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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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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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Half of all auctioneers now using outsourced property viewings service, claims portal
The Essential Information Group offers Viewber's service to its auction house clients and says majority have now signed up to…
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New property data service aims to help vendors ‘challenge estate agent valuations’
Swirb says its algorithm will bring more transparency to the market and help vendors weed out agents who use high…
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Hybrid estate agency claims 70% listings-to-completion conversion rate
Nick Neil of Ewemove says the extraordinary is one of the key reasons his business has increased turnover by 11%…
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