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Over 7500 Help to Buy applications rejected every year over wrong data
A leading sales progression platform has revealed that 15% of all Help to Buy applications are rejected because there are discrepancies in the information supplied by the players involved including...
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City analyst turned proptech pioneer launches property portal challenger
Former Jefferies City property analyst Anthony Codling’s new online business has gone live offering the public a way to avoid ‘snake’ property portals and more efficiently scale the property ladder....
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Housing charities criticise letting agents over Covid performance
Leading pro-tenant campaigning group Shelter has claimed its latest research shows that during the Covid crisis tenants have had a better experience if they’ve been managed directly by landlords,...
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Housing is key to economic revival ‘from bricklayers to For Sale sign erectors’
Housing minister Chris Pincher has revealed that the sector is at the heart of the government’s plans to revive the economy once the pandemic has passed. The minister made his comments during an...
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Former Spicerhaart valuer complains of ‘disgusting’ treatment before and...
A recently-departed Spicerhaart employee in East Anglia has contacted The Negotiator to complain bitterly about the way she has been treated by the company during the Covid lockdown. The senior...
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Covid-hit estate agency emerges from pre-pack as lettings-only and hybrid
Andrew Grant, the multi-branch and well-known West Midlands estate agency that last year said it was making a move away from the high street has now implemented some more radical surgery, blaming the...
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Leicester: Frustrated agents describe being half-in and and half-out of...
Frustrated estate agents in Leicester have vowed to get through the UK’s first local lockdown by focusing on virtual viewings and redeploying staff. A spike in infections in the city means all...
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Bojo’s huge changes to planning laws to free up house builders
Boris Johnson yesterday announced once-in-a-lifetime changes to the planning rules while also baiting green activists as he vented his frustration at the UK’s house-building record. “Why are we so...
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Property industry Code of Practice is just six months away, agents are told
The much anticipated code of conduct for the property industry which will raise industry standards, protect residential consumers and make it much harder for cowboys to operate is to be ready by the...
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Nationwide says latest 1.4% house price dip to be followed by rebound
The Covid pandemic hit house prices hard in June driving annual growth into negative territory for the first time in eight years, the Nationwide has reported. Annual growth is now running at -0.1%...
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Sweeteners persuade 500 joining agents to pay for OTM despite Covid
500 estate agents have been added to OnTheMarket (OTM) since the portal launched its enhanced sweetener deal for new joiners who choose to pay to list on the site. Agents have been given £1,000 of OTM...
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Proptech firm is in ‘enviable’ position due to Covid… as it’s given £2...
Rental proptech platform Canopy has secured a further £2 million from investors in just 48 hours, scotching rumours that investors had been getting cold feet about technology during the Covid...
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Homesearch latest: Acorn Group is first chain to pay for challenger portal
Challenger portal Homesearch has announced its first industry coup after Rob Sargent’s Acorn Group has become its first paying estate agency chain. Acorn’s 36 branches are now fully subscribed and...
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Belvoir advises franchisees RoPA is ‘enormous opportunity’ to lessen competition
Estate agency giant Belvoir has been challenged on social media after a section of its website dedicated to the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) was shared on Twitter and criticised for suggesting...
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Industry reaction – evictions to restart after current ban ends on 23rd August
The government has confirmed that the ongoing evictions ban is not to be extended past August 23rd and that possession hearings are to re-start the day after. This will be a significant relief to...
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BREAKING: Haart reveals new hub approach including home-working ‘partners’...
Haart has revealed plans for a national Partnerships scheme which will add 250 locations to its network as it rolls the initiative out across England and Wales over the next two years,. It has also...
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Survey asks estate agents to reveal their salaries and help make pay transparent
Estate agents are being urged to take part in a national salary survey of the industry to find out how much everyone earns. Employment agency Rayner Personnel says a comprehensive survey of pay in the...
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Rent suspensions, deferrals and reductions on industry agenda as arrears...
It’s not often that major players within the property industry come together to back a single issue, but the enormous rent arrears backlog likely to slam into the sector as the pandemic squeezes the...
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Purplebricks starts ‘annoying’ Team GB advertising campaign
Purplebricks is to launch a new iteration of its TV advertising taking advantage of its pricey official sponsorship of Team GB Olympians. The company has told its followers on Twitter to watch out...
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Estate agency operation rules for Covid flare-up areas revealed
The Guild of Property Professionals says estate agents who find themselves in Covid flare-up lockdowns like the one around Leicester at the moment do not have to close their offices. But the...
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