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[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Kitty Woodley with Lee Carratt A Dental nurse has switched from helping to repair teeth to selling houses with the opening of a new estate agency in the West Midlands. Your Move Breckon Woodley, led by franchise owner Kitty Woodley, has opened on Stratford Road in Shirley, extending Your Move’s operations across the West Midlands. Woodley stepped away from her job in dentistry to embark on a career in estate agency after having children. Now looking ahead to her next challenge, she is opening her own branch with the support…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: LMS has launched National Property Transaction Network (NPTN), a new digital platform that connects every stakeholder in the property transaction process, with a view to speeding up transactions. NPTN, launched following a successful trial period in September 2024 involving Connells Group, Peter Alan, TM Group, Moverly, and a select panel of law firms, seeks to make shareable, authenticated data accessible to everyone. The impact on pilot cases saw a 35% reduction in time from Sold Subject to Contract (SSTC) to exchange, along with 17% faster from instruction to completion. In…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Simon Rubinsohn UK housing market unsurprisingly slowed in April, with the volume of buyer enquiries and agreed sales falling, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and recent changes to stamp duty. The latest RICS Residential Market Survey shows that new buyer interest declined for the third consecutive month, with a net balance of -33% indicating a fall in enquiries. This reflects growing caution from prospective buyers alongside affordability pressures and tight borrowing conditions. Sales activity also continued to soften. A net balance of –31% of survey participants reported a decline in agreed sales…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Reapit and iamproperty have entered into a strategic partnership to support estate agents providing online auction services. With the integration, agents can automatically link properties and clients and share viewing information. Property and consumer details will be pulled through from Reapit, allowing auction stock to be referred to iamproperty’s auction solution, iamsold, without the need to duplicate data across systems. With viewing information shared between the two platforms automatically for all connected transactions, agents are able to automatically sync viewing appointments, status and viewer feedback. Jamie Cooke, co-founder of iamproperty, said:…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: The Scottish government’s ‘Programme for Government’, announced yesterday, will not be enough to tackle the growing housing challenges in Scotland, it has been suggested. The programme includes a commitment to increasing affordable housing supply, regulating short-term lets, improving energy efficiency in homes, and supporting tenants’ rights. The overall impact is intended to be a more accessible, affordable, and sustainable housing sector, though the success will depend on effective implementation and resource allocation. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and campaigns at Propertymark, said: “The Scottish government’s Programme for Government comes at…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Social media has become an important marketing tool for estate agents, helping to showcase properties, boost brand awareness, and connect with potential buyers, sellers, renters and landlords, new figures show. Drawing from almost £450,000 in advertising spend across 186 Rex Reach property campaigns, the data shows that Facebook and Instagram remain critical tools for agents looking to drive leads, boost visibility, and win more business. With 55.9 million active Facebook users in the UK, Rex Reach says the platform remains one of the best channels for property promotion. Its precise…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Mike Day Niccolò Machiavelli famously stated, “Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. “This quote underscores the necessity of adaptability in both our personal and professional lives. Change is inevitable, and those who resist it risk stagnation. In business, leaders who embrace transformation remain competitive and individuals who adjust their mindset thrive in evolving circumstances. Machiavelli recognised that success is not about rigidly holding onto old ways but about evolving with shifting landscapes. Whether in business or personal growth, those who recognise the power of change can harness it to their advantage,…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: The South East is currently the most challenging region in the UK to sell a property, while Scotland ranks as the easiest, TwentyCi’s latest data has shown. Covering the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the research, which appears in TwentyCi’s latest Property & Homemover Report, highlights the UK postcodes where homes are both the hardest and easiest to sell. TwentyCi used five criteria to rank the difficulty or ease of selling a property. In order of importance these were: price achieved compared to original asking price, whether the property is likely…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Prime minister Harold Wilson’s quip that “a week is a long time in politics”, which he made during one of the UK’s seemingly never-ending crises in the 1960s, aptly describes what has happened in this country in recent days. Reform UK’s astonishing set of results in Thursday’s local elections and the Runcorn and Helsby by-election has caused a political earthquake. Leader Nigel Farage now hopes to position the anti-immigration party as significant political force in UK. Last year, he put forward a ‘contract’ (manifesto) that proposed some radical changes, including…

[openai_chatbot] rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad (BOMAD) totalled £9.6bn in 2024, according to the latest analysis from Savills. According to the estate agency, 173,500 first-time buyers received assistance last year, receiving on average £55,572. This equates to just over half (52%) of all first-time buyers, which, although lower than the proportion that received assistance in 2023 (57%), is still higher than every other year since 2012 (53%). Overall, Bank of Mum & Dad has provided £38.5bn of assistance over the past four years. This is 71%…