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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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Surveys caused most sales fall-throughs during 2024
In a challenging year for the housing market just under a third of sales collapsed before they could complete according…
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Surveyor kicked out by RICS after serving jail term
Trainee surveyor Alan Chapman was given a nine-month prison sentence for failing to reveal his mobile phone passcode to police…
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FTB Stamp Duty rush to buy ‘now coming to an end’
There are just three months left to complete purchases before the Stamp Duty rises and so the spike in first-time…
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2025 will be a buyer’s market say property industry experts
The increasing number of properties being listed for sale per estate agent will provide buyers with greater choice and reduce…
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Prominent agent slams Shelter after ‘misleading’ attack on landlords
Former ARLA Propertymark President David Votta says Shelter is guilty of grabbing headlines to bash landlords in unfair campaign.
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Property industry needs to up its game to support higher fees
Russell Quirk has made the controversial comments during a podcast hosted by Simon Gates in which he links industry performance…
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Landlord hit with £52,000 fine for ‘serious safety breaches’
Liverpool HMO landlord and his company were given a huge fine after they failed to complete repairs or appear in…
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CLAIM: EPC compliance ‘not being policed by councils’
Just three of the country’s local councils have prosecuted landlords for breaches of EPC rules.
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HMO agency employee wins £33,000 after unfair dismissal
Miss S Lopez has won the award after an Employment Tribunal hearing following her unfair dismissal from two property firms…
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Award-winning conveyancing firm shut down by regulator
GW Law Limited has been shuttered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority over ‘suspected dishonesty’.
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