Estate agents ârip offâ tenants
Private tenants are routinely being âconnedâ by letting agents imposing unjustified fees for providing a poor or nonexistent service, a report from the Citizens Advice said today. It said that…
Tag: estate agent
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One in four unable to get mortgage…
Research from the National Association of Estate Agents has revealed that nearly one in four people claim they are unable to get a mortgage due to the tighter lending criteria…
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Mortgage squeeze forces families to downsize
Middle class homebuyers are downsizing their properties because of the mortgage drought, the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has said. Housebuyers who would normally have looked for a four-bedroom…
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Lunchtime news Friday 18 January 2026
Junior housing minister, Iain Wright, is attempting to speed up the house buying process by introducing new ‘good practice guidelines’ that state local authorities should aim to allow search companies…
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Lunchtime news Tuesday 6 May 2026
The head of Southern Housing Group – one of the UK’s largest housing associations – has warned that the shortage of lenders has made it hard for housing associations to…
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Lunchtime news June 14
The Liberal Democrats today dramatically raised the political stakes on housing with a call for a million new affordable homes over the next decade. The 100,000-a-year programme would be more…
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Estate agent faked demand
A Belfast house builder has been accused of faking a queue outside an estate agent to drum up interest in the development. A PR agency sent out a press released…
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Solicitors take on the estate agents
Solicitors are calling for a licensing system to regulate estate agents and increase transparency over their ‘excessive fees’. The Law Society of England and Wales says that along with stamp…
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Lunchtime news May 24
Should affordable housing be Gordon Brown’s first priority? Yes, say four of the six Labour deputy leader candidates in the Mirror. Yes, along with other things, say the other two.…
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Estate agents numbers cut in half
More than 30,000 estate agents have lost their jobs since the start of the credit crisis, nearly half the number who were in work 18 months ago. Approximately 4,000 estate…