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K3 Showhome Design – the essential marketing tool to selling new homes at the maximum price 19 Jun 13
First impressions really do count…this is the motto that K3 Showhomes live and work by. Fiona Sandland and Karen Kerridge, interior designers at the Cambridgeshire based company, have proven over and over again that a showhome is a powerful selling tool because it attracts homebuyers on so many physical and emotional...
iam-sold Sponsors The Ultra6 World Record Challenge 19 Jun 13
New charity challenge aims to set world record to aid war heroes in 6 days iam-sold are proud to be the premier sponsors of the upcoming “Ultra6 World Record Challenge”. The Ultra 6 Great Britain challenge, spearheaded once more by Leeds’s Andy North and colleagues, will see a team of runners complete...
Springett says Agents' Mutual finances are stacking up 19 Jun 13
Agents’ Mutual, the venture aimed at setting up a new agents-owned portal for the industry to challenge Rightmove and Zoopla, says it is continuing to gather interest. Ian Springett, who is heading up the project, said there had been another flurry of registrations from around the UK, including from the Midlands...
Houses with good EPCs sell for more, claims government 19 Jun 13
Homes with good EPCs are worth on average 14% more. This claim – which is interesting, since our readers constantly tell us that no one looks at EPCs when buying – comes from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, which says that making energy improvements to a property could boost...
Average UK house prices on the rise, says ONS 19 Jun 13
The average UK house price in April stood at £238,000, the Office for National Statistics has said. It was an increase of 2.6% from April of last year, but with a very patchy regional picture. House prices went up 6.2% in Wales and 6% in London, but sank 1.2% in Scotland. The...
More young people despair of ever getting on the home ownership ladder 19 Jun 13
Young people remain pessimistic about their chances of getting on the property ladder, with only a third prepared to save for a deposit for more than three years before abandoning their plans. According to the third annual Generation Rent report from Halifax, published this morning, the average deposit paid by first-time...
Mortgage broker in estate agent's office continued to work despite ban 19 Jun 13
A former mortgage broker who was working out of an estate agency could go to jail after he continued to give mortgage advice despite a ban. Michael Lewis, 65, pleaded guilty to 12 criminal offences in a case brought by the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority. He had continued to give mortgage...
Estate agent is sent for trial on fraud charges 19 Jun 13
An estate agent has appeared in court accused of defrauding clients out of over £18,000. Tim Glasson, 50, of Tim Glasson Estate Agents in Camborne, Cornwall, is facing 12 charges of abusing his position intending to cause loss or exposure to risk of loss to individuals between 2010 and 2013 in...
Conversations overhead in property managementConversations overhead in property management 18 Jun 13
"So John, it's your turn to be on call this week for tenant emergencies. Hope you didn't have any nights out planned."................."What do you mean the engineer won't be here until tomorrow morning - I've got no hot water and two children to bath!"..................."Hello? Is that you Dad? It's the...
Felicity J Lord rebrand with Kremer Signs 17 Jun 13
Kremer Signs have recently supplied Felicity J Lord for both the office fascia signage and their residential estate agency boards as part of their company rebrand. The latest large group of estate agents to require this service was Felicity J Lord, part of Spicer Haart, which took advantage ofKremer Signsexpertise. Project manager and...
Spicerhaart loses four-year court battle with Fine & Country 17 Jun 13
Spicerhaart has lost its costly four-year battle against Fine & Country over the use of its Fine brand. The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the High Court handed down in March last year, supporting Fine & Country’s claim that Spicerhaart was guilty of trademark infringement and passing-off. Despite the...
Asking prices hit their highest ever, says Rightmove 17 Jun 13
Asking prices across England and Wales have breached the £250,000 mark for the first time, Rightmove reported this morning. The average asking price of a property brought to the market between May 12 and June 8 was £252,798 – up 2.7% from a year ago and 1.2% from the month before....
New presidential teams announced for NAEA and ARLA 17 Jun 13
The NAEA and ARLA have named their new incoming presidential teams. Jan Hӱtch, from Arnolds Keys, Norfolk, is president of the NAEA, while Susan Fitz-Gibbon succeeds Jane Ingram as ARLA. Hӱtch succeeds Mark Hayward who has combined his role as NAEA president with his ongoing job as NAEA managing director. Both women...
Estate agent found guilty in mortgage fraud case 17 Jun 13
A former estate agent and two mortgage brokers were among five people found guilty for their roles in a £3m mortgage fraud case. The verdicts came at the end of a saga which involved two failed trials before the third, at Bournemouth Crown Court, where there were nine defendants out of...
