One in five UK estate agents are at risk of going out of business amid a growth in online companies, new research shows.

Almost 5,000 estate agents are showing signs of “financial distress”, said accountancy firm Moore Stephens.

Traditional companies…

The amount lent to property developers through the Lendy platform has increased by 116% in just a year, from £150m in June 2017 to £325m in July, reveals Lendy, Europe’s leading peer to peer secured lending platform, and title sponsor of Lendy Cowes …

LENDY has grown its loan book from £80m to £322m in the first half of the year, while interest earned by investors has already surpassed the 2016 total.

The peer-to-peer property platform has released its half-year review, showing lenders gained £25m…

PEER-TO-PEER platforms may be pitching themselves as an alternative to mainstream banks but many are relying on traditional methods when it comes to advertising.

Property P2P platform Lendy has recently announced sponsorship of the Cowes Week sailing…