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Former estate agent launches new virtual viewings platform
A former London estate agent with a 20-year track record in the industry is spearheading the launch of a new virtual viewings platform that claims it will be the first to offer accompanied online...
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‘Some agents are not aware of the property viewings guidance’
Location, Location, Location TV show presenter Phil Spencer has joined his screen partner Kirstie Allsopp to warn that confusion and frustration is building over the new restrictive property viewings...
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BOUNCE BACK: More properties are now ‘under offer’ than exchanging or completing
Housing market data published this morning reveals that the number of homes under offer has overtaken those at exchange or moving to completion for the first time since the Coronavirus crisis struck....
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Rate at which agents are leaving Rightmove accelerates
Research shown to The Negotiator claims that nearly 300 agents left Rightmove during April with the greatest cluster of departures in Cheshire, Devon, Essex and Kent plus Tyne and Wear. This research...
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How lockdown could change estate agency for the better, forever
The beginning of 2020 looked like we were finally turning a corner. A landslide election victory and our long-awaited departure from the European Union signalled stability and growth for the housing...
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Exchange and complete on same day, recommends leading conveyancer
Another conveyancing figure has urged estate agents to recommend buyers and sellers move as quickly as possible from exchange to completion until the Coronavirus crisis and the lockdown ease.. Matthew...
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As tenant fees ban goes live in full today, agents warned over advance fees
ARLA Property has today reminded letting agents across England that the full tenant fees ban came into force this morning and now covers all kinds of tenancies. Now, the Tenant Fees Act applies not...
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LATEST: property sales pipeline has returned to normal, claims Reapit
A recovery is ‘waiting in the wings’ as the property market slowly emerges from the Coronavirus lockdown, leading property software firm Reapit has claimed. Data pulled from its Agency Cloud platform...
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London agency claims to be selling six properties an hour
London firm Dexters reckons it’s the busiest estate agency in London post-lockdown, landing an impressive six deals an hour during the past two weeks. The claim might be challenged by its rivals, but...
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Financial regulator takes business interruption insurers to High Court
Justice for some of the estate agents who feel let down by their business interruption insurance policies has taken another step towards being achieved. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says that...
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The ‘finger thing’ that helps estate agents avoid getting Coronavirus at work
Estate agents worried about touching handles, doorknobs and taps at work or while conducting viewings now have a handy gizmo to keep their hands Covid-free. Called somewhat predictably the KeepSafe,...
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Is the steam running out of the ‘Say No to Rightmove’ campaign?
Agents who are hoping that the Coronvirus crisis and clumsy handling of it by Rightmove might be the beginning of the end for the portal might want to look away now. Research completed for The...
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Sean Newman: Why I brought in a former Purplebricks player to help run my...
Sean Newman is one of the best-known faces in the industry both as the owner of a 16-branch Fine & Country franchise but also his own burgeoning and eponymous chain, Newman Property Experts. And...
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Mio sales progression hits 1,000 agent milestone under new MD
House moving platform and smartphone app Mio has signed up more than 1,000 agency branches since it launched in May last year, and currently includes over 10,000 active house moving chains and details...
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Estate agency launches novel solution to the new social distancing workspace...
A sales and lettings agency in Northampton has come up with a novel solution to the challenges thrown up by the government’s social distancing rules for workplaces. Cotters, a one-branch agency with...
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Video viewings firm helps ‘hundreds’ of vendors make their own lockdown tours
One of the UK’s leading video viewings platforms for estate agents has said that its experiment during the lockdown to allow home owners to film their own properties with commentary has been a runaway...
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Connells warns industry of criminal ‘Coronavirus’ gang robbing branches in...
Estate agency chain Connells has reported a spate of thefts at several of its recently re-opened branches in Essex, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire during office hours. The agency’s group head office...
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Demand for rental properties jumps by 22% over past two weeks
Lockdown break-ups, job losses and urgent relocations have all boosted rental demand by 22% compared to last year, releasing two months of pent-up tension into the lettings market, Rightmove has...
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What’s been tripping up transactions during the Coronavirus crisis?
The lockdown saw the majority of ongoing conveyancing transactions grind to a halt. Clients have been concerned about ongoing transactions not completing due to issues with removals, banks not being...
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Would you still love your estate agency job in 25 years’ time?
A Leicestershire estate agency director celebrating 25 years working in the industry says she still enjoys her job as much as she did on her first day at work. Jill Griffiths, 62 (pictured, above...
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