Rent controls U-turn | Purplebricks launch | Twitter ‘spat’

Purplebricks farms out its customer service to Alexa

From today onward its vendors will be able to bypass any human contact and manage their home's sale via Amazon's digital voice assistant.

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General Election latest: Conservatives make a U-turn on rent controls

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick said in November that rent controls were 'dead in the water' but has now revealed that limits on rises during tenancies will be outlawed.

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App launches that will tell agents when people are planning to move

Consumer-facing smartphone app offers homeowners new tool to plan and executive their home finances and moving plans.

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Guest blog: Managing agents need to realise that the days of leasehold are numbered

Campaigner Simon Davies rebuffs claims made by property management firm Estates and Management, that scrapping ground rents could be a disaster for leaseholders.

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Leading industry figure claims Reservation Agreements being ‘foisted’ on industry

Buying agent and media pundit Henry Pryor has also claimed that the agreements will not speed up the process as intended.

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Election time – will change come?

Every time we think we might be getting closer to getting back to a more normal life in the UK, something else happens to upset the apple cart again, says Frances Burkinshaw, but could things change?

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