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

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

Amazon bans UK sellers from stocking and shipping non-essential items

Amazon has suspended retailers from stocking non-essential items in its UK warehouses to make room for urgent supplies needed during the coronavirus crisis. The e-commerce giant has been snowed under with orders of toilet rolls, wipes, tinned food and other vital goods from Britons bracing for self-isolation. The spike in packages has threatened to overwhelm … Read more

Amazon cracks down on listings and sellers using coronavirus to make a profit

As the novel coronavirus spreads across the globe, health experts advise plane travelers to sit in a window seat, disinfect their table trays and window blinds, and warn that wearing a mask won’t prevent infection. Officials say the best way to avoid catching the virus, which is spread through viral particles within mucus or saliva, … Read more

eBay sellers ramp up cost of hand gels by up to 5,000% with 49p Lidl sanitiser sold for £29.99

Online market place sellers looking to cash in on the coronavirus outbreak in the UK are selling hand sanitiser products for more than 5000 per cent their recommended retail price. Own brand products from retailers such as Lidl and Asda are being listed for a huge mark up on eBay. It comes as the competition … Read more