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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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Referencing fraud getting more common and sophisticated, claims TV show star
Paul Shamplina of Landlord Action says case revealed during last night's show illustrates huge problems facing landlords and letting agents.
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Labour to ‘end all leasehold ownership’ if Corbyn makes it into power
Party's housing team say historic overhaul of home ownership in England is overdue and has promised to radically reduce cost…
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‘Scandalous’ and ‘absurd’ changes to Welsh eviction laws will make ejecting bad tenants ‘a huge problem’
Changes to legislation proposed by Welsh housing minister will see tenants given minimum contract term of 12 months.
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Revealed: the businessman who helped fund Zoopla’s early expansion and backed Easyproperty
Ever wondered who the back-room financiers were who bankrolled the property industry's digital 'disruption'? Step forward Manfred Gorvy.
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Millennials are fed up with traditional renting and turning to build-to-rent
As new legislation and taxation causes BTL investors to bail out, quality is dropping within the private rental market, a…
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Prime suspect in Lamplugh murder should not be released from prison, says former detective
Det Sup Jim Dickie says he is 'sure' John Cannan murdered the estate agent in 1986 and that he would…
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Purplebricks problems: ‘£899 doesn’t buy much expertise and most vendors know that’
Regional estate agency association piles into Purplebricks, blaming its US withdrawal last week on basic failing within its service offering.
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Will homes be next? Rightmove trials online offers and contract exchange for commercial properties
Portal is to enable visitors to 'buy' commercial properties for sale on its website listed by agency Singer Veille.
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Few local authorities are prosecuting rogue letting agents, research shows
Freedom of Information requests to 20 councils reveals weak or non-existent policing of industry's worst operators.
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How long should tenant deposits take to return? Minister asks for your views
James Brokenshire wants to know what letting agents think of deposit passporting services and deposit alternative schemes, and how deposits…
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