Latest property news
Daily property news in the UK residential sector focused on estate and letting agency, property auctions and property managers.
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Agents big and small are closing branches, claims Belvoir
Its upbeat half-year report reveals increased average revenue for its branches, although four of its own closed after being merged…
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Fees ban loophole: letting agents charging ‘pet rent’ to recoup lost revenue
A national newspaper investigation claims to have found widespread evidence that many letting agents are attempting to recoup revenue lost…
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Former CEO of Purplebricks in US seeks £5.75m to grow his own hybrid agency
Eric Eckhardt is offering global investors the chance to back his relaunched Dwellowner platform, which he first established prior to…
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Online letting agents Howsy raises £5 million to set up Midlands hub
Howsy - formerly NoAgent - says it wants to make renting a property as easy as booking a hotel room…
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It’s not a portal! BestAgent to launch prospecting ‘marketplace’ for agents and vendors
Charlie Wright's tech platform will provides easy, fast and direct contact between agents and their movers, with next to no…
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No wonder nothing’s ever joined up! Housing minister role has highest ministerial churn
Research by BBC shows at 18 ministers since 2007 the job of being a housing minister is a perilous and…
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OTM challenges Rightmove to follow its lead and introduce a fees freeze
Portal says it is to both not increase its fees during 2020 and also maintain its 10% discount system for…
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Property particulars should include prominent fraud warnings, says leading finance firm
ABC Finance says the Land Registry's programme of digitising its property titles and processes has opened the doors to rising…
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KMPG says house prices will drop by AT LEAST 6% after a hard brexit
Global accountancy firm says leaving the EU without a deal would make the government's house building targets 'impossible to achieve'.
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‘Labour’s Right to Buy would kill off private rented market overnight’
Policy proposal from Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell receives a resounding thumbs down from the property industry.
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