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18 January 2021
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A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...
17 December 2020
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A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...
14 December 2020
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The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...
30 November 2020
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Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
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One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
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The group human resources director of the Leaders Romans Group wants the agency industry to improve its reputation by embracing more...
11 November 2020
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The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group. Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...
02 November 2020
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Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...
23 October 2020
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The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
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Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...
13 October 2020
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Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...
05 October 2020
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Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...
24 September 2020
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Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
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The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...
09 September 2020
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An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...
11 August 2020
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The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...
04 August 2020
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David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...
28 July 2020
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The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...
16 July 2020
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Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...
06 July 2020
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Propertymark has announced that the leadership structure of the lettings side is to be merged with the estate agency section, with...
06 July 2020
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Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...
13 May 2020
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Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...
30 April 2020
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Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...
16 April 2020
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Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...
13 March 2020
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Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business. scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...
10 March 2020
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A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...
03 March 2020
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A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...
02 March 2020
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Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...
03 February 2020
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Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...
09 January 2020
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The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...
30 December 2019
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The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...
20 December 2019
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One of the UK’s largest tenant referencing and let insurance providers has announced a new integration with a PropTech firm -...
02 December 2019
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A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...
28 November 2019
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A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...
12 November 2019
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The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...
18 October 2019
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
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A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...
08 October 2019
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An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
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A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...
20 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents appears to have joined the chorus of criticism against Labour’s controversial right to buy policy...
04 September 2019
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27 August 2019
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What is your business? Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...
15 August 2019
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A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...
01 July 2019
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Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...
24 June 2019
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Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...
14 May 2019
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A dispute concerning a ‘no deposit option’ put forward by a letting agency has reached the Daily Mail. The newspaper’s online service...
12 April 2019
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A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...
03 April 2019
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Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...
05 March 2019
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The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...
22 February 2019
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A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector. Two new...
16 November 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...
12 November 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its sixth business acquisition of 2018 - the Worthing and Bognor Regis lettings portfolios of...
21 September 2018
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An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...
30 August 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...
15 August 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has acquired Upp Property Lettings in Oakham and Stamford. The acquisition will see the existing Leaders branch in...
13 July 2018
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High-profile buy to let mortgage lender LendInvest says it’s going to allow applicants to prove their ID online via photographs. It’s working...
13 July 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...
23 May 2018
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MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...
19 April 2018
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Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...
19 April 2018
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Leaders has completed its 10th acquisition in the last nine months. It has snapped up Temples agency which gives it new branches...
19 March 2018
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Two of the leaders of PropTech company Goodlord have revealed some of the issues that this month drove the company to...
30 January 2018
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The agency Leaders has been marking the 10th anniversary of the death of its founder Neville Lee, who was a key...
22 January 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...
11 December 2017
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The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...
23 November 2017
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Leaders has acquired its fourth agency in the same city, Norwich, in a sign of what it calls its commitment to...
20 November 2017
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The Leaders Romans Group is continuing on the acquisition trail with two more deals within 24 hours. On Tuesday the company acquired...
26 October 2017
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Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...
26 October 2017
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Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday. The...
19 October 2017
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The fast-expanding Nick Dunning Associates - which acquired London agency Stirling Ackroyd over the summer - has strengthened its leadership team...
12 October 2017
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Romans - part of the leading property company, The Leaders Romans Group - is on the acquisition trail again. Between 2013 and...
27 September 2017
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According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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Leaders has snapped up the 500-plus property portfolio of Derby-based lettings firm MBM Management Limited. The company was established in 1996 and...
14 July 2017
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Leaders has returned to ther acquisition trail with its purchase of a local agency in Nottingham. Leaders has snapped up Bulmer Estates,...
22 June 2017
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A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who...
09 June 2017
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A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...
02 June 2017
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Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...
30 May 2017
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Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...
25 May 2017
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One of the UK’s largest independent letting agency chains, Leaders, has entered into a partnership with specialist energy provider Spark Energy. Leaders...
23 May 2017
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Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...
26 April 2017
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Leaders and Romans have announced that both brands are seeking to expand this year through acquisitions following what they call "a...
26 April 2017
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Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...
24 November 2016
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Another two independent letting agencies have been acquired by the Property Services Holding Group. comprising Leaders and Romans. Leaders has completed the...
21 November 2016
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The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...
16 November 2016
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Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...
25 October 2016
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A dramatic legal spat between New York’s civic leaders and online short-lets platform Airbnb escalated over the weekend in a dispute...
24 October 2016
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Fixflo has stolen a march over other PropTech companies by being the sole representative from the sector to be invited to...
02 September 2016
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Leaders has launched a new online opportunity for investors to buy, sell and compare available buy to let properties It provides access...
22 August 2016
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Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...
18 August 2016
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Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...
08 August 2016
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National estate agency chain Leaders has announced the acquisition of two property businesses in the north of England. Yesterday it took over...
27 May 2016
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The Romans Group has snapped up Handovers in Guildford, another acquisition using its £30m facility for expansion purchases. Handovers is now fully-incorporated...
06 May 2016
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Adrian Gill, whose resignation as LSL Property Services was announced last week after just nine months in post, is to become...
25 April 2016
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Sales and letting agents who enter a new awards event will be given the chance to promote their property business on...
15 March 2016
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Mark Alcroft, the former managing director of Bridgfords Estate Agents, has joined Leaders with the aim of growing the business in...
03 March 2016
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Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...
15 February 2016
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has teamed up with 62 other property bodies to launch “a global consultation on ethics...
29 January 2016
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Estate Agency AllStars is to take its training nationwide next year. The company runs courses on What is Estate Agency, Prospecting School,...
23 December 2015
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Leaders has acquired another lettings independent, Faulkner Property Management. Faulkner has two branches in Milton Keynes and Buckingham - new areas for...
23 November 2015
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Leaders has added another seven branches to its 110-plus network in recent weeks. The firm has just completed the purchases of Lloyds...
04 November 2015
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A tenants’ campaign group is planning a series of protests this coming weekend outside offices of lettings agencies which allegedly do...
28 October 2015
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Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...
28 September 2015
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A trio of recent acquisitions has ensured a national agency chain not only records its best ever annual growth, but also...
14 September 2015
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London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...
08 September 2015
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Some 60% of landlords have no intention of investing in their property to make it more efficient, despite new energy efficiency...
20 August 2015
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Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...
07 August 2015
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An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...
24 July 2015
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Leaders has acquired Home Counties estate agency Aston Mead in a deal which brings it additional branches in two new areas,...
07 July 2015
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A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...
29 June 2015
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One of four MP candidates standing for the Labour Party leadership says Right To Buy should be extended - to private...
26 June 2015
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Leaders has just completed its biggest acquisition deal to date, taking its UK-wide branch network to 99. It has acquired Derby’s agency...
23 June 2015
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The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...
18 June 2015
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Nominations for Labour’s deputy leadership race close at midday today with Stella Creasy, an MP who has campaigned fiecely against letting...
17 June 2015
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A portal dedicated to investment and buy-to-let property has launched this week. Buy2Let.com, which describes itself as the first of its kind,...
02 June 2015
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The chief executive of Leaders letting and estate agency is demanding that the new Conservative government brings in the formal regulation...