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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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Fees ban is already driving more independents out of industry, says Countrywide MD
Revelation is made during webcast Q&A session by Managing Director Paul Creffield following questions from investors about fees ban.
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Volatile day in City for Countrywide as boss admits Purplebricks is now dominant
But Executive Chairman Peter Long says business now run by 'experts' and disarray created by Platt years is being reversed.
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Losses mount at Countrywide but ‘back to basics’ is working, it claims
Profits have also halved at the troubled estate agency giant but its sales and lettings stock and pipeline is reviving,…
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Letting agent fined £72,000 for shocking offences at three HMOs
Muhammad Siddique's fine follows an investigation supported by estate agency Open House, which he continued to claim he was a…
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Guild’s first-time buyer market snapshot reveals Brexit divide
Comments from The Guild of Property Professionals' National Advisory Committee on buyer activity reveals a tale of two markets.
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Number of female business owners in property industry is ‘on the rise’
Internal data from national network Winkworth shows increasing number of women are rising up the ranks to run their own…
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‘House of pigeons’ up for auction with Devon estate agent goes viral on social media
Nearly derelict house that has been taken over by birds but was home to a local woman in Ilfracombe is…
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‘Many more’ letting agents to struggle after tenant fees ban, says leading SW firm
Exeter firm Star Letting and Property Management has issued a warning after a prominent rival last week closed up shop.
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Smartphone-based service that ‘is not an estate agent’ suspended by Rightmove
Top Gaff's presence on the portal is suspended pending an investigation by the portal the evening before it was due…
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Home Office given leave to appeal against High Court’s Right to Rent judgement
Just a week after the system was dammed by a High Court judge because it had lead to discrimination, the…
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