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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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Buyers beware – increasing mortgage fees
Report warns of the growing number of mortgages with arrangement fees in an apparent bid to gain margins.
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Young people eye up a return to city life
City life suffered severely during the pandemic but bustling urban centres are set for a comeback – JLL report.
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Thousands of sales at risk as local search waiting times lengthen
The Negotiator has found at least three large councils where agents are seeing 'nightmare' waiting times.
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Big referencing firms are too sloppy when checking tenants, claims upstart proptech
Alexander Siedes says poor referencing is why the private rental sector has such high rent default and eviction rates.
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Bidding war frenzy drives up final offers to record levels
Latest data from Rightmove shows homes achieving 98% of asking price and in some regions 45% of homes are selling…
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Yopa bags senior industry figure Peter Everett to lead its sales team
Everett arrives at the hybrid estate agency after a stint at proptech firm Offr and before that a long career…
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Is this the end of mandatory eviction grounds for Scotland’s landlords?
Propertymark's policy manager casts a critical eye over the country's plans to extend some of its Covid-based PRS restrictions.
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Law Society begins revolutionary TA6 form beta test via Reapit
New form will require agents to provide much more information up-front when marketing properties when it goes live in October.
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REVEALED: Why many private landlords won’t rent to tenants on benefits
In-depth report that examine private rental market and how landlords have been abandoned by government explains why 'No DSS' attitudes…
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We’ve donated! Property journo Norwood to walk marathon and fundraise for Samaritans
Norwood, who is also an occasional volunteer at the Samaritans, is asking agents to donate via his fund raising page.
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