iknowa, a property and financial technology startup that is making building and renovation projects easier, safer and more efficient, today, announced its availability in the greater London area. Historically, tradespeople have struggled to generate quality leads through existing referral websites that charge fees, regardless of if the tradesperson gets the job or not. Similarly, homeowners […]
The post-lockdown restart of the property market is proceeding with considerable aplomb, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index for July. The mix-adjusted average asking price for England and Wales jumps 1.5% since the June reading, bringing the year-on-year rise to 2.0%. Supply of new sales instructions returns to near-normal levels in England in May post-lockdown […]
Following increased demand due to fluctuating market reports and heightened uncertainty around the value of the global property markets since the Covid-19 outbreak, VAS Group’s Valuation Management division has launched Collateral Monitoring. The new service will provide desktop valuations for existing loan books through its team of highly experienced surveyors to give an accurate snapshot […]
Data published today by Andrews, the property group with 48 offices throughout the south of England, shows instructions in April and May 2020 were down 90% and 73% respectively on the equivalent months in 2019 as the property market felt the full impact of lockdown and Covid-19. But June 2020 saw a significant rebound, with […]
The latest figures from Knowledge Bank’s mortgage criteria activity tracker show brokers’ searches up by more than two-thirds (68%) as the market responds to Covid-19 and adjusts to the ‘new normal’. The increase was especially pronounced in the residential market, with searches up by nearly four-fifths (79%). With physical valuations and viewings beginning to resume […]
More than 100 intermediaries attended each of the six CPD-accredited webinars held by Hodge during lockdown. The webinars were aimed at brokers who are already or are considering entering the later-life lending market to help them learn more or branch out during a difficult time for the industry. The CPD-accredited webinars were free to attend, […]
NAEA Propertymark has partnered with REACH UK, an award-winning scale up programme, to help its members navigate through the world of technology by selecting the best start-ups and launching them into the marketplace. REACH is a unique real estate technology programme created by Second Century Ventures, an active venture fund in the global real estate […]
Gatehouse Bank has appointed John Coles as an asset manager in its real estate investment advisory team. John joins the Bank from Hearthstone Investments, where he had been an investment manager responsible for a fund aimed at developing a portfolio of privately rented properties in the UK. He began his career in property as a […]
The UK housing market is showing initial signs of recovery as new buyers and sellers come in to the market, but respondents remain cautious about the year ahead, according to the June 2020 RICS UK Residential Market Survey. As agents continue to return to work following lockdown closures, the number of people looking to purchase […]
The national firm of surveyors Naismiths has appointed Kevin Marshall as a director of building consultancy, as part of a strategic expansion. The firm, which in 2019 achieved annual revenue growth of 26% and expanded its team of chartered surveyors by 37%, is now ramping up its expert witness and dispute resolution capability in response […]
