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Boris bounce: Barratt enjoys huge leap in house building and profits
More positive data revealing how the housing market is reviving has been published by the UK’s largest house builder, Barratt. The construction giant has enjoyed its strongest six months of activity...
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Rental house clearance firm highlights ‘out of control’ cannabis farm problem
Removing rubbish from let properties is nothing unusual. Clearing out a cannabis farm is not, you may think, as common. However, house clearance firm Junk Hunters reports that, very recently, they...
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World first: UK firm to stream fully interactive TV-style property auctions
An national auction house based in Sussex is to launch what it claims is a world first for the housing sector – fully online-only interactive property auctions. During the digital property auctions...
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Knight Frank loses fourth senior player to online in as many months
Knight Frank has lost one of its most high-profile names after its Head of UK Residential Research Gráinne Gilmour revealed that she has joined Zoopla in similar role. Gilmour spent nearly nine years...
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Shocking impact of fees ban on letting agencies revealed in new report
Dire warnings that many lettings agencies would struggle to make up the revenue lost following the tenant fees ban have turned out to be true, a shocking report has revealed. This includes how nearly...
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LATEST: Surge in build-to-rent construction over past 12 months
New figures from the NHBC published this morning reveal an astonishing acceleration in the number of build-to-rent flats completed last year, increasing by 57% to just under 4,800 units compared to...
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Record month for OnTheMarket as consumer confidence returns
OnTheMarket has revealed its latest monthly performance figures including a 28% rise in the number of visits to its site and mobile app. Some 30 million visits were made to its platform last month, a...
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Estate agency hubs prove a success for London firm as it expands network
North West London estate agency Benjamin Stevens says its experiment with hubs has been a success and the company is now moving to expand the network with national ambitions. It has a head office...
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Boss of lettings agency invaded by Acorn give her side of the story
The director of an established Brighton lettings agency targeted by housing activists last weekend over a disputed Section 21 eviction says she and her staff have acted correctly throughout the...
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Portal claims revamped Shared Ownership scheme could be next Help to Buy
There has been a surge of first time buyers chasing the 1% of the market which is available via the government-backed Shared Ownership scheme, it has been claimed. First time buyer portal...
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Knight Frank loses fourth senior player to online in as many months
Knight Frank has lost one of its most high-profile names after its Head of UK Residential Research Gráinne Gilmour revealed that she has joined Zoopla in similar role. Gilmour spent nearly nine years...
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Build-to-rent giant hires UK’s most senior estate agent
The UK’s leading build-to-rent operator Get Living has hired the former Chief Executive of Savills Jeremy Helsby as an advisor as it bids to suck ever greater volumes out of the traditional lettings...
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Breaking: Countrywide’s sale of commercial arm LSH hits the buffers
Countrywide has been forced to release a statement this morning revealing that its sale of commercial property arm Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has hit the buffers. The estate agency giant has revealed...
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Emily Thornberry waves a big stick to bash owners of empty apartments
It’s not a new refrain, but it’ll do for the woman who would be leader of the Labour Party, if she can persuade a few more backers to show their cards. Thornberry, Shadow Foreign Secretary, was...
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Marsh & Parsons forced to pull another tube ad after outcry
Estate agency Marsh & Parsons has pulled its latest tube advert after an uproar on social media among those who suffer from alopecia. The ad was spotted on the London tube network but began...
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BBC investigation slams agents who offer alternative deposits over ‘lack of...
A BBC investigation into alternative deposits schemes has highlighted how agents can get into problems if they don’t make the terms of such deposit deals clear to tenants. Published yesterday, the...
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Agents given last chance to tell regulators their views on referral fees
Estate agents are being given a last chance to give their side of the referral fees story by the industry’s two key regulators, who have it in their power to recommend that referral fees are banned...
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Estate agency reported to Ombudsman and Trading Standards over unprotected...
An estate agency in Buckinghamshire who has been censured by The Property Ombudsman (TPO) in the past is facing further complaints. Purfect Properties has been reported to TPO over a rented house in...
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New Law Society knotweed rules may threaten property sales
The Law Society has lit the touch-paper to the Japanese Knotweed problem once more by insisting that vendors are more careful when answering questions about the weed, a move that could lead to more...
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Charity launch: agents get onboard with the Karma Club
Estate agents are well known for their charitable activities and now there is a new way to build business and help charities. A former journalist, Jerry Lyons, is the founder of the the Estate Agent...
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