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LSL scraps dividend and cuts costs amid ‘unprecedented’ market conditions
The property services group is taking 'prompt decisive self-help actions' to help see it through the current crisis
Pandemic prompts Airbnb hosts to play the long game
The number of active Airbnb listings has tanked in central London and other tourist hotspots, as owners seek out the security of long-term tenancies
Savills sells over £18m worth of property at first remote auction
Five lots in London fetched more than £1m after generating competitive bidding
PRS FAQ: Covid-19 guidance for landlords & tenants
How should private landlords, tenants and letting agents navigate new, existing and ending tenancies in the Coronovirus lockdown? The Tenancy Deposit Scheme provides some practical answers...
Matterport recruits WeWork marketing chief
Virtual tour and spatial mapping company Matterport has recruited WeWork's former marketing chief Robin Daniels to run its global marketing department.
Purplebricks slashes marketing and goes fully digital to shore up cash
'Hybrid' agency cans all TV and radio ads and switches to a 'complete online model' as the coronavirus crisis culls UK housing market activity
Post-Pandemic: What will become of the UK’s residential property market?
Major agencies have a shot at predicting how far transactions and prices will fall during the Coronavirus crisis, and more importantly - when they will eventually recover...
European investor picks up six-unit portfolio at The Hexagon
A European investor has bought half a dozen apartments at The Hexagon scheme in Covent Garden in a £7.5m bulk deal.
New volunteering platform encourages real estate firms to provide practical support to the NHS
Teams from Greystar, SAY Consulting, deverellsmith, and Be Original have launched Do Some Good, encouraging the property industry to pledge support for NHS and healthcare workers on the front line of the…
Rightmove cancels dividend payment; Berkeley revises profit forecast
Britain's biggest property portal suspends its final 2019 dividend, telling shareholders that it is "taking appropriate measures" to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on its bottom line - but…
In Pictures: PCL agency launches quartet of high-end mews instructions
Chelsea-based Russell Simpson has taken on a batch of new mews properties, ranging from a turnkey specimen designed by Turner Pocock, to a character-filled pad above Roald Dahl's former home in Clapham...
Mortgage market could be frozen as lenders pull products
Banks & Government said to be in talks about pausing or adapting the mortgage market in light of the Coronavirus lockdown.