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Online agent changes website after complaint to ad watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority has received a complaint about a claim which was on an online...

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Vote of confidence for buy to let despite Brexit uncertainties

A major survey has given a vote of confidence to buy to let despite the wave of fiscal, political...

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Buy to let valuations drop 13.3% in a year says Connells

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells ...

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Yield no longer the key measure of buy to let success, says lettings expert

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for bu...

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Agency says rents flat-lining in London, falling in prime areas

Rents have flat-lined across most of the capital according to Benham & Reeves Residential Let...

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Suspended sentence after failure to check rental gas fittings

A landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check ...

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Government reveals latest clampdown on buy to let sector

The government's wave of measures to clamp down on the private rental sector and introduce harshe...

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Government ponders bid to ban To Let boards in parts of city

The government is considering a ban on the display of To Let boards in parts of Leicester followi...

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Jail sentences for fake letting agents after elaborate scam

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was ...

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Council sets up Right To Invest as alternative to Right To Buy

A London council has set up a system to allow council tenants to buy into a shared ownership sche...

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More work to do to stop deposit disputes, say inventory clerks

An industry body says more work must be done to reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, de...

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Belvoir snaps up independent, says more acquisitions to come

Belvoir's Portsmouth office has acquired the local Lettings Direct business, adding a further 100...

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