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Rumble with the Agents’ raises over £19k
On 23rd May, the fifth ‘Rumble with the Agents’ charity boxing event took place at The Holiday Inn in Finchley Central, attended by 300 property professionals, raising £19,000 for Make-A-Wish UK,...
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Jackson-Stops expands South East
Jackson-Stops has launched a new branch in mid-Sussex, taking its national network to 45 offices. The branch joins 13 branches in the region including Midhurst, Dorking and Tunbridge Wells. Situated...
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Housing minister says government will NOT act to regulate Airbnb
Housing minister Kit Malthouse has waded into the ongoing debate over the rapid expansion of Airbnb in the UK by confirming that the government supports ‘new business models and the economic benefits...
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Sadiq Khan to launch rent cap for London’s PRS homes ‘next week’
Next week Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is to ask central government for powers to introduce rent controls in London, it has been claimed by Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey. Khan has been...
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Portico lures senior mortgage figure from KFH to launch mortgage brokerage
London estate agency Portico has poached leading UK financial services figure Paul Tait from KFH to launch its newly minted mortgage and insurance arm. Tait has spent the past seven months preparing...
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Estate agency asked to remove references to Zoopla from its website
A seven-year-old Wiltshire estate agency has removed references from the company’s website that it lists properties on Zoopla after a complaint from a rival estate agency. The complainant spotted that...
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Estate agency branches are ‘pointless’ says rising industry star
A rising star letting agent in Essex has reinforced a growing trend in the industry after telling local media that a “physical office is just pointless”. Carmel Gray (pictured, above) has said that:...
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Revealed: ‘Intermediaries’ who demand bribes to seal property deals for...
Greedy intermediaries working for affluent clients in the London property market are beginning to become a significant problem, a leading firm in the capital has warned. Simon Barnes of H Barnes &...
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‘Next generation’ lettings platform postpones its launch again
A lettings platform with national ambitions has again postponed its official launch as it switches from a Purplebricks-style model to a franchise system. Accommodation.co.uk originally said it would...
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Who has really delivered on housing over the past 20 years?
There’s no denying that the position of Housing Minister within the UK Government is a challenging one, as the constant revolving door of 17 in 20 years proves, but who has really delivered against...
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Housing market: Sales, instructions and house prices rise during June, says RICS
The housing market showed promising signs of recovery last month, the latest report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reveals including rising sales, more instructions and...
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Intrepid estate agent sets world record during ‘whacky’ charity flight attempt
James du Pavey, who runs an independent estate agency in Shropshire, has completed the most dramatic fund raising challenge by an estate agent this year, flying by powered paraglider from Land’s End...
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A stronger voice for Private Tenants
Tenants should be a central part of any changes to the private rented sector (PRS), yet their voices are often absent and excluded from meaningful debate. The Nationwide Foundation is awarding £804,841...
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Two Somerset estate agent rivals die within a day of each other
Two retired but formerly rival estate agents in the South West have died within a day of each other. Taunton agents David Ware (pictured, above), founder of Ware & Co and a former NAEA president...
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Land Registry moves a step closer to national conveyancing speed ‘revolution’
Norwich City Council has been revealed as the sixth local authority to move its Local Land Charges (LLC) Register online, part of an ongoing project to eventually establish a national register. This...
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Calls increase for greater alternative deposits regulation…from leading...
Alternative Deposit provider Zero Deposit has appointed former ARLA president Peter Savage to be its industry spokesperson, who has kicked off his tenure in the role by claiming controversially that...
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Tenant fees ban has ‘already begun pushing up rents’
The tenant fees ban has pushed up rents almost ‘across the board’, it has been claimed, with only seaside towns and some northern cities escaping rent rises. Renting platform IdealFlatmate says data...
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Outsource your lettings management
The lettings fee ban has brought even more pressure on agents across the country, now help is at hand to take some of he strain. A new full outsourced lettings and residential management service has...
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Symonds & Sampson’s latest auction – sold out!
A large crowd had gathered in Wimborne, Dorset, for Symonds & Sampson’s June property auction. Ten lots went under the hammer and all sold – rapidly. Auctioneer and Partner Mark Lewis said, “Many...
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Network Auctions: buyers backing new trend in auction
Property has been sold at auction for many many years, but a new auction-buying tactic is reported by Network Auctions. The results of its June sale showed that buyers are buying before auction, but...
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