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19th July 2019
Modern Methods of Construction: Expectation v Reality
We continue to see more announcements, and more importantly from more and more of the volume players within the market. An example of this is Barratt’s recent announcement that 20% of their new homes would be utilising modern methods of construction.These major players, and equally the SME’s are in a fight in a number of key areas within the industry.
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19th July 2019
New regulator proposed for property agents - A daily roundup of all the key property news
Posted by The Oracle Group
A daily roundup of all the key property news. The formation of a new regulator that would oversee a new regime for all property agents has been suggested by the Regulation of Property Agents working party, which will be held responsible for a statutory code of practice, and to devise a syllabus for a modular approach to the qualifications which will be required for letting and estate agents
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18th July 2019
Scotscape- Smart Pillars at Ebury Street Belgravia
Posted by Scotscape
Inspired by the knowledge the industry has gained about the benefits of urban greening in increasingly busy cityscapes, we wanted to take the concept of vertical retrofitting of plants one step further by using the existing resource of street furniture (including lamp posts) as a framework on which to grow plants, thus the Smart Pillar™ was designed.
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18th July 2019
Diversity in the Residential Property Industry
Firstly, before reading this blog I suggest you have time to get comfortable, have time to reflect properly and probably a brew in hand (or drink of choice, I however suggest it is non-alcoholic).In our recent residential property industry predictions for 2019 we highlighted that there would be a rise in the number of Diversity Policies and Strategies.
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18th July 2019
July Auctions – Commercial Property Highlights
Here at Clive Emson, we auction all types of properties and land, from converted barns to urban apartments, blocks of garages to acres of woodland. One particular area we specialise in is commercial properties and we’ve got some absolute gems at our July auctions, here we’ve picked out three highlights!    
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18th July 2019
Top London home prices falling fastest - PLUS all the Property news you need to read today
Posted by The Oracle Group
A daily roundup of all the key property news.Detached homes in London fell in value by more than £50,000 in a year, according to official figures, driving the slowdown in UK house price growth. Typically, this type of property cost £903,088 in May last year, but fell by 6.1% to £847,998 by this May, Land Registry figures show. 
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17th July 2019
Welsh Government launch consultation on no-fault evictions
Julie James AM, Minister for Housing and Local Government has launched a consultation asking for views on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section 173 notice from two to six months.The Welsh Government’s intention to do this was first  announced by Julie James in a speech she gave to Shelter Cymru’s Conference in Swansea on 4 July 2019.
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17th July 2019
Why invest in Plymouth?
Plymouth is on the rise with a number of multi-million pound regeneration schemes to be completed over the next few years. It shows a high degree of confidence in the city, augmenting an already high quality of life in the wider South West region.
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17th July 2019
Pensioners could be forced out of homes
Posted by The Oracle Group
A daily roundup of all the key property news. A group of MPs have warned that hundreds of thousands of pensioners could be forced out of their homes in the future due to soaring rents. The all-party parliamentary group on housing and care for older people said there could be 1.5m pensioners in the private rented sector in the next two decades, many of whom will struggle to pay rising costs.
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16th July 2019
Qualifications for estate agents should be ‘mandatory’
Posted by The Oracle Group
A daily roundup of all the key property news.The Regulation of Property Agents working party (ROPA) has recommended that property agency representatives should hold a formal qualification to do the job. ROPA advised Housing Minister Heather Wheeler that qualified agents would then be licenced as the only people able to conduct core selling or letting activities 
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15th July 2019
Legionella Risk Assessment
Posted by Survey Hub Ltd
Legionella is a bacteria which lives and breeds in water systems – both running and stagnant (ie swimming pools and hot tubs.) There are over 50 different types of which 19 have been found to cause ill health. Many different diseases can be caused, with Legionnaires’ disease being the most well-known. The 3 key factors to bacterial growth are temperature, nutrients and time. By removing one or more of these factors we can reduce the risk of contracting the disease.
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15th July 2019
PR = SEO. Get With It Or Get Crushed
Posted by Properganda
Elsewhere on this website we bang on about how gaining PR coverage feeds SEO.What’s SEO? It means ‘search engine optimisation’ and is the thing that determines where your website ranks in search pages according to Google.
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