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Agents address skills shortage with automation and AI – even as real estate job growth rate slows

Agents across the UK are turning to AI and automation to combat a skills shortage in the industry, according to analysis by leading PropTech provider Reapit. This comes as the number of payrolled people working in real estate is growing at its slowest pace since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company's inaugural Property Outlook Report 2025 reveals that most agencies that are hiring are struggling...

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First-time property buyers worse off due to stamp duty holiday property

First-time property buyers £25k worse off thanks to stamp duty holiday

Research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , reveals that the stamp duty holiday has increased the price of first-time buyer homes by an average of 11.7% in England in the last year, and by as much as 31.5% in some areas of the country.

The stamp duty holiday was introduced as a financial incentive to keep the housing market buoyant during the pandemic and thus...

KINGSWOOD ACQUIRES LAND FOR 435 HOMES IN BLACKBURN

KINGSWOOD Homes will invest more than £4million in the Blackburn community after acquiring the final 64-acre piece in the puzzle of the Gib Lane Masterplan.

The land, located west of Moorland Drive, covers phases four to 11 of Kingswood’s Green Hills development in Feniscowles and is the continuation of the scheme HemingwayDesign originally designed.

A hybrid planning...

EDENSTONE GROUP EXPANDS WITH NEW SOUTH WEST OFFICE

NEW jobs and new homes are being created in the South West of England as the Edenstone Group expands its operation with the opening of its first office outside of Wales.

Headquartered in Magor, the ambitious business, established in 2003, is targeting turnover of more than £100 million by 2023 and aims to increase the number of homes it builds by 66% in the current financial year....

Covid rental arrear woes start to ease for UK landlords

Research by the nationwide buy-to-let specialist, Sequre Property Investment , has revealed that the tide of pandemic rental arrear woes that have impacted one in five landlords could be starting to turn, as the majority are now seeing a reduction in the level of late rental income owed to them.

The survey of nearly 4,000 UK landlords commissioned by Sequre Property Investment found...

Property industry reacts to Robert Jenrick exit

Managing Director of Barrows and Forrester , James Forrester, commented:

“The government housing carousel continues to turn as yet another one bites the dust and it remains to be seen if there will be further casualties further down the ranks.

Michael Gove is known as a Whitehall big hitter with a reputation for rocking the boat so we may well see some changes. However, the...

Property industry reaction to latest Rightmove House Price Index

Managing Director of Barrows and Forrester , James Forrester, commented:

“It’s to be expected that the astronomic rates of house price growth seen since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday will now start to subside as we approach the final deadline. But don’t be fooled into thinking the market will now deflate like a cheap birthday balloon.

Buyer demand is extremely...

How to find your first home: A guide

Finding your first home can be daunting. Getting up on that property ladder means you have limited funds to work with and a whole lot of unknowns to contend with. It isn’t just affording any property; it’s about finding the right property. You can do so much with a fixer-upper, or you may benefit from a new build. Understand what is available and what your options are, and do it all with this...

Kingswood Homes The Hawthorns Elswick property market

Buy a new home in Elswick and enjoy Christmas on Kingswood

TWO lucky buyers could have Christmas all wrapped up if they reserve a new property at The Hawthorns in Elswick, Lancashire, by the end of September.

Not only will they be able to secure a luxury Kingswood Homes property to move into before the festive season starts, they’ll each be presented with a special voucher worth £1,000 by the housebuilder to enjoy Christmas on them!...

Victoria Mills Holmes Chapel property market

Holmes Chapel property market flying high as 11 new homes reserved within days

Home buyers have flocked to snap up all 11 homes that were released for Early Bird reservation at Anwyl’s Victoria Mills development in Holmes Chapel.

Thomas Bradley, senior sales manager for Anwyl Homes Cheshire and North Wales, said he’d been hopeful of success after huge interest was shown in the Macclesfield Road homes collection even before its launch.

He said: “We had...

Autumn Themed Street names property market

Scarecrow, Squirrel, or Harvest? What is the most expensive autumn-themed street name?

Research from the national estate agent, Keller Williams UK , has revealed which autumn-themed road names command the highest house prices on the property market.

To celebrate this turning of the seasons, Keller Williams has studied transaction history for some of the UK’s autumn-themed street names to discover which ones command the highest average house price.

The most...

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