Estate Agents Amongst First Wave Of Businesses To Reopen
The Sun newspaper and Daily Star have claimed that estate agents could be amongst the first wave of high street businesses permitted to reopen as the government look at a workable exit strategy for the UK economy. The report written for government by Conservative peer Lord Gadhia and Sir Jonathan Symonds, GlaxoSmithKline’s chairperson, identified a […]
New Build Developer Barratt Cautious
In a stock market announcement this morning Barratt, the new homes developer, announced that they have completed on 1349 new build homes between 23rd March and 12 April 2020 but they “expect any further home completions and reservations to be very limited.” With their site sales offices and construction sites all closed and 85% of […]
Remortgaging Activity Improving And Stable
Recent indications suggest remortgaging volumes are improving after significant falls following the introduction of social distancing restrictions. Although new case volumes decreased by 14 per cent in the week commencing April 6 from the week previous and 18.9 per cent since March 16, there were signs that remortgaging activity was starting to pick up again, […]
Majority Of Stakeholders Still Looking To Move Post-Virus
A survey looking at consumer sentiment suggests that buyers and sellers are still looking to renew their interest as soon as restrictions are lifted. According to Reallymoving, 75 per cent of property stakeholders in the early stages of planning to move have indicated they will continue to resume the process as soon as they are […]