Shares in Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) PLC, which has some 2,000 mortage advisors nationwide, crashed yesterday on the news that it has been forced to write-off its £2.8m investment in […]

The mainstream media hang on every word that comes from the housing charity Shelter and apparently accept at face value any figures that the organisation pumps out as fact. Take […]

Property Industry Eye has received credible information that suggests Purplebricks is to implement a substantial increase in its prices in the New Year. EYE understands that earlier today an ‘All […]

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence has published an 88 page report on ‘Understanding Landlord Behaviour in the Private Rented Sector’. Authored by Dr Jennifer Harris and Professor Alex […]

Latest figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals for house purchases decreased to 59,000 in October from 66,000 in September. The ‘effective’ interest rate – the actual […]

Yesterday, after EYE broke the news of redundancy consultations being implemented at conveyancing giant Simplify, the company gave us a short statement. A spokesperson said: “In the context of a […]

EYE has learned that a redundancy process has begun at conveyancing company Simplify – the Leicester headquartered firm that provides services to, among others, Purplebricks. Simplify includes the brands of: […]

The news from Zoopla that a quarter of homes for sale have reduced asking prices and that annual house price inflation is now down to 7.8% will not have come […]

The rumour mill was working overtime at the weekend with EYE informed by several sources that Keller Williams in Leeds had become the latest market centre to close on Friday, […]

Some of the property industry’s leading experts have come together to discuss ways in which the homebuying process can be improved. Participants included Peter Ambrose, MD from The Partnership, Jon […]