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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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Home buyer activity surges to pre-Coronavirus levels, latest research shows
Zoopla says estate agents are enjoying extraordinary boom in housing market revival, but warns spike is likely to be temporary.
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Online AML registration system for upmarket letting agents finally goes live
Agents renting properties for more than £8,400 a month have until January next year to register their businesses for AML…
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Furlough system ‘must be reformed’ to help estate agents survive market restart
The Home Buying & Selling Group says Chancellor must remove three-week furlough rule to enable staff to be moved into…
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Easyproperty ‘star’ franchisee restarts agency after a trying few months
Rugby player Ian Watts had only just launched his fledgling business when the Coronavirus crisis struck but has now sold…
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Pentland offers a perfect home office
With the majority of the country’s workforce now working from home, home office/study rooms are now one of the most…
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Foxtons to open branches and bring back furloughed staff by next Monday
Estate agency also reveals that toll on revenues has been less apocalyptic than many expected, dropping by 44% during the…
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Will the footfall return? High streets to re-open on 15th June
Estate agents will hopefully not have to work alone any more on deserted high streets after Boris Johnson last night…
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Rightmove ‘revolt’ drives 1000s of agents to register with challenger portal
Homesearch has seen the number of agents leap from 4,300 in March to over 7,000 today as the number of…
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Watch out for money laundering surge during Coronavirus, RICS warns estate agents
Institution says the financial chaos and business uncertainty created by the pandemic will lead to more attempts to circumvent AML…
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Hunters’ Chairman comes out fighting for Dominic Cummings
MP for Thirsk and Malton says Cumming's explanation of his rule breaking was 'fair' and urged those on Twitter to…
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