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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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‘Rent to buy’ scheme launches to replace ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’
HomeNow Co-Founder Jonathan Potter says tenants receive one third of the increase in the property price value to use as…
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Connells-backed property sales management proptech shuts up shop
Movewise founder Tom Scarborough blames a basket of troubles experienced by the business including low margins and sales fall throughs,…
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Gove seeks to calm landlord nerves ahead of reform bill
Housing secretary says "you can’t have an effective housing market, or provision of the homes we need, without a variety…
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FCA moves to make leaseholder block insurance fairer
A review of the multi-occupancy buildings insurance market found that leasehold buildings insurance premiums have risen since the Grenfell tragedy.
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Spicerhaart Group centralises lettings operation including compliance
Large estate agency group says all operations and compliance 'enabling lettings and property management specialists to get on with their…
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REACTION: Housing market slump drives 30% activity drop says Nationwide
New figures from Nationwide show a 30% fall in mortgages granted in August compared to pre-Covid pandemic levels.
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Latest mandatory How to Rent guide published this morning
A new version of the renting checklist is issued by the Government, six months after the last one was printed.
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Lettings agency wins payment off software firm for ‘wasted time and lost business’
Key One Property in Belfast reveals it took threatened court action to persuade the lettings software platform to provide compensation.
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House prices fall more severe than expected, says Knight Frank
The agency's head of residential research, Tom Bill, says it has revised its prediction for this year from a 5%…
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New builds hit high as builders scramble before Net Zero deadline
The highest quarterly total of new build homes in 45 years was recorded in Q2 as builders strived to beat…
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