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Lettings agency owner Maxine Fothergill (main picture) has joined the new political party, Restore Britain after being expelled by Reform UK following disagreements over the running of Kent County Council. Fothergill, who is also Managing Director of Amax Estates and former President of ARLA Propertymark, had been a Reform UK member for six years. In…

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…

Strutt & Parker has appointed Toby Downes as Director in London to advise buyers and sellers across Prime Central and South West London. Toby returns to the property consultancy after a 13-year gap, during which time he spent three years advising ultra-high net worth buyers for Haringtons as well as almost nine years at Savills,…

A lettings agent exposed by the BBC for allegedly not returning tenancy deposits and failing to pass on rent to landlords appears to be incorrectly presenting himself as a Propertymark member, The Neg can reveal. BBC News reported this week that more than 100 tenants are owed rent from Tony Singh, whose letting agency Morgan,…

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First-time buyers are most affected by the jump in mortgage rates since war in the Middle East began last month, Hamptons says. The number of FTBs forced to take out home loans with rates above 5% has shot up from 8% to 21%, latest figures from the agency reveal. Other buyers are also seeing the…