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21st August 2019
Agreements About Property Rights Need More Than a Friendly Handshake!
Posted by Robinson Allfree
Friendly agreements between neighbours about property rights may seem a good idea. However, as a High Court case showed, they may not be binding on future owners and that is why it always makes sense to get a lawyer to formalise such deals.
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21st August 2019
Fantastic New Product
We are very happy with the new GSM wireless product we have been testing; not only does it have intelligent analytics built into the camera technology to ascertain if its a person, car or animal it has serious long range capability both in daylight and darkness making it a great product for larger property sites and it of course is non dependent on mains power or any cabling so its relatively quick to install.  
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21st August 2019
How to protect yourself from being ‘gazumped’
Posted by Gazeal
There are few conversations more upsetting for buyers or sellers than those where an estate agent breaks it to them that the other party has pulled out of a sale. Sometimes it’s because of a poor survey, sometimes a better offer, or sometimes – most frustratingly of all – there’s no obvious reason.
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20th August 2019
Pure Town Planning- Approved: certificate of lawfulness for a 6-bed HMO in Poole
Posted by Pure Town Planning
BCP Council (formerly Borough of Poole): Darryl Howells, a director of the firm, has successfully secured a Certificate of Lawfulness for the conversion of a dwelling to a 6 bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) with only 2 car parking spaces, in an established area of semi-detached houses.
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20th August 2019
Top business finance solutions
Posted by CreditDigital
Every business needs to consider creative funding solutions at one point or another. Try as business owners might to never experience cash flow shortages, unexpected circumstances commonly force both small businesses and large limited companies to consider finance options that will bail them out of potentially growth-killing dry spells.
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20th August 2019
Keeping housing healthy – David Cox’s five-point market manifesto for the new Prime Minister.
David Cox, ARLA Propertymark Chief Executive, has outlined a housing manifesto that he believes will keep the sector healthy. With a new government settling in, this may be an ideal time to investigate and implement these reforms.
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16th August 2019
Knight Frank boosts Private Office Commercial team
Knight Frank, the global real estate adviser, has expanded the Private Office Commercial team with the appointment of Chris JamesBased at the firm’s global headquarters in London, Chris will be working with UHNW and Family Offices seeking commercial real estate investment in the UK and Europe across all sectors.
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16th August 2019
GDS Korea appoints APAC Business Development Manager
GDS is excited to announce the appointment of GDS engineer Bill Price, to Business Development Manager-APAC. Since relocating to the area when the GDS Korea office launched in 2017, Bill has played an instrumental role in establishing the companies’ presence in the Asian market and is perfectly placed to oversee future growth for the GDS Group.
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16th August 2019
Share your views on the future of digital identity
A Government consultation is asking for your views on developing a secure and reusable digital identification service, to make processes such as reference checking easier and more reliable. Can digital ID services be made better, centralised, and more useful?Propertymark has already made advances in secure digital identification with NAEA Propertymark's Propertymark Passport, enabling members to verify identity and support HMRC compliance, but a Government consultation is asking the question on a wider scale.
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16th August 2019
Vita Architecture-Our project in Redhill has reached completion!
Our scheme in Green Lane, Redhill has reached completion! After being awarded planning from Reigate and Banstead at the end of 2018, our contractor teams at Probuild and WNHL have successfully closed out the project for us. Many thanks also to Advanced Window Improvements who smoothly executed what was a relatively tricky glazing detail. Really happy for our incredibly warm and friendly clients – Nick and Claire. Looking forward to seeing it in use!
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15th August 2019
Planning House are proud to announce that Helen Heward has won a Rising Star Award for 2019, powered by The Times & The Sunday Times.
Posted by Planning House
The Rising Star awards were introduced to showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below management and to create female 100 role models across different industries and professions. We’ve delighted that Helen is amongst these national role models and more specifically one of the 5 role models selected in the Property, Construction and facilities Management sector.
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15th August 2019
Recent public survey demands "give housing more attention"
A growing proportion of Britons think that the political parties don’t pay a lot of attention to housing, according to new research.The survey, carried out by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), gathered opinions from 2,181 adults across Great Britain,
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