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Landmark eviction ruling handed down by Court of Appeal
Letting agents who forget to give tenants a valid gas safety certificate at the beginning of a tenancy may now be let off the hook if they later have to evict a tenant using a Section 21 notice. Three...
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‘Brilliant’ estate agency boss and TV pundit losses battle against cancer
Tributes have been pouring in for Chris Stops, the managing director of a leading regional estate agency, after it was announced that he had died following a short battle with cancer. The 57-year-old...
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Yopa claims second place in the hybrid race but profits remain elusive
The hybrid sector is now a two horse race as consolidation continues to sweep through the sector, the chairman of Yopa has claimed. Grenville Turner tells The Negotiator that the Coronavirus crisis...
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Welsh property viewings and house moves given partial green light
Welsh agents will be able to conduct viewings on Monday as part of a package of changes to the country’s Covid lockdown measures announced today. First Minister Mark Drakeford says viewings will be...
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Ministry withdraws guidance on new electrical safety regulations after...
An update to guidance on the recently-introduced Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 has been pulled by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
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A true gamechanger in virtual viewings
With new government guidelines and virtual viewings becoming an ‘essential’ part of our ‘new norm’ before a physical viewing can take place, gaming technology specialist, Revvis, notes that tools...
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Industry campaigner dies tragically young at just 54 years old
Leading leasehold reform campaigner and legal expert Louie Burns has died unexpectedly over the weekend aged just 54 years old. Burns, who established his company Leasehold Solutions in 2002, was a...
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Hybrid estate agents survived the lockdown better, claims Yopa boss
Yopa chairman Grenville Turner has said that hybrid estate agents have had an advantage over traditional agents during the lockdown and have been able to attract more listings. In comments made to The...
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Brutal battle of the ‘challenger portals’ hots up as Rightmove weakens
Self-described ‘50% socialist, 50% capitalist’ portal ResidentialPeople has predicted that only two of the so-called challenger portals will make it through to join Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket,...
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Full details of limited re-opening of Welsh housing market released
Anger is building in Wales among many estate agents frustrated by the partial nature of the housing market re-opening announced on Friday. First Minister Mark Drakeford revealed in his mid-day speech...
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Housing secretary’s grip on power weakens as ‘cash for favours’ scandal...
Robert Jenrick’s position as Housing Secretary has weekend over the weekend as the scandal surrounding his approval of tycoon Richard Desmond’s redevelopment of the Westferry Printworks in the East...
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Regional report
PECKHAM, SOUTH LONDON STATS: Average sale price in the last 12 months: £501,965 Transactions in SE15 last year: 529 SE5 sales bringing in: 499 Wooster & Stock is 1st out of 70 offices for the...
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Rightmove called on to ‘reveal its new deal’ before fees reduction ends
A leading member of the ‘say not to Rightmove’ campaign has urged agents to write to the portal’s reps today to ask whether it plans to offer them a better deal before its Coronavirus 75% listing fee...
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Lettings proptech platform finally launches after THREE years in development
Lettings platform Propoly says it has officially launched after a three-year gestation period which has seen significant sums invested by both Foxtons and Countrywide and a try-out with Humberts. The...
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Leading agent rails against developers who use low cost property management...
A leading lettings agency in London has fired a broadside against developers who offload the management of so-called luxury apartment blocks to low-cost contractors who then make the lives of...
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A third of furloughed staff including some online agents asked to work
Over a third of companies in the UK have asked their staff to work despite being furloughed including some online estate agents, a survey of 2,000 furloughed employees has found. The research, carried...
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OTM extends discounted fees to end of September but will Zoopla follow?
OnTheMarket (OTM) has extended its reduced fees period by two months from 25th July to 25th September, the first of the big three portals to do so. This strongly increases the likelihood that Zoopla...
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BREAKING: Rightmove extends discounted fees until end of September as agent...
Rightmove is extending its reduced-fees period by two months and has also revealed that its advertiser numbers have declined overall by 3.8% since January. The portal says it wants to give agents time...
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Former Fine & Country CEO David Lindley now working for his father
Former Fine & Country CEO David Lindley is now working for his family’s property firm which has investments in several estate agencies and a mortgage broker in and around Cambridgeshire and...
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‘Get real’ about Rightmove’s power, agent tells portal’s critics
Estate agency founder Lee Pendleton has bucked the trend for agents to criticise Rightmove and has urged fellow agents to remember how the portal has transformed the industry over the past 20 years...
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