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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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Huge exodus of landlords predicted as extra time, cost and red tape take their toll
Survey by insurer LV= reveals that 41% or 600,000 of the UK's 1.5 million private landlords are getting fed up…
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Minimum qualifications proposals to take ‘at least’ three years to become law
ARLA Propertymark has confirmed that the introduction of a minimum qualifications standard for estate agents is unlikely to see the…
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Prince Harry’s former girlfriend to marry a Savills estate agent
Actress Cressida Bonas announced on Twitter yesterday that she is engaged to Harry Wentworth-Stanley who works in Savills' land team.
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Industry warns hard line on EU immigration will cause ‘distress’ for renters, landlords and agents
ARLA says a planned transition following Brexit was the agreed path with government, not Priti Patel's proposed sudden hard border…
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Council charges record £900 per property to license rented homes
Barking & Daganham council, which requires all private rented properties within its borders to be licenced, has also increased its…
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World’s worst estate agent returns to Channel 4
Second series of comedy Stath Lets is to start at at 10pm tonight and tackles several real-life issues including proptech…
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Stamp duty reforms descend into confusion as Javid denies move to make sellers pay
Chancellor suggests and then denies he is considering the measure, garnering much criticism from the industry and political commentators.
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Sales agreed during August at highest level since 2015, claims portal
Rightmove claims sales agreed are also up by 6.1% during August compared to last year as people tire of waiting…
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‘Online-only estate agents have failed to disrupt the property industry’
Online-only estate agents have largely failed in their bid to disrupt the property industry but have radically changed what the…
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He’s back! Former Belvoir boss joins tenant passporting tech firm
After leaving Belvoir in March following a brief spell as its MD, Eric Walker is now helping The Lettings Hub…
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