Nigel Lewis
Nigel Lewis is The Negotiator’s Head of Content and has a 28-year track record as a property journalist.
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OPINION: Weak policing of bad landlords is the problem – not Section 21 evictions
Section 21 evictions have been blamed for the UK's rising homelessness problem, but in reality they are just the sympton of weak enforcement of existing…
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ANALYSIS: Minister finally listens to common sense on reforms
The weekend saw a flurry of official activity to mollify the rebel Tory MPs who want the rental reforms altered - so what were they…
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Takeovers and makeovers
Nigel Lewis asks if two of the biggest names in residential agency really have any future at all.
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Gove’s government
Nigel Lewis reports from the NRLA conference, where the Housing Secretary, Michael Gove bravely faced an auditorium full of landlords – via Zoom.
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Practicality, not politics
Nigel Lewis has a historical perspective on housing policy and can’t see anything of hope for housing with the current direction of thought.
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A data scandal looms
The advent of GDPR was a while ago now and agents may feel relaxed about it with good practices in place, but as Nigel Lewis…
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Court napping
Nigel Lewis looks beyond the proposed PRS legislation at the practical end – the County Courts. Are they ready for this?
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The Renters (Reform) Bill in focus
Nigel Lewis looks at the proposed legislation through the long lens of a beer glass...
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What’s in a name?
Traditional agents have many names for non-traditional agents, some of which aren’t printable here. Nigel Lewis asks, what then, should we call them?
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Not fit for purpose
Nigel Lewis recently set Twitter alight with a personal rant about the house buying and selling transaction. Here’s his professional view.
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