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Housing for My Generation – Conference
The biggest event on residential investment and build to rent in the UK. Our annual residential conference and dinner has been running for nearly 20 years, and features a wide variety of senior...
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Dorset developer asks prospective buyers to be vetted before they can buy
A new luxury home being sold by an estate agent in Dorset has a very unusual condition attached to its sale. But it’s not a free sports car, membership of the local gym or any of the other inducements...
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Channel 5 programme re-ignites debate over who killed Suzy Lamplugh
A documentary on Channel 5 last night has reignited the debate over who killed 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, who vanished in 1986 after meeting a ‘Mr Kipper’ to view a property in Fulham, SW...
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How can agents adapt to today’s changing property market?
Mark Goddard, ZPG As the UK throws itself into the thick of negotiations to leave the EU, many are left prepping for the aftermath of Brexit. None more so than the property industry. Having already...
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“We’re not an online agent” insists EweMove Head Shepherd
The ‘head shepherd’ of estate agent EweMove says his business is not an ‘online agency’ and that nearly 10% of his franchisees have now opened high street stores. The latest to open is in Bexleyheath...
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allAgents to make ‘significant’ announcement about Purplebricks next week
Estate agent reviews website allAgents.com has said it is to make a ‘major announcement’ next week about its battle with Purplebricks and has confirmed that talks with the online agent have broken...
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New online property auction site aims to ‘Ebay for agents’
An online property auction has launched that enables agents to sell and rent out homes using a virtual service via its smartphone app and website. Called LetsBid, it bypasses traditional auctions and...
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Be a better property blogger
Blogs help to develop relationships with existing and future customers. They connect people to your brand, establish your business as an authority and boost organic rankings. So how do you write blogs...
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Housing market woes
Jobs are up but house price rises are down: what’s gone wrong with the housing market? There’s been a furore in the media recently, about the latest set of figures, indicating a slowdown in the housing...
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Smaller landlords are disappearing – is this what the Government wanted all...
Growth in the buy-to-let sector this year has dropped dramatically as more amateur, smaller portfolio landlords have stopped buying properties or decided to leave the market, a report has claimed. The...
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OnTheMarket flotation confirmed alongside sweeteners for agents to sign...
The long-awaited OnTheMarket flotation on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) is to proceed, it has been confirmed by parent organisation Agents’ Mutual. It is now four months since the vote to...
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Govt tax changes driving landlords into the arms of Airbnb, says RLA
The government’s recent tax changes for landlords are pushing more and more of them out of the long-term rental market and into the arms of short-term websites such as Airbnb, research by the...
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Agent stock down 6.75% compared to 2015, latest Rightmove index figures reveal
The average level of sales stock per estate agent branch has dropped by 6.75% compared to 2015, the latest Rightmove index reveals. This decrease in the number of homes available for sale is across the...
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UK’s largest franchise agency group to become leading mortgage broker
Belvoir is to roll out its recent-acquired mortgage broker business Brook Financial Services across its 300-strong branch network of four brands – Belvoir, Northwood, Goodchilds and Newton Fallowell –...
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House sales have slumped this year – or have they?
The number of house sales in England has dropped by 12% compared to a year ago, according to latest figures from the government’s statisticians, the ONS. The figures are for August and are based in...
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Short-term online rental service launches
A service that enables sales and lettings agents to make money from short term rentals using prime properties that are awaiting sale or long-term lets has been unveiled. Lavanda.co.uk, which...
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Purplebricks revenues in UK more than double
Purplebricks has revealed its interim results for the past six months ending October 31st which include UK revenue up by 118% to £39.9 million and a doubling of its Local Property Expert team to 650....
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allAgents reinstates ‘majority’ of negative Purplebricks reviews after...
Reviews website allAgents has reinstated Purplebricks’ reviews on its site including “the majority” of the negative ones and half of the questionable ‘five-star’ postings that sparked a two-month spat...
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Andrews hires former Waitrose MD as new Group Chairman
It’s all change at the top of Andrews Property Group after it was announced that Group Chairman Jim Glover (pictured, middle) is to stand down with immediate effect and will be succeeded by Steven Esom...
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Auctions are booming while rest of industry struggles, say leading property...
Property auctioneers are booming and taking market share off traditional high street property sales, it has been claimed by two leading auctioneers. Tony Limbrick, founder of Network Auctions, says his...
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