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Compulsory electrical checks for all rented properties start
Government expects its new electrical checks regulations to become law on 1st April 2020, despite worries over availability of engineers.
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Martin & Co parent company establishes in-house mortgage division
The Property Franchise Group has launched its new subsidiary with the acquisition of mortgage protection advisory firm, Auxilium.
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Sporle: Why I am stepping down from The Property Ombudsman
Katrine Sporle talks to The Negotiator about the reasons she is leaving the redress scheme and her hopes for the…
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Savills grabs more market share during volatile 2019, latest results show
Savills used its dominant position to grab a larger slice of the property sales pie as investors returned to the…
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Humberts CEO secures new role at company’s former commercial division
Tim Simmons has joined Yeovil, Somerset-based company Chesters, which until recently traded as Humberts Commercial under a franchise arrangement.
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Liquidator of old Emoov says ‘pay up front’ customers are owed £1.5m
Legal firm James Cowper Kreston also says former staff are to be paid £800 each, although this is much less…
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Lettings agency fined £25,000 over ‘squalid and dangerous’ unlicensed HMO
Two directors of Masons Estates (East Anglia) Ltd and the company itself have been fined after council officers found the…
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New Year starts with flurry of new estate agency branch openings
Agencies in Kent, Wiltshire, East Anglia and Derbyshire announce expansion plans and new branches since the beginning of 2020.
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Lettings proptech platform offers a ‘fourth way’ to landlords
Newly arrived head of B2B at lettings platform Home Made, Jo Green, says its hub approach is proven and will…
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Exclusive: Howsy buys Upad out of liquidation and re-employs staff
Howsy CEO Calum Brannan says the Upad brand and website will be operated as a complementary business and that the…
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