Renters’ Rights Bill concludes Lords Report Stage today

Rightmove’s financial chief has cashed in shares worth just shy of £126,000 just a few days after the company revealed that its revenues and profits have continued to climb. The portal has revealed that Ruaridh Hook (pictured) its Chief Financial Officer, exercised options arising from a Deferred Share Bonus Plan Award granted 10 March 2023 and…

Online homebuying platform, OneDome, has announced a £7.5 million media-for-equity partnership with Channel 4 Ventures, marking a major step in the firm’s national expansion strategy. Under the agreement, Channel 4 Ventures – the broadcaster’s venture investment arm – will invest £5 million, with a further £2.5 million to follow if performance milestones are met. The…

UK inflation has fallen to its lowest rate for four months to 3.6%, raising hopes that it may now have peaked. But economists forecast it would drop to 3.5% driven the ONS says by weaker rises in household energy costs and an unusually large autumn dip in hotel prices, while on the other hand food…

Homelessness charity Crisis has announced it is preparing to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, in a move that will be closely watched by the property industry. As The Negotiator has regularly reported, the charity has been one of the rental sector’s most outspoken critics, frequently blaming private landlords for…

Buyers keen to ‘get going’ now the uncertainty created by Rachel Reeves’ Budget has been removed are prepared to do viewing during the festive break including on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, it has been claimed. The survey of current UK house hunters, commissioned by EXP, found that almost three-quarters (73%) had been putting their…

A well-known independent estate agency in the Midlands has been sold by its directors to national chain Winkworth. Peter Clarke Peter Clarke, which was founded in 1991 and has five residential branches plus a commercial property office and surveying practice. It was set-up by 92-year-old Peter Clarke and his two sons, Peter (60) and Jonathan…