Coronavirus
Rightmove slashes fees by 75% for the next four months
Britain's biggest property portal reacts to industry criticism by significantly improving its Coronavirus response to help estate agents in the face of a sinking property market.
Talking Heads: How property businesses are keeping moving in spite of Covid-19
Home-working and video tours are the new normal, as PrimeResi looks at some of the practical business steps being taken by residential property advisors in the face of the escalating Coronavirus crisis.
The Stacks Protocol: A national buying agency’s guide to safe business in the Coronavirus crisis
Property buying agency Stacks has set out some clear guidelines for its people on how best to conduct business safely in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Foxtons warns of ‘an inevitable material disruption to trading in the coming months’
"It is too early to predict what the impact of Covid-19 will be on Foxtons' full year results," said CFO Richard Harris.
Guild halves membership fee; offers free digital tools to help agents through the Covid-19 crisis
The Guild of Property Professionals has followed Rightmove and OnTheMarket, with Coronavirus cost mitigation offers for members.
OnTheMarket follows Rightmove with ‘agent support package’
Property portal introduces a three-month "payment support initiative", offering a third off listing fees for full-price members only.
Government bans tenant evictions for at least three months
"No renter who has lost income due to coronavirus will be forced out of their home, nor will any landlord face unmanageable debts," says the Housing Secretary.
Rightmove offers payment deferral plan in response to the Coronavirus crisis
Property portal is offering a six-month deferred payment plan to estate agents "to help mitigate some of the cash flow burden" arising from the Covid-19 outbreak.
Valuation Viewpoint: Schumpeter’s creative destruction
As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, many firms will fold due to the lack of cashflow allowing other more efficient firms to expand, writes James Wyatt
Chancellor announces three-month mortgage payment holiday as Government moves to a wartime footing
The latest package of Coronavirus-beating measures from the Treasury includes a payment break for mortgage-holders. "We will do whatever it takes," says the Chancellor.
Lucian Cook on what Covid-19 might mean for the property market
The Coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause "a hiatus in the UK housing market, without necessarily affecting longer term prospects," says Savills' research chief.
Propertymark publishes Coronavirus guidance for estate agents
The NAEA and ARLA have issued a 27-point checklist to help sales and letting agents limit the transmission of the Covid-19 virus while continuing to run a business.