AGENTS CAN OVERCOME GDPR MARKETING RESTRICTIONS USING PROPERTYHEADS.COM

PropertyHeads.com, the property and social network portal, offers agents the opportunity to by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions, enabling agents to engage with clients and prospects, without using email or telephone. This unique feature of portal and not offered by Rightmove, ZPG and OnTheMarket, allows agents’ communication on PropertyHeads.com to take the form of posting content, engaging…

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CAN LETTING AGENTS RECOVER FROM THE FEES BAN?

Findings from the latest annual report from Fixflo reveals that the fees ban could entirely wipe out some agents’ profits, with half of agents believing they will lose between 10% and 30% of their revenue. Almost 10% of those asked, said they would lose 30% or more of their income and agents cited loss of…

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Property in the South East: Sound investment or money pit?

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The affordability of homes in the South East of England has always been concerning, with only London overshadowing the soaring house values across the area. However, as Brexit threatens to deflate (if not burst) the bubble of London property prices, the attention of buyers has wandered to further afield to see if their money could…

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Top tips to help sell your property faster

Many people will simply place their house on the market and be in a position that offers and a buyer will come their way in not too much time thereafter… The situation has slightly turned around of late and homes are not flying off the shelf as fast as they once were, negative property news…

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Scotland’s Private Rented Sector Continues Upward Trend

• Glasgow’s rented sector roars back to life • Growth in Edinburgh accelerates • Negative annual growth eases in Aberdeen • Demand for larger, family accommodation continues Scotland The Scottish Private Rented Sector recorded another annual rise as at Q3 2018 with rents up 2.2% to stand at £789 per month on average. Continued demand…

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The NFB is not yet convinced that the Labour Party or the Conservative Party understand how homes get built

The Independent reported that Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey MP, has called on ministers to ensure that all councils have housing revenue accounts (HRAs), which can allow them to borrow in order to build new homes. The shadow housing secretary understands that some areas will entirely miss out on the opportunity to build more council homes.…

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Letwin Review: SMEs are crucial to solving the housing crisis

The Review focuses almost entirely on large sites and volume developers overlooking best practice already carried out by SMEs. The Letwin Review rejects criticisms of landbanking and welcomes calls from industry bodies to diversify the housing market and speed up house building on large sites. Small and medium-sized (SME) house builders have previously told the…

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Top Broadband Tips for Students

We can barely imagine how university was before the internet, before you could stalk all your classmates across social media prior to even meeting them, before you could download ebooks in seconds, without ever having to darken the doors of the library. But unlike your other utilities, the WiFi won’t simply run from the taps…

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Property Developers – How to Choose the Right One

Buying an off-plan property is one of the biggest financial transaction many people will ever make in their lives. As a result, it only makes sense that you should want to buy from not only the best but also the most reliable real estate developers. Unfortunately, however, there are many inexperienced and profit-minded players in…

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Chestertons kicks off its annual Winter Coat Campaign

Today marks the launch of Chestertons’ annual ‘Winter Coat Campaign’, a joint campaign with London charity ‘Calling London’ which aims to collect thousands of unwanted warm coats to help vulnerable people in London, of all ages, who are sleeping rough or unable to afford a winter coat. Last year, the Calling London Winter Coat Campaign…

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Should you sell your home before Brexit?

The departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, popularly known as “Brexit”, is due to happen on March 29, 2019, regardless of any deal struck between the British government and Brussels over the future relationship between the two sides. Negotiations, albeit strained, aimed at an amicable split continue, but the possibility of a…

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Investigating the Conservatory Trend

The first conservatories were grand, standalone structures that housed exotic plants that needed a warmer climate and more sunlight in order to grow. These were large greenhouses in botanical gardens, like the ones seen at Kew Gardens, first formally opened in 1759. Why similar but pared-down structures eventually made it onto the back of every…

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Why you Don’t need an App

Where’s your phone, right now? I bet that it’s not more than three feet from you; am I right? And there’s around a 50% chance that you’re even reading this post on your phone. When I reach for my computer to search for something on the internet, around 50% of the time, that computer is…

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