The price is NOT right: Home sellers warned against overpricing

The price is NOT right: Home sellers warned against setting their sights too high as those who don’t have to reduce asking prices sell much quicker Just one third of sellers who listed a property but then had to reduce the asking price found a buyer between May and September, says Rightmove  Two thirds of … Read more

Home sellers and buyers warned to act within weeks if they want to benefit from stamp duty holiday

Chief executive of NAEA Propertymark Mark Hayward, says that sellers should ‘make sure everything is in order to help maximise your chances of completing ahead of 31st March’. Show you are serious from the get-go Read up on and adhering strictly to all social distancing measures. Rearrange any cluttered furniture to prevent viewers from needing … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Goodness gracious me: why the Peter Sellers accents?

A Suitable Boy Sunday, BBC1  Rating: Prodigal Son Tuesday, Sky One Rating: A Suitable Boy is the BBC’s much-anticipated adaptation of Vikram Seth’s 1,349-page, 592,552-word novel, which is one of those big books I always said I’d read but never have. (I have, as it happens, quite a long list of big books I always … Read more

Peter Sellers’ ex-wife Britt Ekland, 77, claims comedy actor was a ‘very tormented soul’

Peter Sellers’ ex-wife Britt Ekland has claimed the comedy actor was a ‘very tormented soul’ and deeply controlling. The Swedish actress and former Bond girl, now 77, who was married to the British comic actor from 1964 to 1968, has talked for the first time about their fights and his controlling ways in a new documentary marking the 40th … Read more

Blueprint to revive house sales: Sellers must wait in gardens

Blueprint to revive house sales: Sellers must wait in gardens and clean before and after viewings in plan being drawn up for Ministers  Housing Minister Christopher Pincher will host a video call with estate agents   Proposals include asking sellers to stay in their gardens during viewings  Sales have ground to a halt during the Covid-19 … Read more

Brains behind addictive Dingbats game Paul Sellers dies

Brains behind addictive Dingbats game Paul Sellers dies aged 89 just a month after compiling and illustrating his last strip By A Mail On Sunday Reporter Published: 01:25 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 3 May 2020 Paul Sellers, creator of the Dingbats puzzle phenomenon, has died aged 89. Dingbats has been one … Read more

Blueprint to revive house sales: Sellers must wait in gardens

Blueprint to revive house sales: Sellers must wait in gardens and clean before and after viewings in plan being drawn up for Ministers By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 A blueprint to revive house sales under strict social distancing rules is … Read more

House prices see ‘Boris bounce’, but agents call for ‘realistic’ sellers

House prices have risen across the country for the first time in 18 months amid a surge in confidence among buyers and sellers following the Tory election triumph. There has been ‘a noticeable pick-up’ in the housing market since Boris Johnson defeated Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn in December, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said. But … Read more

What are property buyers and sellers allowed to in lockdown?

The Government has told the public not to move house during the coronavirus outbreak – but yesterday said there are exceptions in certain circumstances.   Home buyers and sellers were left in limbo this week after the Government urged the public not to move house while the lockdown continues across the country.  As a result tens of thousands … Read more

What are property buyers and sellers allowed to in lockdown?

The Government has told the public not to move house during the coronavirus outbreak – but yesterday said there are exceptions in certain circumstances.   Home buyers and sellers were left in limbo this week after the Government urged the public not to move house while the lockdown continues across the country.  As a result tens of thousands … Read more