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Are your vendors ready to pay £15,000 for a home staging makeover?
The property market must be back with a vengeance. Two designers have launched a new home staging and showhome business offering to help estate agents shift unloved or unsold properties on their books...
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Sunak’s Stamp Duty holiday revives vendor activity
Vendors have been slower to return to the market than buyers following the COVID lockdown but the Chancellor’s Stamp Duty holiday until 31st March has fixed that, says Zoopla. The portal’s buyer and...
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OpenBrix to launch fully in September after seven months in ‘Beta’
Challenger portal OpenBrix is to go live in September following feedback from the property industry, offering agents and the public the UK’s first Multi-Listing Service (MLS) portal. OpenBrix utilises...
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Government advises estate agents on masks as they become mandatory in shops
People visiting shops, enclosed shopping centres, banks or building societies will from today onward be required by law to wear masks. But the regulations do not explicitly mention estate agency...
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That personal touch…
As we embark on the ‘new normal’, people still appreciate the personal touch. While everything feels more sterile and disconnected, at InTouch Display, we are focused on using our tailored technology...
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ARLA Chief Executive David Cox to leave post today, Propertymark confirms
David Cox, the Chief Executive of ARLA Propertymark is leaving the organisation today with interim period or handover. “The Board of Propertymark would like to thank David for his significant...
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Northern lockdown excludes house moves, Propertymark confirms
The property industry has dodged another Covid bullet after government sources revealed over the weekend that the new Northern lockdown announced on Thursday evening will not affect the housing...
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OnTheMarket staff face headcount reduction as ‘uncertainty continues’
Property portal OnTheMarket.com is considering a ‘small number’ of redundancies, it has been announced. Its Acting Chief Executive, Clive Beattie, says the decision has been made as uncertainty...
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Purplebricks prepares to radically change its fixed fee model
Purplebricks has announced that it is to reduce its up-front fee of £999 this Autumn following an in-depth pricing study, CEO Vic Darvey has revealed in the hybrid agency’s annual results. He also...
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Shared house demand surges as students scramble for ‘safer’ homes
The student housing market has made a late comeback as many under-graduates have scrambled to find accommodation after leaving it to the last moment to accept places. Portal...
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Letting agents are ignoring ‘No DSS’ court case decision at their peril,...
Housing charity Shelter has accused letting agents and landlords of ignoring its recent landmark ‘No DSS’ court case win. Just over two weeks ago at York County Court a judge found that the practice...
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Revealed: Why Purplebricks dramatically culled its Territory Owners
Purplebricks’ CEO Vic Darvey has revealed the full details of its Territory Owner reduction programme that leaked out earlier this year. In a presentation to investors following its annual results...
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HMRC targeting property industry over furlough fraud
HMRC is targeting property industry companies as it clamps down on furlough payment fraud, a leading employment law firm has claimed. London-based Collyer Bristow says HMRC has put construction...
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Rightmove hires new financial chief on £1.75 million package
Rightmove has appointed a new financial chief on a salary of £390,000 and a generous bonus scheme that could see her earn another £1,365,000 million in cash and shares if the portal performs to...
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It’s time to move forward with your marketing
With the Stamp Duty holiday now in place, the future is bright as the property market gets back to business. Graeme Edwards, Ravensworth Enquiries, sales and house prices are all increasing. But if...
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Upad offers refunds to landlords after technical hitch leads to complaint
Upad has offered landlords who have used its service a refund after a technical hitch left its lettings platform offering less than its promised digital marketing reach. The refund offer follows a...
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Rightmove to introduce big changes to agents’ property details pages
Rightmove is upping its game with an overhaul of its website as its discounted fees period comes to an end this month following the Covid lockdown. This is designed, it claims, to increase estate...
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LSL blames 25% reduction in turnover on Covid, branch cull and fees ban
Turnover at LSL, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, nosedived by 25% to £114.9 million during the first six months of the year, caused almost entirely by a significant drop in sales at...
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Revealed: the cities and regions where agents earn the most from sales
The Conservatives say they want to ‘level up’ the UK but there’s a long way to go when it comes to the fees that estate agencies earn from property sales, new research reveals. London continues to...
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Online letting agency pays tenants to conduct property viewings
An online lettings platform has launched an unusual incentive scheme to persuade tenants to help market the properties by conducting viewings or making virtual tours. Launched by Mashroom.com, which a...
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