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05/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/London TV

PlanetRent partners with The 360 View to offer virtual tours of rental properties

As the UK faces another potential lockdown, automated lettings platform PlanetRent has partnered with a leading Virtual Reality technology company to offer virtual tours of rental properties, enabling landlords and agents to offer Covid-secure viewings. The partne...

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05/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/West Wales Chroncile

PlanetRent partners with The 360 View to offer virtual tours of rental properties

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05/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Mortgage Introducer

PlanetRent partners with The 360 View to offer virtual tours

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has partnered with virtual reality (VR) technology company The 360 View to offer COVID-secure virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership will allow landlords and agents to create immersive virtual tours that they can...

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05/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Wire

PlanetRent to offer virtual tours via partnership

Lettings platform PlanetRent has partnered with virtual reality technology company The 360 View to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership allows landlords and agents to create virtual tours that they can attach to the property listing through th...

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01/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/City AM

Not all sellers are equal — why cladding changes are urgently needed to free up the UK property market

According to Rightmove, people searching for a home in a village jumped by 126 per cent in June and July compared with the same period last year. That figure should not be surprising, given that if you’ve been cooped up in a smaller flat, with less living space be...

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18/09/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Mortgage Introducer

Labour warns that government must act now to protect renters

The Labour Party has called on the government to extend the evictions ban, which is due to end on Sunday 20 September, to avoid a homelessness crisis this winter. Shadow Housing Secretary Thangam Debbonaire accused the government of “prioritising reopening old wou...

18/09/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Specialist Finance Introducer

Labour warns that government must act now to protect renters

17/09/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/City AM

Debate: Should Sadiq Khan be allowed to freeze London rents for the next two years?

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday said that rents should be frozen in London to prevent a predicted wave of evictions caused by Covid-19. He called for new powers to prevent any rent increases for two years in the capital, warning that half a million people cou...

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17/09/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Landlord Today

A rent freeze is quite simply ‘another type of rent control’

Sadiq Khan’s proposal to introduce rent controls in London risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look to exit the private rented sector. The mayor of London has once called on the government to hand him extra powers so he can...

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17/09/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Reporter

NRLA slams London rent controls as 'disastrous'

Proposals by the Mayor of London for rent controls in the capital would be a disaster for tenants, driving landlords away from the capital, limiting the availability and quality of rental properties and, ultimately, increasing rents. As Sadiq Khan once again seeks...

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