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Kallars launches Greenwich development
Kallars, which offers traditional property services and bespoke consultancy, has launched its newest development, 139 Greenwich High Road in London. Nine contemporary design apartments with one, two...
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Slow market? Move fast!
HEADLINES Rightmove: “Positive signs for Autumn market including start of London recovery.” NAEA Propertymark: “Sales to first-time buyers at three year low.” RICS: “Sales outlook turns more cautious.”...
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Letting agency faces £1.4 million bill over attempted eviction
An estate agency in Bath faces a potential £1.4 million compensation bill after losing an appeal against damages sought by a tenant who claimed a representative of the company harassed her. In 2010...
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Letting agency featured on Channel 4 documentary expelled by ombudsman
A letting agency featured in a Channel 4 documentary about tenants on housing benefit has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) and is now trading illegally. Property Solutions GB is based...
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Exclusive: AI chatbot that helps estate agents handle portal leads wins...
A London estate agent has joined a group of investors putting £500,000 into a company developing an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot service exclusively for estate agent and developers...
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Agent’s WW1 charity, 100 years on
“At the outbreak of World War One the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families Association was the only charity set up to care for the families of servicemen. Just days after the start of the war the government...
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Investigation shuts down multi-million ‘Ponzi’ property scheme
Essex and London Properties Limited (ELP), was incorporated on 15 April 2005, with a registered office in Sidcup, Kent. The company claimed to purchase properties with the intention of selling them on...
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Home buyers flock to unusual pop-up estate agent
A unusual pop-up estate estate agency has been ruffling feathers in Nottinghamshire after being endorsed by a Dragon’s Den TV star. Local competitors should not be worried though, unless they are...
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Two key eMoov directors resign from company six months after joining
Two key directors of eMoov have resigned from the firm, records at Companies House reveal. The pair are Robert Sanderson (pictured, above) and Richard Martin, who are both also directors at media...
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Bradleys sign with Bamboo Auctions
Bradleys Estate Agents has switched to Bamboo Auctions from competing providers and their 30 branches will now use Bamboo Auctions’ technology to provide online auctions to its buyers and sellers. A...
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Home owners staying put for almost two decades on average
Home owners are staying put for nearly two decades before moving home, research by Barclays has revealed. A report from the bank released over the weekend in partnership with property data firm...
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Managing Brexit
As I sit down to write this article the arguments over Brexit continue to rage. My own view is that. But my opinion on this does not matter. What does matter is that as a business owner you need to be...
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Guest blog: Don’t bury the Letwin review of new-builds. He got it right
It’s fair to say housing didn’t feature too much at the dispatch box last week during Phil’s much-discussed budget. The housing market faces profound challenges against the backdrop of Brexit, so you...
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200,000 landlords of coldest homes to each now face £1,200 upgrade bill
The government has made a significant U-turn on minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) and will now require some 200,000 landlords of the coldest rental properties to pay £1,200 each on average to...
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Purplebricks reveals double-digit growth in UK revenue and instructions
Purplebricks has grown its revenues in the UK by 20% and instructions by at least 10% over the past six months, the company has revealed in its latest trading update. The company also says its overall...
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Leading London agent Portico signs up to OnTheMarket
Seventeen-branch estate agency Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket.com, the portal has revealed, alongside its existing listings on Rightmove and Zoopla. Three years ago the agency re-branded and...
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London estate agent changes website after complaint about tenant fees
An estate agent in London has been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a complainant claimed the company’s website did not display sufficient detail about the fees charged to...
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Home buying agency and concierge firm Quintessentially branches out
Luxury lifestyle management company Quintessentially is to open the first of a new kind of hybrid estate agency branch in central London, a model that’s the company is hoping to roll out elsewhere...
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Hybrid agency Yopa overtakes Savills and Foxtons by listings size
Hybrid estate agency Yopa has overtaken one of its key estate agency backers in the top ten rankings by size of Rightmove listings. The claim has been made by Yopa’s recently-appointed CEO Ben...
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Council hits back after being revealed as slowest for conveyancing searches...
A local council has hit back after research by TV presenter Phil Spencer’s property data company MoveIQ identified it as the slowest in the UK to complete conveyancing searches. Using Freedom of...
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