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British cities are now more affordable, but income multiples remain crazy
The scene is set for a mini property boom once Brexit is out of the way one way or another, latest house price data from Zoopla reveals. Although London remains crazily expensive with an average house...
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Letting agents report up to 25% reduction in revenue following ban
Letting agents have told letting platform HomeLet that they face unprecedented headwinds at the moment including significant reductions in revenue following the fees ban and greater difficulties with...
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Revealed: what’s at stake for property market after a no-deal Brexit
A no-deal Brexit would see house prices fall across the UK for the first six months after we left the EU, a poll of the UK’s property experts by news agency Reuters has revealed. Some 85% of the...
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Universal Credit crisis: half of tenants in arrears, say landlords
Half of all tenants in receipt of Universal Credit are going into arrears and causing problems for landlords, it has been claimed. Research for the Residential Landlords Association among its...
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Knotty problem: do clients care if agents wear ties or not?
An estate agency in London has ordered its staff to take off their ties after claiming that clients no longer care whether they wear them or not. Nine-branch London firm James Pendleton says wearing a...
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Doing business with investors
JULIAN SAYS: It is a happy coincidence that you raise this issue as just yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with an acquaintance who is a ‘small landlord’. She is on the lookout for a...
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TV presenter Kevin McCloud faces questions over struggling eco homes firm
The UK’s best-known TV property show presenter Kevin McCloud is facing questions over the potential collapse of an eco-building company he set up in 2007. McCloud established Happiness Architecture...
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LSL part exchange business doubles headcount
LSL Land & New Homes, part of LSL Property Services, has made a bold move with the relocation of one of its core business divisions and a 100% increase in staff numbers. The business, now located...
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Persimmon faces calls to transfer all its homes sold via leasehold to freehold
FTSE 100 national house builder Persimmon is under pressure to give all of those it sold leasehold homes freehold ownership for free. Campaigners have called for the move after Persimmon reached an...
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Breaking: Purplebricks reveals plans to change fixed-fee pricing
Purplebricks has revealed that it is to consider overhauling the agency’s pricing structure and move away from its fixed-fee model of £1,399 in London and £899 elsewhere. Recently-installed CEO Vic...
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HouseSimple to generate revenue from mortgages and removals via ‘free’ service
High street agents wondering how hybrid agency HouseSimple will make any money following the launch of its free selling service now have an answer. The company, which claims to be the ‘original’...
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New Associate Director for Caxtons
Caxtons has announced that Head of Block Management, Tony Martin, has been made an Associate Director of the South East based independent firm of chartered surveyors. Born in London and raised in Kent,...
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Zoopla strengthens New Homes Management Team
Alex Rose Zoopla has strengthened the senior management team of its New Homes function with the appointment of Alex Rose as Director of New Homes and promotion of Ian Hutson to Head of Sales – New...
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Taylor&Emmet welcomes wisdom of property gurus
L to R: John Outram, Neil Riley and Steve Hinshelwood Sheffield’s Taylor&Emmet LLP has appointed Steve Hinshelwood and John Outram as consultants, to help drive and develop its residential...
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Director promotions announced at Johns&Co
JOHNS&CO, the London specialist in new homes, has announced promotions in its London network. Graeme Goessen is promoted to Property Management Director, Ashley Conaghan is promoted to Client...
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Isabelle joins John Truslove after work experience
L to R: Ben Truslove , Isabelle Ellis and Ian Parker After three stints of work experience at John Truslove Chartered Surveyors & Valuers during her studies, Isabelle Ellis has been appointed a...
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Two become one! RLA and NLA landlord associations to merge
The UK’s two leading landlord associations have announced a shock merger that will combine their membership and activities into a new organisation, to be called the National Residential Landlords...
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Estate agency to give away prizes worth £110,000 in bid to lure vendors
An independent estate agency has launched a prize giveaway so huge that even national chains might blanche at such a generous marketing promotion. Petty Real is to lure in potential listings after...
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OTM launches new bid to differentiate itself from Rightmove and Zoopla
OnTheMarket is to launch an advertising blitz during September including a revamped version of its sing-along TV advert which will plug its ‘new and exclusive’ and ’24 hours before Rightmove or...
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We’ll catch up with Purplebricks, promises new eMoov boss
Relaunched property portal Emoov’s Chief Operating Officer Naveen Jaspal has told The Negotiator that she is confident that the company has a realistic chance of catching up with its main competitor,...
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