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Mandatory mask wearing inside Scottish branches to become law
In a taste of what may be on the way for estate agents elsewhere in the UK, branch staff in Scotland are today facing their second day under new guidelines requiring them and their clients to wear...
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Would you do it? Estate agent regrets letting the TV cameras into his offices
The owner of an estate agency that has become the centre piece of a surprise Netflix TV hit show has said he was misled about what the reality show Selling Sunset would really be about. The show,...
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Vendor and estate agent ‘pairing’ platform picks up £600,000
A two-year-old proptech platform that helps vendors and property developers identify the ideal estate agent to sell their property has raised a further £600,000 in funding from three new investors,...
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Landlords fire latest salvo in eviction war of words as ban end looms
The war of words between tenants and landlords is beginning to hot up ahead of the evictions ban lifting on Monday. Organisations including Shelter, Acorn, the London Renters Union and Generation Rent...
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Businessman says his new estate agency model is a first for the housing market
A new online estate agency claims to have launched a UK-first: a ‘pay now’ service, covering everything from legal fees to a removal van and even a dog sitter on moving day. New Leeds-based Eazy...
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Purplebricks gifts senior duo share options worth at least £3.4 million
Purplebricks has gifted two of its most senior players share options worth over £3.44 million, based on its current share price. These are CEO Vic Darvey who gets 2.5 million share options and CFO...
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Purplebricks given largest ever AML fine for an estate agency
Purplebricks has been given a £266,973 fine by HM Revenue & Customers for breaches of money laundering rules, the largest ever given to a UK estate agency. This follows the £215,000 fine given to...
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SDL Auctions – online record – breaker
On the 100th day since the lockdown began (1st July), SDL Auctions became the UK’s most successful live-streamed online auctioneer. The auction saw a return to the rostrum for auctioneer Rory Daly,...
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Northern auction boom
Upperthorpe, Sheffield A post-lockdown boom saw a Sheffield auction attract more than £3m in sales as demand outstripped supply. For the third time in a row all lots (24) were sold at the monthly...
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PROFILE: the estate agent featured in last night’s TV show Manctopia
The estate agent featured in last night’s BBC documentary Manctopia is a leading figure in several campaigns within the city including homelessness and leaseholder issues. Jennie Platt, who owns an...
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Conveyancing solicitor struck off over stamp duty fraud
A conveyancing solicitor who falsified SDLT documents to pocket stamp duty payments intended for HMRC totalling £311,862 has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is the final...
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Can a US-style MLS work in the UK? 1000s of agents think so, says OpenBrix
Challenger portal OpenBrix says thousands of estate agents have registered their interest in using the platform ahead of its official launch next month as it prepares to introduce a US-style...
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Investment bank questions Rightmove’s rose-tinted agent figures
Rightmove’s share price slid yesterday after a leading investment bank issued a warning about the portal’s future performance and questioned whether its 3.5% reduction in agent customers published...
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Surviving the virus – how technology can save money
Covid-19 has made many companies completely reassess the way that they use proptech and it is becoming clear that many of these changes are going to be permanent. For example, one of my large clients...
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Larger than life former Welsh agent dies in tragic jet-ski incident
A fundraiser has been launched for a ‘larger-than-life’ and much respected former Welsh estate agent who was killed in a jet-ski accident off the coast of Pwllheli last weekend. Porthmadog-based Barry...
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Sales negotiators have the best chance of getting a new job, industry...
Sales negotiating remains the most in-demand skillset within the property industry, new research has found. Industry recruitment firm Rayner Personnel looked at the number of available jobs listed for...
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Robin Paterson makes his next (highly critical) move on Countrywide
Senior industry veteran Robin Paterson has launched an extraordinary broadside against Countrywide within a five-page letter to its chairman Peter Long setting out his plan for the company. As The...
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Revealed: How Spicerhaart’s new Partner model works on the ground
Spicerhaart has revealed the structure of its new Partnership programme being implemented rapidly across Haart and its other brands including Butters John Bee. As reported before, the company is...
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OTM ejects ‘baffled’ estate agency just two months after joining
New online firm Eazy Agent claims it’s been unfairly kicked off OnTheMarket (OTM) despite not flouting any of the platform’s rules. The Leeds-based agent – profiled earlier this week on The Negotiator...
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Rightmove warns agent over ongoing sophisticated phishing attack
Rightmove has written to its customers to warn that a sophisticated phishing scam campaign is underway directed at estate agents and pretending to be from the portal. Fraudsters have been emailing...
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