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Deadly serious! House hunters ask for viewings of pranked property on Rightmove
Hoaxer agents beware - despite obviously being a fake, 'haunted house' in Cheadle generates multiple real enquiries for Keller Williams.
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Estate agency staff narrowly avoid injury after car crashes through branch
Sales manager tells The Negotiator how the accident was a close call for staff and customers inside his Hunters high…
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OPINION: Did Foxtons buy Douglas & Gordon ‘for a song’?
The Negotiator casts a critical eye over this year's most high-profile and transparent estate agency acquisition deal.
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Conveyancer launches guaranteed ’25-days-to-exchange’ service for freeholders
Muve is looking for agency partners to offer the paid-for conveyancing service, which reimburses customers if the deadline is not…
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Budget nearly included 1% Stamp Duty hike for landlords, OBR docs reveal
Briefing document released by the Office for Budget Responsibility reveal its officials helped game-play increasing the 'second home' Stamp Duty…
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Renting reform White Paper is delayed until next year, DLUHC confirms
Trade organisations suggest delay is to give Ministers time to consider the National Audit Office's soon-to-be published investigation into renting…
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Foxtons’ acquisition of D&G delivers a £12m revenue boost, latest figure reveal
Foxtons bought its rival in March this year for £14.25 million from the controlling Talbot Willcox family and employee shareholders.
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Spicerhaart boss admits aim of new operating model is to have ‘fewer branches’
Spicerhaart boss Paul Smith has revealed that the company’s home-working initiative is part of an overall plan to “move towards…
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Lettings agency fined £10,000 for illegally evicting tenant
Birmingham firm Principal Homes has been found guilty of the illegal eviction, which proceeded despite the tenant only being a…
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BLOG: Why I quit the high street estate agency after 20 years to ‘go hybrid’
Former Savills and John D Wood senior explains why he joined the House Partnership and, three years on, wouldn't now…
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