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Average cost of evicting rogue tenants reaches eye-watering £31k

Claim by leading letting agency Benham & Reeves includes lost rent, mortgage payments, refit costs and legal fees.

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Welsh fees ban differs to England’s legislation in two major ways, guidance shows

Welsh agents brace themselves as the ban looms, but it doesn't put a cap on deposits and allows wider range of default fees.


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Land Registry hires 1,000 staff to reduce shocking six-month delays for leaseholders

Ongoing problems are beginning to seriously impact the housing market as leaseholders wait for months to update leases prior to putting properties on the market.

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Foxtons gifts new finance chief shares worth £150,000

Just two weeks after his predecessor left, Richard Harris has been given a 'golden hello' of stock options from the struggling estate agency.

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Excluding property developers from AML is unfair to estate agents, it is claimed

Tech platform says loophole in Estate Agency Act 1979 must be closed so that all property sales in the UK are covered by AML regulations.

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