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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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OnTheMarket delays profitability as full-contract sign-ups slow
Portal says the tough market has reduced the number of member agents signing up to long-contract, full-fee deals and that…
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20% of sales agents not members of a CMP scheme
Research by Hamilton Fraser reveals that thousands of sales agents in the UK are trading illegally.
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Knight Frank reshuffles at the top after residential boss leaves
Following the departure of Andrew Hay as the company's global residential boss, his role has been split in two.
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‘Battle with Purplebricks cost me my estate agency business’
Former estate agent Chris Wood says he feels vindicated by Wired magazine's investigation in to Purplebricks' use of TrustPilot but…
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Only 5% of proptech firms will survive, says leading tech guru
Neil Singer, who has an online transaction trial currently running with Rightmove, says some investors are beginning to realise too…
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Priestley’s expands during ‘crisis’ among peers
Priestley’s Estate Agency, established in 2010 in Yorkshire, has opened a third branch in Shipley, Bradford and aims to open…
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Tory conference gears up to debate housing, but it’s only a fringe affair
Main stage is bereft of any housing debate but over a dozen meetings outside the main hall are scheduled to…
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‘Point-scoring politicians’ are exaggerating poor standards in the PRS
While politicians on all sides of the political spectrum declare war on landlords and others go even further by demanding…
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Landlords are abandoning Airbnb for traditional longer-term lets, claim leading lettings agencies
Rettie & Co and DJ Alexander both say they've noticed more landlords returning to the long-term sector in recent months…
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Lettings agent ejects violent burglars while working from home
35-year-old Asif Ali from Lancashire hailed as hero after tackling three hooded men who broke into his family home.
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