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This week I am joined by Ben Madden as we delve into the key property market headlines for 12th week of 2025 ending on the 30th March 2025. ✅ Listings (New Properties on the Market) 39.7k new listings this week (last week…

A specialist digital service has launched a new feature to help estate agents show up in Google Maps search results, as part of boosting their wider online appearance on the platform. GeoCale, founded by Ben Marley, aims to help businesses…

Paul Smith Sometimes, in the estate agency world, it can feel like we’re all pulling in different directions – but every now and again, something happens that reminds us just how powerful we can be when we come together. That’s…

A Monaco-based billionaire described by a judge as a “rogue landlord” has been ordered repay tenants living in two buildings that he owns in east London more than £260,000 in rent repayments by a tribunal. John Christodoulou was penalised after…

An estate agency director has been prosecuted and found guilty for failing to respond to a request for information around the management of a property in Hughenden Road. Jason Adams of Riverstone-Abbey Estate Agents in Hastings –…

There was a surge in the number of people moving home last week as homebuyers raced to complete before lower stamp duty thresholds are restored on 1 April. Data from reallymoving, the comparison site for home movers, reveals that moving…

Completions hit record highs at the end of last month as the conveyancing and estate agency sectors came together to beat Stamp Duty deadline. Simplify, the conveyancing and property services group, reports that there were a month of completions during…

Michael Cook, CEO of LRG Leaders Romans Group has rebranded as LRG. The company says that the new identity strengthens the property services group position as a modern, forward-thinking brand that delivers, “everything property, all under one roof.” The transformation…

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has published its latest list of agents expelled from the scheme. Three letting agents and a Residential Leasehold Management (RLM) agency have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to consumers. The…

Dexters has announced the acquisition of Keatons in East London which has a large portfolio of properties under management. Founded almost 30 years ago Keatons is a well-established agency operating Bow, Deptford, Hackney, Kentish Town, Shoreditch, Stratford and Wanstead. This…