COVID-19
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35% of staff now want to work from home up to three days a week, survey reveals
Lockdown has fundamentally changed employee attitudes to working from 'the office' as agencies proved they could operate from home.
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Today is estate agencies’ last chance to furlough staff before scheme winds down
The complicated rules governing the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme mean companies need to start planning ahead carefully from today onwards.
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Activity returns to London’s prime market after 67% slump in instructions
Lonres reveals how the lockdown rules and difficulties of getting listings online hit the capital's housing market hard.
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Estate agency boss launches PPE equipment firm to pay his furloughed staff more
Scottish industry figure Tom Sheridan goes the extra mile and then some for his employees and aims to top up their government payments with profits from the firm.
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Evictions ban extended by a further two months until end of August
After weeks of lobbying by landlord and tenant organisations the government has decided to give tenants longer to live in properties before possession hearings can be started.
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What happened next: the estate agency that launched on the day Britain closed down
The Negotiator meets two former Foxtons and Fine & Country estate agents unfazed by the unlucky start for their property business.
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Covid: estate agents compete to offer the safest branches
Read how Pedder in South London has gone to extraordinary lengths to make its branches, viewings and company cars as safe as possible for clients and staff.
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Welsh housing market lockdown begins to fray at the edges
Agent in Chepstow says local competitors are ignoring the rules and completing both viewings and listings despite the country's ongoing lockdown.
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Virtual viewings helped us survive lockdown, says Martin & Co parent company
The Property Franchise Group, which has 375 branches across the UK, says it was able to achieve some lettings during lockdown, helped by technology.
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Former housing minister confirms he’s now tested negative for Coronavirus
Industry wishes the front-bench MP and Secretary of State all the best for a speedy recovery after he appeared in Parliament yesterday looking extremely unwell.
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