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LSL reveals hefty cost of its failed merger attempt with Countrywide
LSL has revealed that it’s aborted attempt to merge with Countrywide last year cost the company £2.4 million in legal…
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Townends and Stirling Ackroyd in surprise move to outsource financial services
The two Nick Dunning Associates owned estate agencies have until now been served by the group's financial services arm Dot…
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LSL blames 25% reduction in turnover on Covid, branch cull and fees ban
Results from the company for the first six months of the year reveal dramatically reduced turnover but modest increases in…
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Online letting agency pays tenants to conduct property viewings
Mashroom.com says it will pay tenants a week's rent if they successfully help market their soon-to-be former home to new…
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Revealed: the cities and regions where agents earn the most from sales
New data shows how London continues to dominate the UK with an average sales fee of over £8,000 and percentage…
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Upad offers refunds to landlords after technical hitch leads to complaint
Online letting firm has apologised after landlords' properties failed to appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation for a period of time…
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Rightmove to introduce big changes to agents’ property details pages
Portal says it has already introduced them at its oversesas business and that the pages are quicker and generate more…
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Rightmove hires new financial chief on £1.75 million package
Alison Dolan is to join the portal after many years spent working for Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire in the UK.
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Letting agents are ignoring ‘No DSS’ court case decision at their peril, warns Shelter
Despite warning, Propertymark says failings of the Universal Credit payment system are the root cause of discrimination among landlords and…
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HMRC targeting property industry over furlough fraud
Leading employment law firm warns estate agencies to come clean, or risk arrest, over staff who were furloughed but asked…
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