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Yesterday’s budget announcement confirmed that the stamp duty holiday for home buyers will now be extended by a further 3 months until the end of June according to Rishi Sunak. In line with this extension, we’ve updated our Stamp Duty Calculator add on to reflect these changes. We’ll continue to keep the add on updated as […]

Our stamp duty calculator is by far one of our most popular add ons for Property Hive users and so we’ve expanded this technology further and have now launched our new free Rental Affordability Calculator WordPress plugin. This latest release is a standalone add on and can be used without Property Hive. Simply download and […]

The latest version of Property Hive (version 1.4.78) is now available for you to update to through WordPress. Here’s a run down of some of the features from the past few releases: 1.4.78 Export Applicant List To CSV – Property Hive already included a feature that allows you to generate an applicant list. Now you […]

We recently put a post together about open source software and whether 2021 is the year to take the leap from expensive CRM software that charges monthly fees, to a service that’s more community driven, cheaper to use and has more flexibility to build your estate agency system the way that works for you. With more […]

We’ve added a new shortcode in the latest Stamp Duty Calculator add on update to support commercial property rates. You can now add a commercial stamp duty calculator to your estate agency website by adding the new [stamp_duty_calculator_commercial] shortcode to WordPress where you want this to be located. You can download the stamp duty calculator add […]

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We’ve added a new shortcode in the latest Stamp Duty Calculator add on update to also include support for Scotland LBTT rates. You can now add a stamp duty calculator with the LBTT rates to your estate agency website by adding the new [stamp_duty_calculator_scotland] shortcode to WordPress where you want this to be located. You can download […]

Last week, we reached 2,000 active installs of our core Property Hive plugin. This means that the plugin is currently being on at least 2,000 estate agency websites. This really is a monumental milestone for us and we look forward to continue to assist estate agents to manage their WordPress websites and their agencies with our […]

It’s no secret that 2020 shook up almost every industry worldwide during a global pandemic that will be remembered in history for years to come. Within the property industry, although on the surface thinks seem to have been ticking over, there have actually been many struggles and changes to be considered. For one, many free […]

Now that we’ve said goodbye to 2020, we’ve welcome (like many others) with open arms the new year and have began looking at where we want to take Property Hive. For estate agents, it would appear on the surface that many weren’t adversely affected by the pandemic as they were allowed to remain open alongside […]