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CBRE signs up to ‘deposit-free’ payment platform for private tenants
Payment technology firm flatfair allows tenants to pay a regular 'membership fee' rather than a lump sum deposit
Government ‘opens formal negotiations’ with the property industry for a ‘built environment sector deal’
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy have penned a letter "confirming the government will open formal negotiations on a…
Pidgley offloads a million Berkeley Group shares
The boss of Britain's most influential housebuilder has trimmed his stake by a fifth
London estate agency fined £80k for data security breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined estate agency firm Life at Parliament View Ltd, after thousands of customers' personal details - including bank statements and passport copies - were…
PCL buying agency Aykroyd & Co launches property management arm
Savills' Natasha Willis joins the Mayfair advisory to spearhead the rollout of a new division
‘A huge leap forward for the property industry’: Mandatory estate agent qualifications move closer
Lord Best's recommendations, published today, herald a new regime for the property industry, with mandatory qualifications for all estate agents - which could be extended to property developers, managers…
Global real estate giants unite for massive $500m proptech investment fund
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall has assembled a remarkable consortium of 50 international property behemoths - including British Land, CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield - creating a half-a-billion dollar…
Dubai developer Damac ‘buys Italian fashion brand Roberto Cavalli’
Vision Investment Co., the investment company controlled by Damac's billionaire founder Hussain Sajwani, has reportedly inked a deal to acquire 100% of the embattled Italian fashion brand
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices moves into Spain
Madrid's LARVIA joins the global network of one of America's biggest real estate brokerages, following other recent signings in London, Milan, Berlin and Dubai...
Lloyds-backed Yorkshire estate agency makes another agency acquisition
Linley & Simpson has snapped up Leeds-based agency Morgans in its biggest acquisition so far - its eighth in the last 12 months
Urban Exposure launches £500m loan note
Aim-listed property finance firm launches a Bond for retail investors
Software leader opens up property platform ‘to accelerate global PropTech innovation’
Reapit is inviting other PropTech firms to play with its estate agency software platform