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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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Proptech firm promising to ‘dramatically’ reduce time to sell wins £1.2m
Two leading estate agents are part of funding round for Orbital Witness, which is part of Land Registry efforts to…
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Teenagers who robbed estate agency branch at knife point jailed for eight years
Criminal pair are caught after Chase Evans' branch CCTV records their robbery and they are identified by facial recognition software.
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‘Tenant fees ban is an interference too far by government’
Outspoken and occasionally waspish agent Trevor Abrahmsohn rails against the government’s ongoing efforts to regulate the industry.
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UK’s first dedicated professional property portal launches
The Landsite, a new online platform dedicated to the professional property industry has been launched by proptech investor Ramsey Assal.
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Konnichiwa! Japanese modular giant buys £55m stake in UK house builder
£90m deal between Homes England, Urban Splash and Sekisui House will see 'thousands' of modular homes built across the UK…
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Former eMoov boss admits he failed and claims online agents have limited appeal
Russell Quirk says online sector will only ever reach 10% of property market and that there are too many operators…
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Hedgefund bets again on online agencies as it buys up Purplebricks stock
Toscafund has backed HouseSimple and EasyProperty in the past but has now increased its shareholding in Purplebricks.
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Exclusive: Hunters CEO reveals ‘behind the scenes’ details of TV show
Glynis Frew says she'd hire all of the children who featured on Channel 4's When I Grow Up show.
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Bristol letting agent caught up in sub-let HMO scam
Property rented out to one tenant had been subsequently sub-let illegally to eight tenants but has only now come to…
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Russell Quirk to ‘spill beans’ on why eMoov went bust
Former CEO of now resurrected business says he will offer visitors to Future Proptech conference a 'fireside confessional'.
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