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Man who drove car into letting agency branch window convicted of murder
A man who fatally ran over a female acquaintance with his car and then drove at speed into the front of an letting agency branch has been convicted of her murder. In a court case that has attracted...
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Estate agent goes on the run after TPO refers him to Trading Standards
An estate agent in Berkshire has gone missing and his business is under investigation by trading standards after it failed to return deposits to tenants and ignored a fine imposed by The Property...
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No wonder Emoov ran out of money! Quirk reveals £800k a month costs
Emoov’s former CEO Russell Quirk has revealed why his hybrid estate agency failed in a frank interview published over the weekend. In it Quirk reveals that investors’ need for rapid expansion, eye...
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Jackson-Stops enhances digital strategy
Jackson-Stops, with 46 offices nationwide, has made significant changes to its website to enhance the user experience and enable clients that want to access a range of digital services and information...
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Castles’ boomerang staff
Perhaps believing that an Englishman’s home is his castle, five former staff at Castles Residential Sales & Lettings have returned to the Swindon agency. Whilst they each had their own reasons for...
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Tenants win £1.8k rental Brexit dividend
There may be gloom and doom as the pressure piles on to property agencies, buyers and tenants, but there’s one good news story – tenants in London are, potentially, £1,806 better off since the vote to...
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£2 million for councils to crackdown on rogue landlords
Reacting to recent reports that councils aren’t taking enough enforcement action against ‘rogue’ landlords, an announcement has been made about further funding. Councils will be able to bid for...
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Allsop auctioneer joins online auctioneer
BidX1, one of the fastest growing online auction platforms in the UK, has brought the hammer down on another strong appointment – recruiting Richard Watson who has joined the team as Head of...
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haart returns £20m of tenancy deposits
haart, one of the UK’s largest estate agency groups, is partnering with the tenancy deposit alternative, flatfair, embarking on a campaign that could result in the return of more than £20 million of...
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Training part-time staff to carry out viewings
JULIAN SAYS: This is a perennial problem in our industry. It is impossible to calculate the potential income lost by agents whose accompanied viewings are carried out by unsuitable or untrained...
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UK Regions News special
1. WALES Self Build Wales launches A £210 million new homes scheme – Self-Build Wales – is set to launch in late spring this year, offering an opportunity for people to get a new home of their own with...
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Tenant fees ban
It’s no mean feat to distract a significant number of UK citizens from the rigours of Brexit, but Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth did a good job of it, as he, on behalf of the government announced, on the...
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The demise of the online estate agency sector
Emoov has just collapsed into administration. Hatched has been shut down and even the mighty PurpleBricks has seen its share price fall significantly from its peak. So what exactly is happening to the...
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UK Regions News special: Self-Build Wales launches
Through Self-Build Wales, the Development Bank of Wales will offer loans on pre-agreed plots which will be repayment free until the new home is mortgaged, allowing people to build their new home and...
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UK Regions News special: No Brexit headwinds here, says Galbraith!
Galbraith’s residential sales for the third quarter of 2018 increased 10 per cent compared with the same period in 2017 for Scotland as a whole. Figures for 2018 residential and farm sales were up by...
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UK Regions News special: Northern Ireland housing valued at £100.7bn says...
The total value of Northern Ireland’s housing stock reached £100.7bn in 2018, analysis by Savills has found. Although it represents only a tiny fraction of the UK total, in the last year the local...
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UK Regions News special: Livingroom is Channel Islands’ first pan-island...
A healthy residential property market across the Channel Islands has led Livingroom – an award-winning Guernsey estate agency – to expand into the neighbouring island of Jersey. Founder and CEO Simon...
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AI-powered property website launches
One & Only Pro, a property investment company which aims to help investors find the deal of a lifetime, has launched its online offering. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered site is designed...
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Tenant Fees Ban – “A watershed moment”
If they did, it didn’t work. We all now know that the fees ban will become law on 1st June 2019. David Cox, Chief Executive, ARLA Propertymark, said, “The PRS has undergone a tsunami of change over the...
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TPO welcomes surveyors as members
This approval extends TPO’s current approval for residential agency (lettings, estate agency and property management), making TPO the only ADR provider approved for consumer-facing disputes for all...
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