Canopy partners with Mydeposits
Canopy is set to help tenants become more financially resilient as it launches a software integration with Mydeposits, one of the three government approved tenancy deposit protection schemes. Canopy...
View ArticlePurplebricks going under in Australia
The final curtain on the Australian dream is likely to fall quite soon as there are now just 182 listings on the Purplebricks’ Australian website. In July they still had 800 listings, but since then a...
View ArticleNew is the new old
Traditionally, period London property has consistently outperformed new build in terms of desirability and price, but, says Sara Ransom of Stacks Property Search, “We’re beginning to see the tide...
View Article100 sales by LH1 London at the new luxury Digbeth development
LH1 London has sold over 100 apartments at a landmark Digbeth development, ‘The Forge’ in the heart of Birmingham’s creative quarter. The luxury five storey development nestled in the trendy hotspot...
View ArticleBrexit worries continue to unsettle the market
Headlines Rightmove: “First drop in prices this year signals buyers’ market in second half of 2019” Home.co.uk: “Supply drop stabilises London prices” NAEA Propertymark: “Housing market continues to...
View ArticleLiberal Democrats vote to scrap Section 21
This is one of those political issues where any professional experienced person in the particular sector under discussion could in fact be enraged or desperate, that some politicians have any idea of...
View ArticlePropertyHeads.com set for consumer launch
A new social network PropertyHeads.com, has been developed to provide public buyers with “an easy to use collaborative social setting to make more informed choices around the right property, tradesmen...
View ArticleAirbnb opportunity for investors highlighted
Love it or hate it… Airbnb is, possibly, the greatest property phenomenon of this decade – it’s no surprise that many property agents don’t share the interest. However, the entrepreneurial auctioneer...
View ArticleMortgage lending: the only thing certain – is uncertainty
The latest UK Finance figures reveal first time buyer mortgages were up 5.8 per cent, homemover mortgages were 1.4 per cent up while remortgages were down – both pound for pound (12.9% down) and with...
View ArticleLandlords back RLA and NLA merger
Following meetings held yesterday 17th September, members of the National Landlords Association (NLA) and the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) have voted for the two organisations to unite to...
View Articleiamproperty celebrates 10 years, rising revenues and a new Group Chairman
Property industry veteran, Mark Goddard, has been announced as Group Chairman of iamproperty, along with the news that its half-year (January to June) results for 2019, with a 16 per cent increase in...
View ArticleReapit set to accelerate global innovation as it launches PaaS
Reapit is to launch Foundations, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), allowing PropTech companies and agencies to integrate and extend the functionality of it’s Agency Cloud and Property Cloud solutions....
View ArticleTwo rogue estate agencies expelled by The Property Ombudsman
Two estate rogue estate agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme after failing to pay awards due to their clients following separate investigations and both of which are...
View ArticleSocial media now generates up to 15% of our viewings, says Portico
A leading London estate agency has claimed that up to 15% of its sales viewings leads now come through social media. Portico, which has 15 branches across Greater London, says its drive to use...
View ArticleDramatic pics: Estate agency’s branch closed following explosion
An estate agency branch in London has been closed after suffering significant fire damage following an explosion at the rear of the property. The incident took place at 8pm on Tuesday night behind the...
View ArticleHamptons International mourns loss of much-loved branch manager
The window display of the Hamptons International branch in St Albans has been turned into a tribute to its former branch manager Jamie Reynolds who died recently aged 52 following an 18-month battle...
View ArticleCould you shift these salty Solent sand forts?
Three historic forts built in the Solent in the 1860s are being sold by entrepreneur Mike Clare, who founded Dreams, the bed company. Mike didn’t build them, of course, but you can bet they have a...
View ArticleRental voids service Lavanda raises £4m from UK venture capital firm
A proptech platform that enables landlords and estate agents to fill voids with Airbnb and Booking.com guests has raised £4 million from a UK investment fund to accelerate its growth both here and...
View ArticleGimme shelter… three million people just a month’s pay away from eviction
While a Tory donor has bet £300million against share price crashes for top British businesses following Brexit, three million people in England are one pay cheque away from losing their homes because...
View ArticleFound: the court case used to compare Bojo to a ‘dodgy estate agent’ by John...
Former Prime Minister John Major has fewer friends in the property industry following comments that surfaced yesterday comparing Boris Johnson to a ‘dodgy estate agent’. The comments were included in...
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