

Gurneet Walia (centre) with his team Reeds Rains has opened a new physical branch in Romford following a virtual launch in November 2024. Led by franchise director Gurneet Walia, Reeds Rains Romford, an LSL Estate Agency franchise, has increased its brand’s…

With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies in recent years, thousands of people have continued to turn to residential property as a means of supplementing their income despite unfavourable tax and regulatory changes. Investment in buy-to-let, for…

Agents are ‘absolutely out of control’ was the reaction of an angry woman after reading an email from a letting negotiator regarding a flat viewing. In a video posted on TikTok, which has attracted more than 250,000…

Simon Russell launches as an independent agent in partnership with Nested Simon Russell Nested has announced the appointment of Simon Russell, who has launched as an independent estate agent, covering Backwell and the wider North Somerset area. Russell began his…