Products & Services
News covering new and developing products and services from companies supporting estate and letting agents and the wider residential property industry.
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Mortgage rates hit nine-year low
Interest rates on mortgages have hit record lows, but borrowers are being hit with higher fees, as banks look to protect their profit margins, according…
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BoE may curb credit growth
The Bank of England may consider introducing measures to improve financial stability if household debt grows faster than the rest of the economy, says the…
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HSBC quits CML
The HSBC has said that it will leave the CML by the end of 2016 as industry trade bodies get set to merge – and…
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Mortgage lending at seven-year high
Gross mortgage lending rose by eight per cent in 2015, taking the estimated total for the year to £220.3 billion compared with £203.3 billion in…
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Rightmove website was not compromised, says portal
Rightmove has dismissed claims that its portal has been compromised after ITV London had claimed to have uncovered a new scam targeting renters in the…
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Groundbreaking training partnership launched
A groundbreaking new partnership between the Residential Landlords Association and the TDS Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer free training on how…
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New training available in Scotland
A new best practice training programme has been launched for letting agents in Scotland and is designed to provide essential learning and a CIH qualification…
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Technology to ‘revolutionise’ video tours
With a growing number of agents are now using videos to enable them to walk house-hunters through a home virtually and highlight the property’s best…
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Auction revenues rise despite sales slip
Increasing property prices helped to boost auction revenues across the UK in 2015 in spite of a decline in the volume of lots offered and…
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Zoopla, Countrywide and Connells partner with Proptech firms
Zoopla, Countrywide, Connells, Fixflo, Property Detective, Trussle and Landbay are to work together in a series of investments and collaborations to bring further services to…
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