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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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Winkworth snaps up 35-year-old independent estate agency
Peter Clarke set up his eponymous estate agency with his two sons in 1991 but the company, which is an…
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Letting agents risk big fines by failing simple CMP rules
Random checks on 200 agency websites found that 62% were not displaying CMP certificates and could fall foul of Trading…
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Government needs ‘laser focus’ to meet housebuilding target, industry figures warn
Industry figures said the Government must have a 'laser focus' on housebuilding after it announced plans to build seven new…
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Home sellers say agency fees ‘unfair’ in new poll
A quarter of property vendors said they were unhappy about being charged for premium listings and upgrades.
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Plans for five new towns are ditched, Minister confirms
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, the housing and planning minister Matthew Pennycook confirmed that the number of proposed sites…
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Large agency fined for under-paying staff
Starkings & Watson, based in East Anglia, must pay employees £1,357 after failing to given them at least the minimum…
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AGENT: New office ‘not supposed to look like a traditional branch’
Boss of Vita in NW London says latest office is designed to look like a café crossed with an interiors…
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Homes move ‘within reach of first-time buyers in most areas’
Nationwide's latest report reveals that affordability has improved for first-time buyers in 70% of local authority areas.
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Government admits not knowing number of quitting landlords
Matthew Pennycook says his Government department does not hold information about how many landlords are leaving the sector.
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UK’s cheapest town to buy a family home is revealed…and it costs just £82,000
Quiet town in County Durham sees prices for three-bed houses at only £82,000, new Zoopla research shows.
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