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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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Buy-to-let loans fell after Budget, specialist bank reports
Paragon says its buy-to-let mortgage book dropped 4.7% before and after Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget.
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Freeholder campaign group refuses to reveal backers’ identities
Justice for Property Rights, which supports some reform of leasehold law, will not say who its 250 supporters are.
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House prices fall in May, reports Nationwide – industry reacts
Annual house price growth has slowed to 1.7%, as the market loses momentum, says Robert Gardner, Nationwide's Chief Economist.
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CLAIM: Renters’ Rights Act means half of tenants will need rent guarantor
Tenants will fail standard rental affordability checks in 47.6% of local authority districts, says Zero Deposit’s Sam Reynolds.
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Winkworth caught up in AI picture controversy
The franchise group agreed to change some property images after client complaints they were misleading, The Times reports.
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Landlord crackdown must be funded by fines, warns council
Funding enforcement through prosecutions risks sending out the wrong message, warns Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Andy Wait.
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Two former Knight Frank employees launch start-up
Will Jordan and Charlie Steele set up Ashlawn Chase after working in Knight Frank’s land and development team.
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New rental rules lock landlords into lettings market
Once landlords “pull the trigger” to sell, they are unable to re-let for 12 months if buyers fail to materialise,…
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Kent residents “Say No to HMOs”
Council will use Article 4 Direction to take action against landlords who are failing in their duties, says Gravesham councillor…
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EXP passes 1,000-agent ‘milestone’ in growing market sector
Adam Day claims EXP now accounts for a 50% share of self-employed agents in the UK property market.
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