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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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Expanding estate agency brokerage reveals plan to go ‘national’
Hortons has expanded into Essex with plans to reach out of its mainly London, Midlands and South of England patches.
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Landlords face ‘huge crackdown’ by HMRC to recover unpaid tax
Former HMRC inspector says the huge scale of undeclared rental income is driving landlord enforcement activities.
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How much is your lettings business worth? New tool reveals all
Leading business broker Adam Walker and Richard Combellack of Nurtur have developed a valuation device for lettings firms.
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Half of English homeowners want Scottish-style buying rules, poll reveals
Adopting similar homebuying rules to Scotland would ‘reduce stress’ of moving and lower the risk of being gazumped.
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Lords defy Government to back pets deposit plan
The House of Lords passed an amendment put forward by Lord de Clifford requiring tenants to pay three weeks' additional…
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Established Winkworth franchisee expands business with third branch
Longstanding franchisee, Sean Doyle, has taken over a third Winkworth branch in South-east London, providing property sales and lettings.
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London council reveals massive landlord licensing expansion
Hackney Council is proposing to make almost every rental property in the borough subject to a licensing scheme.
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Landlord (holed up in Russia) to pay £75,000 fine for illegal Airbnbs
Huge penalty could mark the start of tougher enforcement of short-let planning rules in the Capital.
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Surveyors and property managers embrace mandatory qualifications move
Both the RICS and The Property Institute welcome new rules requiring all property managing agents to be qualified.
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REVEALED: Why Labour suddenly dropped pet damage insurance rule
Minister shines a light on last week's U-turn which pulled Labour's requirement that tenants take out pet insurance should landlords…
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