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Beware: Section 21 is ‘biggest change to private rental market’ in a generation
A leading evictions specialist has warned that the removal of Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 is the ‘biggest threat to landlords in years’ and that if it goes ahead, the number of Section 8...
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Fancy that! Love Island star appears to have quit her London lettings job
Love Island contestant Harley Brash appears to have quit the property industry after her appearance on the TV show. The Negotiator contacted her employer Martin & Co at the Chelsea and Riverside...
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Corporate battle: Connells claims to lead market for new instructions
Connells has made the bold claim that its 180-branch network has won the largest share of new instructions within the sales market during the first six months of 2019. The company has published an...
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Teclet signs deal with UK’s leading mortgage broker MAB
Lettings automation platform teclet has plugged the products of leading financial services broker the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) into its service, enhancing its ability to offer agents an...
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Only in the US! Florida estate agent uses unusual pictures to promote ‘hot...
A US estate agent has used pictures of a house on fire to market a property on the internet as an opportunity to ‘build your dream home’. The unusual but creative approach by Florida estate agency...
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Hybrid estate agency claims 70% listings-to-completion conversion rate
Ewemove Managing Director Nick Neill says the hybrid estate agency has significantly improved its conversion rate and has been getting 70% of its listings over the line to completion during the past...
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Former Purplebricks LPE asks Trustpilot to remove his customer reviews
A former Purplebricks local property expert has claimed that Trustpilot is willing to remove reviews about individual agents from its site if requested to do so. Camron Carter, who is based in...
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New property data service aims to help vendors ‘challenge estate agent...
A service offering property valuations to vendors and sellers has launched that promises to help them to ‘credibly challenge an estate agent’s valuation’ and give the market more transparency, all for...
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Half of all auctioneers now using outsourced property viewings service,...
Outsourced viewings supplier Viewber says it is now working with auctioneers which between them hold over half of all lots offered for sale at the moment including firms of all sizes throughout the...
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Belvoir says it’s beating the tenant fees ban as revenues rise by 5%
Franchising giant Belvoir says it has enjoyed a ‘strong’ period of trading during the first six months of 2019 despite the tenant fees ban although its franchised branch network appears to have hit a...
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Property manager fined £37,000 over dangerous and unregistered HMOs
A lettings agent in London must pay fines totalling £37,000 after being convicted of breaching minimum safety standards at nine properties and failing to register most of them as an HMO. Omar Patel...
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Purplebricks ditches ‘commisery’ in favour of less aggressive TV adverts
Purplebricks has ditched its ‘commisery’ line of TV adverts featuring milk-covered men, wobbly potters and other ‘faces of commisery’ in favour of a slightly cuddlier approach to marketing. The hybrid...
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Letting agent apologises after mistakenly trying to charge tenant illegal fees
A letting agent in Liverpool has been investigated by the BBC after trying to charge a tenant illegal fees. Graduate Lewis Ridley, 23, who had recently finished his degree at the city’s John Moores...
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Stop sneaking out updates to the How to Rent guide, leading lawyer tells...
A leading property lawyer has criticised the government for sneaking out updates to the statutory How to Rent guide all tenants must be given when they move into a property. Giles Peaker, who is a...
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Two tenants successfully refuse to pay contract renewal fee to letting agent
Two tenants who refused to pay a contract renewal fee of £90 to their letting agent even though their tenancy is not yet covered by the fees ban legislation have been allowed to sign a new contract...
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Crime agency freezes £3.2 million property assets of woman linked to...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued its latest Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to a property owner who, it believes, is associated with criminals involved in paramilitary activity and cigarette...
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Guest blog: ‘How Webbers changed its mind on alternative deposits’
The residential letting space is changing faster now than ever. I have been an agent for my entire working life, I won’t say for how long, but I have been the Head of Lettings at Webbers for going on...
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Smartphones can now be used to unlock front doors of Airbnb properties
One of the UK’s leading Airbnb management agencies has become the first to fit ‘game changing’ electronic locks which enable those booking properties on the platform to let themselves in using just...
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Dangers of giving ‘advice’ on stamp duty revealed in £30,000 mortgage case
A mortgage broker has been told to repay £30,000 to a couple who relied on it for advice on stamp duty after they were landed with an unexpected tax bill following a house purchase. The decision by...
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Cutting stamp duty would increase transactions by 40%, claims agent
A London property company has claimed that a 36% reduction in the amount of stamp duty charged on house purchases could increase transactions by 40% a year and generate an extra £9 billion for the...
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