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29/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Wire

Covid-19 stalling first-time buyer activity

First-time buyers’ share of the housing market will fall by the end of 2020, according to Zoopla’s house price index. This year saw reduced availability of high-to-value mortgages, while the stamp duty holiday did more to help homemovers and investors than first-t...

26/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Telegraph

Hope for ‘worthless’ flats with new EWS2 form but owners still face huge cladding repair bills

Homeowners in low-rise blocks of flats could be freed from controversial rules that have caused banks to value their properties at nil. Telegraph Money understands the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is working on a new form to help people wrongly caught ...

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21/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Letting Agent Today

New property management division wants high-end London business

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000 properties under management in Manchester and London and advises major residential investors such as Curlew, Pat...

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21/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/City AM

Snakes and Ladders: Who is moving jobs in the City this week?

City firms are continuing to adapt to the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic as they vie to be in prime position to recover from the economic fallout of the crisis. This week, marketing firm Kantar has announced the appointment of a marketing v...

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20/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Mortgage Introducer

Ringley Group launches Ringley Prime and appoints CEO

Ringley Group has launched its estate and block management offering Ringley Prime, which focuses on luxury London properties, with the appointment of Lee Gregori as CEO. Gregori joins from Warwick Estates Property Management, where he was an associate director and...

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20/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Week

Ringley Group launches Ringley Prime and appoints CEO

The Ringley Group has announced the launch of its new estate and block management service focused on luxury London properties, Ringley Prime. The group has also hired Lee Gregori to lead its new property arm. Gregori joins from Warwick Estates Property Manageme...

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20/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Development Finance Today

Ringley Group launches Ringley Prime and appoints CEO

Ringley Group has appointed Lee Gregori as chief executive at Ringley Prime, its new estate and block management offering focused on luxury London properties. The residential property consultancy has launched the new business division to strengthen its presence in...

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16/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Inside Housing

Are two fires on the Shetland Islands a canary in the coal mine for modular construction?

The total loss of a hotel and bird observatory to fires on the Shetland Islands have not made much of an impact on the built environment sector. But should they serve as a warning about the risk of offsite construction, asks Peter Apps It was 12.30am when Jonathan...

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14/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/UK Investor Magazine

Using pensions to buy houses will be a disaster for property prices & your retirement

Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, said in a webinar that he wanted to explore ways for the auto-enrolment pension system to be adjusted, to allow buyers to borrow from their pension pots for property deposits. Today’s fire sale will mean fewer people will buy tomor...

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14/10/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Daily Express

Pension: Could your pots be used to purchase a house? New idea proposed by DWP

Pension savings are built up throughout a person’s working life and automatic enrolment rules can allow employees to generate large sums for their retirement. Recently, Guy Opperman revealed he was looking into how these assets can be used for other elements of life....

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