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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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Landlord fined £40,000 for unlicensed HMO that broke every rule
Landlord could have spent £6,000 to make the property safe but chose to operate an illegal HMO which broke almost…
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Easyproperty parent company hires Rightmove high flier
Dawn Griffin had been a key account manager at Rightmove before joining the outsourced services supplier Evolve Partnership, which in…
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Calls for rent controls spread to Manchester
City authority calls for powers to bring in 'pressure zones' where rents could be severely restricted similar to those requested…
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Tenant fees ban has had no effect claims SpareRoom
Company says rents for the 300,000 properties advertised on its site have barely increased since the fees ban was introduced.
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Estate agency branch closures become more obvious on the high street
Long-established estate agency brands are disappearing or merging as Brexit and other factors put businesses under pressure, but it's not…
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‘If poor mental health can happen to me then it can happen to anyone’, says leading industry figure
Senior industry figure reveals both his struggle to cope when it 'all got too much' and how it shaped his…
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London industry is sexist and drug taking is common, claims former agent
28-year-old sales agent who left industry three months ago after a string of unpleasant experiences says the sector must change.
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50% sold at exclusive Sunte Park development
Connells estate agency in Haywards Heath reports that homes are moving fast at Sunte Park, with over half sold following…
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Rogue tenant fined £20,000 for illegally sub-letting HMO
In an unusual and possibly unique case Brent council in London has prosecuted a tenant who sub-let property without agent's…
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Is Accommodation the next Purplebricks… for lettings?
The platform's newly-arrived recruitment chief Michael Booth tells The Negotiator why he thinks it could clean up where others have…
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