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Proptech booms on as venture capital investor plans  to back <em>another 50</em> startups

PiLabs also says it is to beef up its investment team and open a European office in order to realise its ambitious goal.

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Money laundering: SmartSearch says estate agency is its fastest growing client sector

Under the threat of huge fines from HMRC, agents are using all means to comply with stringent anti-money laundering regulations.

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CBRE's residential arm to offer its £1,000-a-week tenants a deposit alternative service

World's largest property company has signed up to offer its renters the Flatfair deposit replacement service.

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Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Considering there is now talk of a recession, it’s hard to see in some areas how property prices will be affected, when they haven’t recovered from the last recession.”

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Leading voice of independents lettings agency sector sells up to Northwood

Daisy Lets is the No.1 lettings agency in the Forest Hill area of south London but has now been sold by its founder Claire Empson to a local Northwood franchisee.

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Landlord tells of rising rents as his management agency cranks up its fees to survive

The owner of four properties on the Sussex coast tells The Negotiator he is increasing his rents to pay for extra costs and to help his 'fantastic' agency survive.

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