Industry redress scheme reveals new name, website and look
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has revealed a new name, look and website plus updated services to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The scheme will now be known as Property Redress as its member ...
Letting agent’s new job to include managing £60,000-a-month rentals
Ziad Hijazi has joined boutique agency Beauchamp Estates from Savills to look after top-of-the-market rental properties in ...
Fines totalling £15,000 revealed for ‘potentially lethal’ HMO
Mark Hogg and his company have been fined after Pendle Council discovered ‘appalling and unhygienic living conditions’ at his ...
Simple conveyancing solution trialled on Moverly platform
Simply Conveyancing has announced a pioneering partnership with Moverly that aims to transform the property transaction ...
Rightmove changes ‘misleading’ valuation ad after agent complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority resolved the issue informally with Rightmove after receiving a complaint than an advert ...
Letting agents hit back to deny ‘bidding wars’ claims
Letting agents have "absolutely nothing to do with bidding wars", they say, after a major London council called on them to ...
Student lets firm wins landmark contract ‘novation’ fee case
Represented by Anthony GoldSolicitors, lettings firm Purple Frog appealed successfully against both a £2,000 fine and the ...
Minister says ‘rent in advance’ of more than a month to be outlawed
Matthew Pennycook says he is looking into adding the rent in advance ban into the Renters' Rights Bill, saying such requests ...
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Ousted Tory MP’s office to become estate agency branch!
The former constituency office of Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie has been leased by estate agency Murrays Sales and Lettings ...
Second home numbers plunge by 40% ahead of tax changes
The number of second homes in Leicester has seen a dramatic fall as a result of double council tax charges from April.
Labour’s homes plan ‘doomed’ without retired planning officers says Savills
Savills warns Angela Rayner that 300 extra planning officers is not enough to cope with 1.5 million new homes within five ...
Major London council tells agents to ‘immediately’ stop tenant bidding wars
Southwark Council is to contact letting agents in its area of South London where it says rents are rising unchecked, and ...