COVID-19
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Free Coronavirus rent payment plan tool launched for landlords and tenants
Deposits firm Flatfair says its new Resolve product will help both sides negotiate instead of ending up in court.
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Estate agents ‘may have to wear Hazmat suits at high risk properties’
Reevo360 is issuing its staff with the suits if requested to wear high-level PPE equipment at addresses, but is to charge extra for the service.
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Coronavirus property advice service for consumers takes off
Founder Kristjan Byfield says just three weeks after being established, AgentsHereToHelp has 130 people and companies involved and 20 advice videos already created.
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‘We’ll meet again, don’t known where, don’t know how’ sing agents to customers
Some 18 members of an estate agency team in Berkshire send a sing-along message to their much-missed customers during VE Day.
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UPDATED: Estate agents to hear at 2pm if PM’s vague comments about ‘return to work’ apply to them
Vague nature of PM's statement last night is questioned by legal expert while commentators wonder how agents can travel to work on public transport.
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Estate agent calls on ‘high profile’ London firms to stop bragging about viewings during lockdown
Ellie Rees turns to social media to say she is uncomfortable with competitors who have been 'air punching' publicly about flouting the lockdown rules.
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US realtors return to work with masks and gloves as UK waits its turn
Regulations around physical viewings to be introduced in the UK when our industry restarts, go much further than in the US, The Negotiator can reveal.
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House prices to drop by up to 10% and transactions by 36% this year
But Savills predicts economy and property market will recover quickly and return to pre-Coronavirus levels next year.
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Revealed: More details on post-lockdown property viewings when industry restarts in THREE WEEKS
NAEA Chief Executive Mark Hayward predicts when first industry will partially re-open, and reveals how branches and property viewings will be operated.
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Which? investigation slams industry over rental break clauses and deposits
Consumer organisation has gathered evidence of letting agents and landlords using underhand tactics to prevent tenants moving out of properties.
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