The journey of a first-time buyer can take you through a wealth of emotions, from excitement to anxiety, confidence to uncertainty, sometimes all in one day, but a new study from LPL, a firm of property lawyers, has found the sweet spot when it comes to the property hunt, before it all starts getting too … Continued
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The Government is intent on ‘professionalising property agents’. Light regulation, low public trust scores and the absence of minimum professional standards are supposedly a blight on the industry, as laid out in the Home Buying & Selling Reform introducer. Agents, however, have long argued that experience and memberships of industry bodies are enough but with…
Plans by the Government to build 1.5million new homes have taken another blow with official figures revealing a new-build fall. Latest Office for National Statistics data reveals a drop in the total in three consecutive months. Total private sector residential new-build totals in Britain were 3,309 in May, dropping to 3,293 in June, 3,163 in…
Confusion over a new mandatory tenant information sheet could result in landlords and letting agents being fined up to £7,000, a property ombudsman has warned. Sean Hooker (pictured), Head of Redress at Property Redress, says property owners and agents must be clear who is responsible for issuing the document to renters. The Renters’ Rights Act…
Industry backs simpler savings product but warns affordability remains the biggest hurdle Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
LIS Media Ltd, the owner of the National Landlord Investment Show, and a suite of property media brands, has acquired Propertychecklists.co.uk from Designs on Property Ltd, owner by Kate Faulkner OBE. The acquisition follows a long-standing working relationship between LIS Media Ltd and Kate Faulkner. The deal sees Kate joining the LIS Media team as…
Connells Group made a loss of £500,000 during the first six months of 2026, Stuart Haire (main image), Group Chief Executive of its parent organiation Skipton Building Society, has revealed. This contrasts starkly with the same period last year when profits at Connells Group, which includes the eponymous estate agency but many others including all…
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