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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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London prime lettings booms as wealthy eschew buying property
Lettings market for luxury homes in Central London has more than doubled in size in the first six months of…
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Housing minister makes unusual attack on Reform over immigration
In a rare detour from his housing brief Matthew Pennycook has accused Reform of writing policies "on the back of…
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Estate agents and conveyancers ‘must learn to trust each other’
Influential property industry body DPMSG says there is too much double checking in the transactions process.
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Council slammed for blowing £21,000 on ‘unnecessary’ HMO survey
Welsh Council told it doesn’t need a PR company to find out ‘what the public thinks about HMOs’.
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Letting agents warn rental reforms will ‘collapse’ student market
Claim is made by software giant Alto after polling agents involved in the university lets market about the Renters' Rights…
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Young estate agency gains traction after rejecting ‘over valuations’
Co-founders of Leicester's Hauseit agency say too many rivals use over valuations to gain instructions.
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Judge ends UK’s most infamous and long-running tenancy dispute
‘Lady Pea’ handed very rare restraining order after three-year battle over £50,000 rental she claimed was uninhabitable.
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‘Magical’ lead-gen advertising campaign for agents launches
Street.co.uk has revealed a major consumer advertising campaign to drive valuation leads directly to estate agents.
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Dirty money driving up property prices, claims SmartSearch
SmartSearch estimates that illicit funds entering the market have inflated property prices by an average of £3,000 across the UK,…
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Brokers report big affordability improvements for home buyers
More relaxed lending criteria has transformed buyer behaviour as first-time buyers skip flats and go straight for family homes.
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