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After recently returning to the North West from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, Martin has left teaching to start a career in writing and pursue his lifelong passion with the written word.
A cross-industry guide, co-authored by a number of residential sector and professional organisations’ representatives, has been launched today in a bid to provide practical guidance on how to ensure all aspects of the home buying
Removers were among the home buying and selling industries offered safe moving guidelines to ensure their transition back into work is smooth and safe. The sector was already gearing up for a return after removal
Home surveys and valuations are an integral and fundamental part of the home buying and selling process and the sentiment from the sector welcomes recent government advice and guidelines permitting physical valuations and surveys to
The government has updated the advice on home buying and selling which was issued on March 26 effectively freezing the property market. The new advice informs the industry about how to comply with ‘safer working’
The Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced plans for the UK to safely move home, from today, as long as social distancing advice is followed. Estate agents’ offices can reopen, buyers are free to view
In a bid to avoid repossessions, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are looking at various scenarios of extending mortgage holidays for up to a year. Although the economy is set to bounce back fairly quickly,
A New York based law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, who are predominantly used by the world’s rich and famous, have suffered a substantial cyber attack. The cyber criminals claim to have access to
There are indications that removers Pickfords are open for business once again. Following the amended social distancing and working guidelines from the government on Sunday which stated that if you cannot work from home you
The Government has just announced an extension of the furlough scheme to October with no changes before end of July. Details of changes after that will be provided by the end of May but are
Despite reports highlighting the post-lockdown social distancing measures for estate agents being leaked last week, the government’s 50 page document detailing the phases of lockdown relaxations and subsequent return to work guidance omitted the property
Activity levels in the mortgage industry continued their slow recovery last week despite a well deserved and incredibly popular VE Day bank holiday. If Friday’s bank holiday was discounted from the weekly totals, searches for
Boris Johnson’s Sunday ‘exit phase’ announcement has insisted that those who are unable to work from home should be actively encouraged to return to their places of work from Wednesday. In the majority, this will
Boris Johnson is poised to release UK businesses and reopen a frozen economy from next week which bodes well for a pent up property market with more than 372,000 sales at various stages of the
Construction output in the UK has declined at its fastest rate in over 23 years. IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index has plummeted to 8.2 in April from only 39.3 in March. Any number
HM Land Registry (HMLR) requisitions increased slightly in the opening quarter of the year despite consecutive improvements in the final half of 2019. Between January and March 2020, 13.6 per cent 12.8% of all applications
