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Easier EPCs? Housing minister launches new 'environmental MOT' style service<br />

Christopher Pincher says service will enable property professionals to quickly check if a property has a valid EPC, and also order a new one if it does not.

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Scots legal firm promises a new breed of estate agency as it launches unique tech<br />

Aberdeins' founder says he is developing a platform that will significantly disrupt the legal, estate agency and financial services sectors.

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Could a 13-year-old be an estate agent? This one reckons so

Young Derry boy, Shane Melly, can accurately value properties and take better pictures than some of the agents in his home city, or so he reckons

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Housing charity opens UK's first high street lettings agency for homeless

Smart branch on Surrey high street looks like a traditional office which, until recently, was the Walton-on-Thames branch of Hamptons International.

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Covid checker launched for lettings agents managing student accommodation

Arthur.com CEO says its new functionality is vital as some 40 universities report Covid cases and self-isolating student

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The chain gang – conveyancing under pressure

In the post-lockdown ‘boom’ conveyancers are struggling to deliver, but some are responding better than others, says Richard Reed.

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