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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 05/12/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Cost-of-living crisis threatens to force more private renters into dangerous ‘Sex for Rent’ arrangements Around 200,000 female private renters could be offered discounted rent in exchange for sexual acts at some point in their lives, a recent survey conducted by Generation Rent and Mumsnet…
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 02/12/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Changes to capital gains causing landlord exodus PRESS RELEASE: The reduction in Capital Gains Allowance is an “unwelcome blow” and has seen the number of landlords looking to sell up hit a 13-year high. Jeremy Hunt announced that the amount…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 02/12/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Stellar Raises $20M in Series B Funding, Propelling its Position as a Leading Proptech Stellar, a venture-backed technology-driven marketplace which solves maintenance at scale for the Single-Family Rental (SFR) market, announced today $20M in Series B growth equity financing. The funding round was led…
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The Hollywood Starlet Home – Where Marilyn Monroe Once Lived
If these walls could talk! A 1930’s townhome built for Warner Bros to house their young starlets including Greta Garbo, Marlene Deitrich and Marilyn Monroe is for sale at $899,000. In Old Hollywood, the movie studios kept a close eye on their young talent and often put them up in homes and apartments that the…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 01/12/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Are Landlords Ready for the Renting Homes (Wales) Act? Changes effective from 1s December Private and social sector landlords required to comply with new procedures com reports increase in landlords seeking support Online lettings platform lettingaproperty has reported an increase in landlords in Wales seeking support to…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 30/11/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Decision to not offer households a discount on bills a “missed opportunity” “It’s a pity that the opportunity for householders to make savings has been abandoned. It would have sent a positive message.” PRESS RELEASE: The decision not to offer households a discount on…
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 25/11/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X NAPB: “Nothing announced today will help first-time buyers get a foot on the ladder.” Commenting on today’s Autumn statement, Jonathan Rolande, spokesman for the National Association of Property Buyers, said today: “There was a disappointing lack of focus on the…
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Demand shifts from sale to rental following financial uncertainty
Demand for homes to rent has jumped as some aspiring buyers put their plans on hold in the hope that mortgage rates will drop in the new year: The number of people enquiring about homes to rent is up 23% on this time last year, and the total number of home-movers in the market looking…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 23/11/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. 43% of property professionals ignore rising threat of money laundering fines Over a third (36%) haven’t reviewed the sanction list in the last month Training staff on the latest regulations identified as weakest part of anti-money laundering process PRESS RELEASE: Almost half (43%) of…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 22/11/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Canopy launches renter credit score subscription service PRESS RELEASE: Canopy has launched CanopyGrow, a subscription service designed specifically to help renters grow their credit score. 71% of renters in the UK are building towards homeownership with 25% of aspiring homeowners having been rejected for a…
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Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” Movie Ranch For Sale
The 1992 film Unforgiven, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, was one of the most critically acclaimed Westerns of the 1990s. The recipient of four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Editing), the film was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry. It was also a…
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Rightmove data on council tax increase
Following today’s announcement about councils being given the power to increase council 5%, new Rightmove data analyses council tax by local authority in England as a proportion of rent and mortgage payments, showing that people in Hartlepool pay council tax that is equivalent to 22% of their annual mortgage payment, versus just 1% of their…
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First-time buyers reduce energy use & going out to save for a deposit
Rightmove’s new study reveals that determined first-time buyers are cutting back on going out and using as much gas and electricity to still be able to save up for a deposit: The most common things they are cutting back spending on are going out, their levels of energy use, holidays, their food shop and streaming…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 21/11/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. NAPB: “Nothing announced today will help first-time buyers get a foot on the ladder.” Commenting on today’s Autumn statement, Jonathan Rolande, spokesman for the National Association of Property Buyers, said today: “There was a disappointing lack of focus on the housing market in the statement…
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 18/11/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Foxtons Lettings Market Index – October 2022 Rental prices reach record high weekly price in October as rising interest rates and lack of supply put pressure on rental prices Average rental prices reached new record high of £571 per…
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