Purplebricks rival launches | Emoov push | £20k HMO fine

Is Accommodation the next Purplebricks… for lettings?

The platform's newly-arrived recruitment chief Michael Booth tells The Negotiator why he thinks it could clean up where others have failed. But is he right?

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It’s back! Emoov launches first marketing campaign since re-launch

Ten-month programme will promote transformation of hybrid agency into a “360 degree property service marketplace”, it is claimed.

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‘Parlous state of the housing market has finally reached receptive ears’

London agent Trevor Abrahmsohn passes a hopeful but acerbic eye over the current and past efforts of government to build enough homes.

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Rogue tenant fined £20,000 for illegally sub-letting HMO

In an unusual and possibly unique case, Brent council in London has prosecuted a tenant who sub-let property without the agent's knowledge.

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The Makeover

We look at how Excite Interiors approached the task of remodelling Sowerbys’ Norwich branch extension.

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Guest blog: Buy-to-let is alive and kicking!

Press reports suggest buy-to-let is dead, the market is shrinking and government is over-complicating everything. Frank Webster believes the opposite is true.

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