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The Guild signs up The Lettings Hub in exclusive deal for its 800 members
The Guild of Property Professionals has signed an exclusive deal to partner with referencing and insurance platform The Lettings Hub whose services will now be offered to the organisations 800 member...
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Purplebricks to be ‘official estate agent’ of Team GB at Tokyo Olympics in 2020
Purplebricks is taking a relatively long-term view of its UK profile, clearly thinking they have a sporting chance of winning the battle for supremacy in the UK property agency market. The troubled...
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Value of empty homes in the UK is ‘at least’£2.2 billion, new research finds
The UK now has 278,000 vacant homes many of which have been unoccupied for more than ten years, it has been revealed. These longer-term empty properties are worth at least £2.2 billion, and this...
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London borough moves to licence ALL privately rented properties
The London Borough of Lewisham is understood to be the first council in the UK to ask the Secretary of State for permission to licence all of the privately rented properties within its boundaries. If...
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Boom! Northern and Welsh housing markets enjoy extraordinary spring bounce
The UK housing market enjoyed a very strong Spring bounce despite Brexit and other downward pressures on house prices, the Land Registry has revealed, including a booming housing markets in both the...
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Illegal HMO advertised on rental platform Spotahome also a ‘fire hazard’
A property available to rent on rental platform Spotahome and marketed via Zoopla ‘spectacularly’ fails to meet guidance on minimum room size and health and safety, it has been claimed. An anonymous...
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Clive Emson reports sales of £14 million
A two bedroom, bungalow Aylesford, Kent sold for £245,000. Clive Emson’s latest auction round took place across five days in five venues from 29th April to 3rd May and achieved a sale rate in excess...
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Homes sell well under the IAM Sold hammer
Analysis of IAM Sold’s 2018 auction sales data shows that approximately 80 per cent of properties sold either at or above reserve price, with the top five properties achieving an average of 377 per...
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Hunters Chairman in ‘dirty tricks’ dispute with unnamed banks
A group of banks that are involved in creating a dispute resolution scheme for small businesses hurt by banking scandals, have been accused by the property leader and Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake of...
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Build to Rent will soon gobble up a third of the private rental market, says...
Build to Rent is set to eventually swallow up a third of the private rented market, research by Savills has revealed, as the sector witnesses huge growth over the next five to ten years. The claim is...
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Number of managing agents to dramatically reduce over next decade
Managing agents are to face a dramatic reduction in their ranks over the next ten years, it has been claimed by the sector’s largest membership organisation. The Association of Residential Managing...
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Managing agent fined over shocking conditions at Essex HMO
A managing agent and two landlord brothers in Essex have been fined £5,000 between them after being found guilty of 25 offences in relation to an HMO they operated in which tenants lived in...
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Spicerhaart makes hay from slow sales market
The part-exchange arm of Spicerhaart says the slow sales market has helped raise profits by 33% and make the past 12 months the company’s most successful. Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move...
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Purplebricks confirms co-founder Kenny Bruce is to leave the company
Purplebricks has confirmed that the co-founder of the hybrid estate agency, Kenny Bruce, is to leave the company next Wednesday, 26th June. Kenny is the younger brother of former CEO Michael Bruce and...
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Does your website deliver?
When asked which are the most important property websites, agents will say Zoopla, Rightmove and OnTheMarket. Rarely will they list their own website, yet their online offering can be a powerful lead...
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Regional report – Sales and lettings in Rochford, Stafford and Croydon
ROCHFORD, ESSEX STATS: Fastest selling agent in the area with average selling time of: 10 weeks Average time takes to let a property: 2 weeks Average time to achieve a sale: 3 viewings Hugo Rodrigues...
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Disturbing story of fake letting agency that cost landlord £15,000 told in TV...
Last night’s episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5 revealed an unusually shocking tale of a rogue letting agent who cost a landlord £15,000 in lost rent and eviction costs. The...
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It’s a U-turn! Government set to recommend national register for landlords
The government is to perform a U-turn and is now set to recommend that a national register of landlords is introduced, its review of the UK’s selective licensing schemes is to reveal. Ministers have...
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Working nine-to-five IS a way to make a living for estate agents, it is claimed
Estate agents who open for longer hours sell homes only marginally quicker than their more 9-to-5 competitors, it has been claimed. Agency comparison website GetRentr says it has examined house sale...
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JLL builds Glasgow team with new hire
JLL Scotland has appointed Louise Bell as senior building surveyor in its consultancy team in Glasgow. Louise joins JLL from GVA where she began her career in 2013. She has worked on high value...
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