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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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Calls grow for huge clampdown on holiday lets and second homes
Brighton's community is demanding action is taken against holiday lets and second homes which 'serve no purpose.'
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REVEALED: Places where estate agencies are the busiest
OnTheMarket reveals the sales ‘hotspots’ around the country where estate agents are hardest at work.
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Labour’s ‘game changer’ digitalisation of property transactions begins
Housing ministers says digitising key data and documents will significantly reduce fall-throughs and cut transaction times from 'unacceptable' five month…
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Rocketing leasehold service charges putting off buyers, says big estate agency
Hamptons says leasehold flat owners are now paying £2,000 a year on average in England, and that mortgage lenders and…
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Industry slams Labour’s plan to mandate Band C EPCs by 2030
The property industry is mostly behind the idea of energy efficiency but there are still big question marks over the…
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Pioneering businessman who helped bring franchising to UK estate agency dies
Lawrence Alkin helped turn Winkworth into a franchised business during the 1980s, held shares in the firm and was a…
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Letting agents to face Awaab’s Law before social housing providers
Shelter has criticised minister after he said new damp and mould rules for social housing providers would now go live…
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Leading property management firm suspended by trade body
The suspension follows FirstPort's recent meeting with MPs in Parliament who presented complaints by constituents over the quality of its…
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Portal boss says his exit ‘nothing to do with failed Rightmove bid’
Owen Wilson, whose firm REA Group only four months led an unsuccessful bid to buy Rightmove, is to step down…
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GUEST BLOG: ‘Can overworked estate agents ever avoid burnout?’
Former high-flying estate agency senior and now industry consultant Chris Webb gives business owners and managers some advice on how…
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