Agents warned of major workload from new landlord database

Snippets of industry news: Lomond appoints new COO; Spicerhaart appoints performance director; Joe Sarling joins Colliers’ Residential and Living team Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

A Labour donor’s company has been accused of serving “hundreds” of tenants at a south-west London residential development with eviction notices ahead of the abolition of no-fault evictions, eliciting fierce criticism from City Hall. The notices were issued to residents at Britannia Point in Colliers Wood by Criterion Capital. The company was founded by property…

Should estate agents be banned from receiving financial benefit from both the buyer and seller in the same transaction? Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

Transactions this year are nothing but remarkable – at a national level – and, as the chart from Chris Watkins and TwentyEA shows, property listings are 12% higher than we’ve seen in the last decade. And, more choice for buyers definitely helps drive sales as, despite higher mortgage rates, their net sales Year to Date…

House prices fell by 0.6% in May, in the first monthly decline of 2026, Nationwide has revealed. It attributed the decline to the uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East, which has weighed on consumer confidence and housing market activity. The data also shows annual house price growth slowed to 1.7%, down from…

A foul-mouthed TikTok rant has attracted over 260,000 views after a tenant reacted angrily to tips sent to her friend by an unnamed letting agent prior to a viewing. Harriet.d.h (pictured) told her TikTok foillowers: “Estate agents are out of control, they are absolutely out of control, and we need to do something to stop…