Agencies & People
News covering the businesses, activities, people and personalities in estate agency and letting agency and wider residential property industry.
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Estate agent caught up in £800,000 mortgage fraud case
London firm says it followed GDPR rules but still fraudster managed to get access to a property to steal details that helped mortgage fraud.
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Revealed: What it’s like when activists attack your lettings agency
Renters rights group Acorn harangues Coventry letting agent and pickets outside branch over alleged unfair treatment of a tenant.
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Foxtons report 60% sales revenue jump as it invests in Boomin
Foxtons says its business has rebounded strongly during the first quarter of the year as it takes a stake in Boomin alongside Channel 4 and the Mortgage Advice Bureau, part of a £25 million fund raising push by the portal.
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Hybrid firm beating Purplebricks at its own game adds new territories
Estate agency House Fox has taken on new partners and areas and says it sold 300 properties last year despite the Covid restrictions.
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Agent warns industry after window signage fraudsters scam his firm
Richard Crosby of Kent agency Lovetts says fraudsters cloned legit firm's identity to trick him into paying £2,400 for new LED signage.
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Expanding estate agency with Rugby roots plans four new offices
NEXA, which already has branches covering six estate agency territories across England and Wales, says it has ambitious growth plans.
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SCAMS: Agency cloned by online criminals says authorities do ‘too little’
Kristjan Byfield of Base Property Specialists says police and internet providers unwilling to help after being alerted to significant fraud attempt.
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Purplebricks prepares to launch £7 million marketing blitz with new agency
Hybrid agency has appointed US firm to lead a digital and data effort to gain more market share from high street agents.
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Police searching for driver who ran over estate agent during viewing
Met police says 'random' attack on agent and client outside newbuild development is under investigation but no arrest has been made yet.
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Interview: The ex-Foxtons agent transforming rent-to-rent into ‘shared living’
London Shared founder Jake Willis tells The Neg why his model of rent-to-rent is already changing the sector.
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