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Daily property news in the UK residential sector focused on estate and letting agency, property auctions and property managers.
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Dangers of giving ‘advice’ on stamp duty revealed in £30,000 mortgage case
Couple who were told they would not be liable for the extra 3% stamp duty on second homes during mortgage…
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Cutting stamp duty would increase transactions by 40%, claims agent
Ludgrove Property in London says its financial modelling suggests that a 36% reduction in stamp duty would generate an extra…
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Crime agency freezes £3.2 million property assets of woman linked to organised crime
Unnamed individual is said to have links to organised crime including the smuggling of cigarettes and must now explain how…
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Smartphones can now be used to unlock front doors of Airbnb properties
Claimed game changer for lettings industry has been announced between tech firm Klevio and Airbnb management firm Hostmaker.
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Purplebricks ditches ‘commisery’ in favour of less aggressive TV adverts
Promotion of Vic Darvey to the position of CEO coincides with a softer approach taken within its latest TV advertising…
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Stop sneaking out updates to the How to Rent guide, leading lawyer tells ministry
Giles Peaker of Anthony Gold claims even minor changes could present problems in court when evicting a tenant.
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Letting agent apologises after mistakenly trying to charge tenant illegal fees
Cautionary tale shows how careful agents must now be when issuing documents to ensure old charges aren't included in tenancy…
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Two tenants successfully refuse to pay contract renewal fee to letting agent
CJ Hole agrees to let them renew their contract without paying a £90 renewal fee even though the company still…
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Property manager fined £37,000 over dangerous and unregistered HMOs
Omar Patel is a serial rogue letting agent whose letting agency has just two stars on Trustpilot.
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Belvoir says it’s beating the tenant fees ban as revenues rise by 5%
Company says its 300 branches paid it increased management fees both from sales and lettings during the first six months…
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