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Visual marketing
The old adage tells us movers make up their mind about a property after 30 seconds of walking through the front door, but love blossoms far earlier than the initial property visit. What actually...
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Two more Client Money Protection schemes approved ahead of April 1st deadline
Two more organisations have been given official approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes for estate agents to protect the £2.7 billion in funds held on behalf of clients. These are The...
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Proptech firm to launch new property portal in England and Wales
Proptech estate agency services company OneDome has announced that it is to launch a property portal in direct competition to Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. The company is best known for its...
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D-Day for Countrywide approaches as full-year results date is set
Countrywide is to reveal its much-anticipated final results for 2018 on Thursday 7th March, it has been announced. Senior directors including Group CFO Himanshu Raja and Group Chairman Peter Long are...
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Connells’ profits and turnover dip, latest results show
Picture: Kremer Signs Connells has restated its commitment to the company’s 600 branches and 7,000 staff and revealed that it intends to expand through acquisitions and organic growth despite a...
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A fifth of buyers have been put off by Brexit worries, says NAEA
The number of buyers in the market has fallen by just under a fifth over the past 12 months prompted by people’s worries over the economic uncertainties created by Brexit, NAEA Propertymark has...
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New rules for conveyancing
Many respondents told tmgroup that they were confident that the new rules “make good business sense” and should create competitive advantages for firms that promote the quality of their services...
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Foxtons makes its first loss since going public
Foxtons has reported an operating loss for the first time since it launched on the stock market in 2013. The company says it went into the red to the tune of £17.2 million on a turnover of £111.5...
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‘Be more transparent about referral fees or face prosecutions or even a ban’
Estate agents who refer customers to other businesses but do not make it clear that they are earning a fee, retainer or gift in return for the referral are open to prosecution, the National Trading...
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Online estate agency to pay mortgage brokers £500 referral fee to recommend...
An online estate agent is claiming to have turned the financial services referral system on its head after revealing that it is to pay mortgage brokers £500 to refer its property sales service....
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Rightmove chairman to step down as average agent monthly cost hits £1,000
Rightmove’s chairman Scott Forbes is to leave the company in 2020 after 14 years following a minor but significant shareholder revolt last year. The announcement is buried deep in its annual report...
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8 quick and easy blog post styles
Just how do you come up with different content ideas and keep your topics interesting and engaging again and again? How can you sustain this output without it devoting hours of your time? Here are...
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High Court rules Right to Rent checks have breached human rights legislation
The government’s Right to Rent scheme has been thrown into disarray after the High Court ruled today that it breaches human rights legislation. Mr Justice Martin Spencer has ruled that the scheme...
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OnTheMarket returns to radio with national marketing blitz
OnTheMarket is to begin a radio marketing blitz that it claims will see nearly half the population exposed to its radio adverts six-and-a-half times on average. During March and April the portal is to...
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Government launches campaign to stamp out ‘No DSS’ lettings adverts
The practice of estate agents and landlords stipulating ‘No DSS’ within lettings adverts is to be challenged by the government, which says it wants to see ‘immediate change’. Housing minister Heather...
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Two former LSL executives snap up 39 Your Move and Reeds Branches
The latest stage of LSL’s ‘ways of working’ restructure of its business has been announced following the transfer of 39 Reeds Rains and Your Move branches to a company operated and owned jointly by...
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Hunters hires former Foxtons data boss as it ramps up tech expansion
Franchised estate agency giant Hunters has appointed rival Foxtons’ former Chief Information Officer Dan Rafferty to be its Chief Operating Officer. Rafferty left Foxtons in July 2018 after a 14-year...
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Countrywide given £215,000 fine for not complying with AML rules
Countrywide has received the largest ever published fine given to an estate agent for non-compliance with anti-money laundering regulations, the Negotiator has been told. HMRC yesterday revealed that...
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OnTheMarket to have 17,200 branches listing by 2021, claims City broker
OnTheMarket is expecting to have 17,200 estate agent branches listing on its platform in three years’ time, a briefing document from its City broker has revealed, 5,000 more than it does today. Zeus...
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Property scores launched by property data firm for UK’s 25m homes
A ‘game-changing’ national system of scores for homes has been launched by a Manchester-based company that says it has the blessing of estate agents and will eventually add its scores to listings on...
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