Referencing crisis fear | New fees ban pain | Agents fight it out




Countdown to the fees ban: ‘rents already rising and more landlords selling up’

ARLA says 'predicted' effect of tenant fees ban has already been felt within the private rented sector just hours ahead of its introduction.

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Rent recognition service CreditLadder asks investors for £600,000

Cash raise on Seedrs is part of overall plan to raise £2 million to fund expansion of company, which has already recognised rents worth £70 million.

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Knock me down! Charity boxing event raises record £19,000 for kids’ charity

Paul Shamplina's fifth Rumble with the Agents white collar boxing event reaches new fund-raising heights, as guests and sponsors watch property industry professionals slug it out through five fights.

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Tenant fees ban will spark tenant referencing crisis, say landlords

NLA claims many letting agents are planning to stop providing references for former tenants to landlords and other agencies in a bid to cut costs.

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Interview: Christopher May of new global property portal Residential People

The Negotiator tracks down the free-to-list portal's co-founder to find out how the challenger is going to become a global scale 'Rightmove'.

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Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The current generation of FTBs are more savvy than those before, they see a depressed market as one which is good news for them, rather than one to stay away from.”

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