Upad returns | £25k HMO fine | Online agent dilemma

New Year starts with a flurry of new estate agency branch openings

Agencies in Kent, Wiltshire, East Anglia and Derbyshire announce expansion plans and new branches since the beginning of 2020.

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Exclusive: Howsy buys Upad out of liquidation and re-employs staff

Howsy CEO Calum Brannan says the Upad brand and website will be operated as a complementary business and that the acquisition includes Upad's landlord database.

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Lettings agency fined £25,000 over 'squalid and dangerous' unlicensed HMO

Two directors of an Ipswich lettings agency and the firm have been fined after council officers found the property in a dangerous state of repair and overcrowded.

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Lettings proptech platform offers a 'fourth way' to landlords

Newly arrived head of B2B at lettings platform Home Made, Jo Green, says its hub approach is proven and will change the industry.

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Should agents drop their fees to compete with online and hybrid agents?

Question is asked by estate agent Ben Moore after he turns down instructions from two vendors after they asked that he match low fixed fee competitors.

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The rise of co-living

It’s the quiet revolution in housing choice. Susanna Caulfield and Khadijeh Moghaddam of solicitors Rosling King LLP, provide a legal reflection on the rise of co-living and the potential pitfalls for developers and planners.

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