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Boris Johnson was warned the public that the UK is at maximum risk of a second spike in Covid-19 if social distancing restrictions are relaxed too soon. In his first official speech as prime minister
The conveyancing sector has been severely impacted by the government imposed lockdown and property market freeze at the end of March. Anecdotally, many firms have taken advantage of the government’s Job Retention Scheme by furloughing
One of the UK’s building heavyweights, Taylor Wimpey PLC, is set to reopen its construction sites on a phased return in less than two weeks. The house builder has pledged to conform with all governmental
Lockdown has prompted more people to review their leasehold contracts with leaseholders increasingly researching their enfranchisement options. The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP), has reported a significant rise in homeowners reviewing their leasehold extension
The Guild of Property Professionals has written a letter to the government urging them to include estate agents in the first wave of essential services to be released from lockdown. The letter stresses that lifting
The property market remained resilient in March despite the lockdown induced property freeze at the end of the month. There were 99,440 residential property transactions in March, a marginal 0.3 per cent rise from March
Despite economic uncertainty caused by Brexit and a winter election, £3.92 billion of property wealth was withdrawn using equity release products in 2019. According to the Equity Release Council’s ‘Spring 2020 Equity Release Market Report’,
How can the property market most easily recover once lockdown measures have been eased? There is no denying that the world is forever changed by the global pandemic we are all living through. Pressing pause
Over half a million businesses are now in significant financial distress with the real estate and property sector amongst the worst hit. 2,289 businesses are now in critical distress, a precursor for insolvency. This figure
The market freeze caused by social distancing measures is prompting many to claim that Help to Buy deadlines should be pushed back in order to facilitate many delayed transactions. Help to Buy is scheduled to
Although social distancing restrictions have led to difficult but inevitable declines in activity over recent weeks, the last week ended with a number of surprising increases in daily activity. According to Twenty7Tec’s activity monitor, purchase
Property searches are currently unavailable in 24 council areas and some have introduced new charges for providing information remotely to search providers. The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has praised the majority of local
Convey Law explain how their robust disaster recovery plan and proactive use of governmental support is helping their employees and business thrive in a post-coronavirus property sector. Following the stalling of UK transactions, many people
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
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
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
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
Purchase mortgage searches have fallen by 82 per cent over the past four weeks. According to weekly mortgage data provided by Twenty7Tec, up to the week ending April 11 purchase mortgage searches had also reduced
One in nine UK mortgages are now taking advantage of a mortgage payment holiday. According to UK Finance data, over 1.2 million mortgage holders impacted by Covid-19 have applied to their lenders for a mortgage
The property sector is facing unprecedented challenges at the moment. Covid-19 has decimated the home buying and selling process with searches and new mortgages almost halving in four weeks. Similarly, lenders are now reluctant to
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