The candour premium: Britain’s rudest estate agent proves honesty pays

A restaurant-based industry networking event in London organised by two well-known estate agents is to welcome fellow players from the industry to its fourth year of bi-monthly events kicking off for 2026 in London starting next month. The ‘Baldock Brothers’ – better known as Matt and Neill Baldock – are the convenors of The Estate…

Buy-to-let no longer offers the returns that made residential property such a successful investment for decades, according to one of Britain’s leading investment management companies. Rathbones says its appeal “appears greatly reduced” compared with investing in a diversified portfolio of financial assets. In its latest report, Don’t Bet the House, Rathbones argues that the economics…

A senior Tory has backed Kemi Badenoch’s plans to abolish Stamp Duty for those buying their main home in England and Northern Ireland and suggested its reform could well be part of Rachel Reeves’ plan for the Autumn Budget. David Willetts, who was a business minister until 2014 and now sits in the Lords as…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed his government will not only ‘plough ahead’ with the mandatory national registration scheme, but it will also introduce additional holiday let controls. This is basically stage one, we’ll then carefully review what stage two should look like.” Speaking to the BBC, Starmer said: “We’re going stage-by-stage, so this…

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The press has been full of stories about how the Renters’ Rights Act will work. However, I have not yet seen much comment in the press about the financial impact that it could have on letting agents. It is high time to address this issue so what might the consequences be? Firstly all tenancies will…