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The HomeOwners Alliance calls for an urgent review of stamp duty following new research issued today. House prices have soared by around £100,000 between 2014 and 2022, but stamp duty bands have not changed, meaning more people are penalised by the tax than the government intended.  Key findings are:  Almost a third more first time buyers are having to pay stamp duty, despite the government's first time buyer exemption. 30% more first time buyers are paying stamp duty than when first time buyer relief w

Expanding international project and cost management consultancy Stature London has appointed a new director to lead the project management team. Lee Marple has been appointed director - head of project management and joins Stature London at a time of expansion, having recently relocated to larger offices in the centre of London, near Victoria Station. Lee arrives with more than 30 years’ experience in the property sector, with 19 years at global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, wh

Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform policy paper, but cautioned that ensuring adequate enforcement will require a clearer commitment to funding and court capacity. The measures outlined in A fairer private rented sector are due to be included in the upcoming Renters Reform Bill. The promised legislative changes include: The removal of Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions. Strengthening some mandato

Leading residential property management company, Rendall & Rittner enjoyed an exceptional night at the exclusive ARMA Ace Awards dinner on Friday 17th June, winning the coveted Managing Agent of the Year award. Designed to recognise the achievements of UK managing agents and suppliers, the black-tie event was attended by a selection of industry-leading developers, managing agents, and suppliers. Having been a member of ARMA for over 20 years, Rendall & Rittner recognises the importance of working alongsid

Instant online valuation and lead nurturing specialists The ValPal Network has claimed that agents who ignore the power of social media and don’t utilise it to its fullest could be left behind by the competition.  In recent years, and particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, social media platforms including TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, to name a few, have reached new levels of popularity. Many businesses from a range of sectors have relied on these platforms to interact with existin

We are pleased to announce the launch of Buyer Passport, a service that provides qualified buyers directly to partner Estate Agents. ‘Buyer Passport’ allows customers to register their interest and create a ‘Wanted ad’ that they share with all local estate agents listing with OneDome with one click. To create the ‘wanted ad’, the customer goes through various pre-qualifications to ensure that they are motivated buyers.  There are multiple levels of Buyer Passport indicating various level of qualification:

Birmingham’s top commercial agents Siddall Jones have announced the sale of the last remaining plot of land in a prime Jewellery Square location in Birmingham to one of the country's leading SME property developers. Stripe Property Group, which has offices in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Birmingham, has already made a number of strategic investments within Birmingham, contributing to the considerable regeneration of the city in recent years.  The group’s most recent acquisition, for £700,000 via Siddall Jones,

Global PropTech leader, MRI Software, has entered into an agreement to acquire New Zealand-based PropertySuite, an innovative, cloud-based PropTech solution that integrates relationship management, print and digital media and marketing management, and transaction and financial management into one platform for real estate agencies.    Nearly two decades since its founding, PropertySuite’s single, comprehensive platform is now used by more than 4,000 residential, commercial, rural and project marketing real

A fund affiliated with MCAP Global Finance (UK) LLP, the European subsidiary of New York-headquartered Marathon Asset Management LP (‘Marathon’), has appointed Carter Jonas’ Build to Rent (BTR) team to deliver lettings and property management services across its portfolio of 173 one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments within the iconic Wimbledon Grounds development in South West London. Formed in 1998, Marathon is a leading institutional investment asset manager with an extensive multi-decade track re

Proportunity, a London-based neolender, today announces it is working on bringing the UK’s first zero deposit mortgage product to market later this year. The announcement was made as part of its crowdfunding campaign with Seedrs to grow the business and help more people in the UK become homeowners sooner. With the deadline for the market’s biggest player, Help to Buy, brought forward to October this year, Proportunity aims to capture the £4.4bn market gap set to be left behind. The addition of a zero depo

Electric vehicle (EV) charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according to residential management experts at MetroPM.   Matthew Arnold, managing director of MetroPM, which has offices in Birmingham and Cheltenham, explained that emerging EV technology was complex and would need urgent attention.   The advice comes on the back of a new paper issued by the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) entitled Electric Vehicle Charging In

Boris Johnson's announcement to insulate more homes to protect people from the cost-of-living crisis has added weight to adopting a national green retrofit strategy claims the building industry. They argue that a proper assessment of householders' homes first to decide what remedial action is appropriate should happen before insulating a property. "For example, there's no point rolling out Icynene spray foam Insulation in a property which has a cold roof as this would cause long-term damage and the produc