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Andrews pays record dividend
Andrews Property Group has announced its largest dividend payment to shareholders since 2004. Between them, Andrews Charitable Trust (ACT) and Speaking Volumes will share a payment of £1 million....
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Estate agency told to remove ‘rent guarantee’ claims from website
A sales and lettings agency that advertised a rent guarantee service to landlords on its website has had a complaint about its claims upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ruling...
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Sir Nicholas Soames launches estate agency’s new franchise
Sir Nicholas Soames MP at the launch of Greenaway Residential Greenaway Residential Estate Agents, a well-established Sussex Estate Agency has expanded into East Grinstead taking over a former...
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Proptech rental recognition service first to gain FCA approval
Rent recognition platform CreditLadder has secured approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to initiate payments from banks and offer tenants aggregated financial ‘dashboards’, the first in...
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Cheffins bargains smash guides at latest auction
Cheffins’ third property auction of 2018, in September, went well, with residential development and refurbishment lots sell for well over guide prices as the local market continues to seek out bargain...
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Tenant fees bill passes 2nd Lords reading without amendment
The tenant fees bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords without amendment and is now only a few months away from becoming law. During a short one-hour debate several changes were...
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Tenant trouble
Usually, the fastest and most effective way to deal with problem tenants, if things have reached a stage where the problem can’t be solved, is to issue a Section 21 notice and gain possession of the...
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Transactions to drop by 20% if Brexit negotiations are extended
The ongoing political uncertainty is driving down house prices and a bad Brexit outcome could accelerate this trend, depressing prices by up to 5% and reducing transactions by 20%. That is the...
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Humberts opens its Dorset high-tech hub for business
Humberts has revealed details of its first tech-driven, off-the-high-street hub (pictured, above) in the Dorset town of Poundbury, which has now officially opened for business. The 5,000 sq ft...
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Slow market has been good for online estate agents, says House Network
Online and hybrid estate agents’ market share is accelerating at the expense of their traditional counterparts despite the market slowdown, it has been claimed. House Network, which was the UK’s first...
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Reallymoving appoints new Head of Sales
The home move website, reallymoving. com has appointed Chris Buckingham in the new role of Head of Sales. Chris joins reallymoving from storage company Love Space, where he was Head of Business Sales....
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Government back-tracking over commitment to three-year tenancies
The government is back tracking over its commitment in July to introduce three-year tenancies, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed following meetings with ministers two weeks ago. The...
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Trio launches new London mixed-use property consultancy
Three residential property experts have launched a new consultancy which will target opportunities created by mixed-use development in London. Guy Passey The new consultancy – Sq. One Real Estate – has...
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Tenants taking less time to evict but it’s still too long, say landlords
The amount of time it takes to evict a tenant has reduced significantly across England, latest figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal, although landlords must still wait five months on average to...
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Estate agency armed with £10m expansion fund hoovers up rival
LtoR: Nick Simpson, Will Linley, Bill Dale and William Eddison Leading Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Sampson has bought another rival, its third major investment since it received £10 million...
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Demonstrators picket NatWest branches over controversial buy-to-let mortgage...
NatWest branches in the UK and Ireland were picketed on Saturday as part of an orchestrated campaign to highlight a controversial ‘no DSS’ clause within its buy-to-let mortgage terms and conditions....
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Venture Properties support Alzheimer’s Society
“Staff at Venture Properties in Durham, trained really hard for this year’s ‘Tour de Branch’ event, with training starting in late April and a group of us heading out most Sundays,” says Matthew...
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TheHouseShop asks investors for £500,000
Alternative property marketing platform TheHouseShop has launched a public crowdfunding campaign to raise £500,000 and has already reached half of its target. The company, which describes itself as an...
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Leading industry players launch new proptech development partnership
L2R: Chris Choi, Lucas Freeman, Tony Parker, Anthony Band, Christopher Moon, Graham Lock, Adam Day. A group of well-known names within the property industry have joined forces to launch a consultancy...
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Chestertons funds new homelessness programme
Chestertons has funded a groundbreaking new programme set up by its charity partner, St Mungo’s, which recruits volunteers to tackle the number of people sleeping rough in London. The agency has funded...
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