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Purplebricks slashes marketing and goes fully digital to shore up cash
'Hybrid' agency cans all TV and radio ads and switches to a 'complete online model' as the coronavirus crisis culls UK housing market activity
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Post-Pandemic: What will become of the UK’s residential property market?
Major agencies have a shot at predicting how far transactions and prices will fall during the Coronavirus crisis, and more importantly - when they will eventually recover...
European investor picks up six-unit portfolio at The Hexagon
A European investor has bought half a dozen apartments at The Hexagon scheme in Covent Garden in a £7.5m bulk deal.
Covid-19 & market recovery: What are we learning from the Chinese experience?
As the world goes into lockdown, Chinese real estate markets are beginning to see more activity, says Nick Holt, Knight Frank’s Head of Research in APAC, on the ground in Beijing.
New volunteering platform encourages real estate firms to provide practical support to the NHS
Teams from Greystar, SAY Consulting, deverellsmith, and Be Original have launched Do Some Good, encouraging the property industry to pledge support for NHS and healthcare workers on the front line of the…
Rightmove cancels dividend payment; Berkeley revises profit forecast
Britain's biggest property portal suspends its final 2019 dividend, telling shareholders that it is "taking appropriate measures" to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on its bottom line - but…
In Pictures: PCL agency launches quartet of high-end mews instructions
Chelsea-based Russell Simpson has taken on a batch of new mews properties, ranging from a turnkey specimen designed by Turner Pocock, to a character-filled pad above Roald Dahl's former home in Clapham...
Mortgage market could be frozen as lenders pull products
Banks & Government said to be in talks about pausing or adapting the mortgage market in light of the Coronavirus lockdown.
Rental market dynamics point to medium-term growth in London
The affordability squeeze in the sales market will continue to boost demand once normal service returns in the capital’s lettings market, writes Tom Bill
Official guidance on moving home during the Covid-19 lockdown
UPDATED: "Home buyers and renters should, as far as possible, delay moving to a new house" says the Government. But moves are still possible and happening.
