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Scottish agents offered auction option
Matthew Gray Auction sales are growing in popularity in England – and now estate agents across Scotland are being offered the chance to include the option of selling their properties through auction....
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Gloomy report from RICS as Brexit blues continue
The RICS has published its latest (December) UK Residential Market Survey, which shows that the market is still on hold due to political uncertainty, lack of stock and affordability. Stock down in...
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SEO… PR… They are all connected
BRAINSTORMING At the initial brainstorm for a campaign, one of the first questions to consider is whether social media would be suitable for the campaign in question. How could social media marketing...
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St Helens estate agent jailed
Richard Charles Hall (45), an estate agent from from Ecclestone, St Helens, Lancashire, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after carrying out fraud offences and perverting the course of...
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Letting to housing benefit recipients – good or bad?
There is discussion as to whether it might be deemed to be discrimination to refuse an applicant who is in receipt of Housing Benefit; different people have different views on this. Firstly, we should...
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Zoopla reveals what vendors are looking for from agents
New Zoopla research reveals that low fees and local presence are not the most important factors for property sellers when choosing an agent. Rather surprisingly, the research shows that transparency...
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Sellers frustrated by Brexit uncertainty
Data released by Reapit shows that the number of withdrawn properties in the UK market declined by over 25% in November and December compared to 2017, meaning that more sellers kept their properties...
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Tenant Fees ban: landlords will absorb extra costs
The Tenant Fee ban is great news for tenants. Housing Minister, Heather Wheeler MP, said that, “The new measures in our Tenant Fees Bill will save renters around £240 million a year by banning unfair...
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Purplebricks launches in Canada but with directly-employed agents
Purplebricks has launched in Canada despite saying it would not be introducing its brand to the country following the purchase of local hybrid agency DuProprio in July last year for £29.3 million. But...
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Estate agent still a key conveyancing recommender for house movers, research...
A third of home movers or approximately 300,000 people every year turn solely to estate agents to recommend a conveyancing solicitor, it has been revealed. Conveyancing brokerage When You Move says...
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Chestertons to post profits of £3 million for 2018, two years after making a...
Profits at venerable London estate agency Chestertons doubled during 2018, the company has revealed. Based on its most recent accounts, this points to likely profits of £3 million last year on a...
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Housing market makes a slow start to 2019 caused by ‘Brexit hesitancy’
The UK and particularly London and the South East have experienced the slowest start to the year for seven years, says Rightmove, caused by ‘buyer hesitancy’. Asking prices in London have dropped by...
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The future of Messenger Marketing
Imagine you are a landlord and your letting agent has just placed a new tenant in your BTL property. After all contracts have been signed, you look at your phone and see a notification from Facebook...
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Chestertons wins Special Charity Award
The London Magazine Club Awards 2018 took place on 26th November at the Hotel Café Royal in London, celebrating the outstanding contribution of CLEA agents to the capital, to charity and to the...
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Business as usual at TDS following fire
“I’ve always firmly believed that TDS’s biggest strength is the expertise, dedication and attitude of our colleagues. The fire at our head office just two weeks ago put that theory to the test and...
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Landmark Information Group appointments
Landmark Information Group, has appointed Simon Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer and Stephen Stout as its new Executive Chairman as the current CEO, Mark Milner, takes on the newly created role...
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Landlord loses case for £4 million after dramatic fire damages seven flats
A rental landlord seeking compensation from a building owner after a fire broke out in a restaurant below flats it was renting out has lost its fight in the courts nine years after the blaze. The...
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Secretary of State green lights another To Let board ban
Lincoln is the latest city to be given permission by the government to implement a total ban on To Let boards. A year ago City of Lincoln Council applied to the Secretary of State to prevent agents...
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Property entrepreneurs offer flats to homeless
Dundee-based Graeme and Leanne Carling are offering units from their extensive property stock in Tayside free of charge, as part of their involvement with the Sleep in the Park event by the charity,...
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Strong mortgage and surveying divisions help LSL weather sales downturn
Your Move and Reeds Rains parent company LSL has reported buoyant trading for the final six months of 2018, helping the company beat its own forecast for the year. The group, which operates 441...
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