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Proptech disruptor Mashroom cuts out the letting agent
As if letting agents don’t have enough competition, there’s a new way for landlords to fill vacant properties: pay the outgoing tenants to find their replacement. Mashroom – the company that recently...
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Lint Group supports Indonesian Tsunami
On 28th September 2018, Indonesia was struck by a powerful and deadly earthquake measuring a magnitude of 7.5. With the death toll exceeding 2,000 people reports from National Geographic suggested the...
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Sotheby’s UK announces new appointments
Jason Corbett Jason Corbett has joined UK Sotheby’s International Realty as Director of Country Sales & Lettings, with 25 years’ experience. Jason, based at the Cobham office was a Partner at...
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Plan for a new generation of new millennial towns proposed
To address the shortage of homes in and around London, says the report, a new government Department for Growth should be created and work with the Mayor of London and partner directly with developers...
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The tenant fees cap may cost pet owners more says JLL’s Lucy Morton
More people want to live in rented homes with their pets, but, says JLL’s residential estate agency business, it will inevitably bring extra costs. JLL has seen a 25% increase in tenants letting with...
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Housing Committee calls for wide-ranging reforms to leasehold law
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report into Leasehold Reform which calls for wide ranging reforms to tackle abuse of the leasehold system. The report states that...
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Referral fees come under scrutiny by Government
Coming on yet another wave, washing up on your doorstep, is yet another edict from Government – this time it is, yes you guessed it, referral fees. One estate agent said to me yesterday, “There will,...
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Record year for Century 21 UK
Century 21 UK reported a record year as 16 new offices opened in the UK in the past 12-months – one of the fastest growing estate agency franchises in the UK. Century 21 UK has also reported that in...
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Growth predicted for significant pockets of the UK
UK house prices grew by 1.7% in the year to January 2019, down from 2.2% in the year to December 2018 – the lowest annual growth for the UK since June 2013, when house prices increased by 1.5%. House...
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Brexit versus the property market
All disasters bring forth a mountain of comment, Brexit has followed the pattern, with pithy and not-so-pithy comment from property industry commentators. So, herewith, the latest intel on the Brexit...
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87,000 properties with anonymous owners
We have all seen or heard about the empty mansions in the finer parts of the UK, but the latest analysis by Global Witness reveals that over 87,000 properties in England and Wales are owned by...
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Homeless man in Ireland wins discrimination case against landlord
A court in the Republic of Ireland has ruled that a landlord discriminated against a homeless man by telling him that they would not accept Housing Assistance Payment (HAP – equivalent to the UK Local...
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Tenant fees? NO. Tenant References? YES!
There are many areas of life in which we’d like to get more for less, but, perhaps, it is tenant referencing that is at the front of many agents’ minds at the moment. We’re just months away from the...
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Savills strengthens its Prime Central London team
L to R: Jonathan Hewlett, Claire Reynolds, Phillippa Dalby-Welsh & Richard Gutteridge Savills has announced key internal appointments and the formation of a dedicated super prime team. Claire...
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Jackson-Stops wins prestigious London contract
The Howard de Walden Estate has appointed national estate agent Jackson-Stops as one of its four retained letting agents. Over the last 12 months, Camilla Foulger and her dedicated team at...
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Right to rent legislation “is a farce” argue landlords
One of the Government’s flagship immigration policies has been branded a farce after a court ruling that a landlord who seeks to repossess property where the Home Office tells them a tenant does not...
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Valuation leads for estate agents leap upwards by 36%
Zoopla says Happy Friday as it reports an impressive 36% uplift in valuation leads for its agent clients. The figures indicate a spike in new business delivered to agents across the country when...
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The housing market malaise – is it Brexit, or is it just normal?
It has been impossible to pick up a newspaper, turn on the radio/television or look at online news/social media without being bombarded by extremely repetitive commentary about Brexit and the adverse...
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Why money laundering matters
Speaking at last month’s NAEA Propertymark conference, Richard Riley, Director of Economic Crime, Cyber and Anti-Corruption at the Home Office, said that serious and organised crime leads to more...
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Hunters continues 2019 expansion
L to R: Hunters Pontefract, Amie Brooke, Katie Laker, Mark Wheeldon, Vicki McMillan, Kerry Stirzaker and Olivia Stephenson Hunters continues its expansion in the North of England with two new branches...
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