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Property family moves back to York
L to R: Richard Littlefair, Donna Sanderson and Scott Littlefair A recently launched property management and lettings business in York, founded by a local family of property professionals, is already...
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Another ‘social letting agency’ opens in competition with traditional agents
A sales and letting agency has opened for business on a high street in Luton that will operate as a normal estate agency but also be a housing drop-in centre for homeless people and those on benefits....
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Estate agent uses social media to track down Christmas tree vandal
An estate agent whose branch Christmas tree was vandalised by three men late at night has been sent an apology and £30 towards a new set of fairy lights. On Saturday November 30 three men were filmed...
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Belvoir snaps up rival Lincolnshire agency for £2 million
Belvoir-owned estate agency chain Newton Fallowell has bought a rival firm, Lincolnshire and Humber based 19-branch business Lovelles, for £2 million. Lovelles is a well-known name in the region and...
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Property data firm ‘shocked’ about level of online trolling it receives
Homesearch, a property data company that launched earlier this year with an introductory free offer for estate agents has told The Negotiator that it was unprepared for the level of online trolling it...
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Back of the net! Your Move signs up to become English Football League sponsor
LSL estate agency chain Your Move has signed up to become an official sponsor of the English Football League (EFL) and as part of the deal its Hitchin branch was visited yesterday by former England,...
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Purplebricks reveals weak first half of its financial year and pricing overhaul
Purplebricks has revealed a weak first half of its financial year in the UK including a 15% decline in instructions, a 31% increase in operating costs and a 34% drop in profits to £5.5 million. Market...
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Government’s stalling on AML will put agents at risk
The CEO of a leading anti-money laundering firm has warned the government that its lack of action to implement the latest AML regulations will put many sales and letting agencies at risk. The EU’s...
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Ombudsman expels three estate agencies over unpaid awards
Three estate agencies have been booted out of The Property Ombudsman scheme after failing to pay substantial awards owed to both tenants and landlords following disputes. The trio are Cambridgeshire...
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Zoopla overtakes Rightmove, but not the way you’re thinking
Zoopla is to hire 120 extra staff next year, taking its head count to over 750 people across the UK, the portal has announced and making it a larger employer than Rightmove which has 495 employees....
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Platform to launch in New Year that will drastically cut conveyancing times
A new conveyancing platform that reduces the time it takes to progress from offer to exchange to three weeks is to launch on 20th January initially working with developers before offering its service...
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Get ready for a post-election ‘turbocharged’ property market bounce
The resounding Conservative victory over Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the General Election has been warmly welcomed by the property industry this morning, with many predicting a post-election...
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London property market to revive in 2020 claims leading house builder
The UK’s best-known house builder and founder of Berkeley Homes, Tony Pidgley (pictured, above), has called the bottom of the property market in London and claimed that the capital’s housing market...
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Number of money laundering SARs made by estate agents drops
Estate agents reported 10.5% fewer anti-money laundering related Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency (NCA) during its latest six-month reporting period. The agency received...
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Agent removes gates from branch entrance after negative publicity
An estate agent in Kent has removed gates it erected outside the company’s branch to prevent a homeless man and his dog sleeping in its doorway and apologised for any offence caused. Whitstable firm...
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House prices to rise by up to 4% next year as property market revives
The thumping Conservative win following the General Election and a revival in the housing market will see house prices bounce back by 2% increase next year, Rightmove has claimed. It expects...
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Buy, Buy Buy! Property shares jump after Conservative landslide
Shares in almost every property-related public limited company jumped significantly on Friday following the decisive Conservative party General Election announced early that morning. City stock market...
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How successful has Khan’s rogue letting agent checker really been?
The limited success of an online checking tool for tenants has been revealed in data released via social media by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. In a series of half a dozen tweets Khan has boasted...
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Chestertons collects record 7,000 winters coats for homeless
35-branch prime London estate agency Chestertons has collected nearly 7,000 coats to distribute to London charities, 2,000 more than it did last year. Its Calling Winter Coat Campaign is part of the...
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Winding up of company behind old eMoov to take another year
The appointed administrator of the failed company behind the original Emoov business has submitted documents to Companies House revealing that it will take a further 12 months to complete the task....
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