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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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IAD wants 500 agents in four years’ time
Agency Managing Director Lee O’Brien outlines plans for growth spurt following IAD’s acquisition of David Lee last week for an…
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Government should delay EPC rule deadline, Gove says
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says landlords must be given more time to achieve the minimum EPC rating.
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Big conveyancer admits ‘housing world is digitising’ as it signs up to property logbooks
Deal between PM Property Lawyers and Chimni reveals will see all firm's home-buying clients offered property logbooks for their new…
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Airbnb short-lets rules must be set locally not nationally, say agents
The trade body is pressing the Government to allow local authorities to decide if they need a short-term lets licensing…
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Tenant ‘fair rent’ tribunal cases backfire with big rises
Renters often end up with even larger rent increases after a tribunal hearing than the landlord wanted, the i newspaper…
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Estate agency fees from auction sales rise by 26% to £8.2m in Q2
Iamproperty’s Jamie Cooke says that even before the market was hit with increased mortgage rates, consumers have never been more…
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Landlord with charity OBE fined £300,000 over ‘terrible’ properties
The respected businessman was given an OBE in 2011 for services to charity but that charity seems far from the…
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Property transaction levels falter as cost of living bites
Landmark's Simon Brown says affordability concerns continue to dampen the sales pipeline while completions are at their lowest level so…
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Five estate agencies expelled by Property Redress Scheme
The PRS has published its latest 'expulsion list' of agents who failed to comply with its rulings.
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House prices ‘will not rebound’, leading economists warn
The latest prediction from S&P Global Ratings is that prices will fall 12% by the end of next year.
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