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Features
Touch screen technology in the high street
Traditional marketing via photos-in-the-window on the high street is being challenged by new touch screen technology, as Sheila Manchester discovered.
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A sale… is a sale
You may not be an auctioneer, but you can still sell properties through auction, says Sheila Manchester.
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Are redress schemes working?
The ‘regulation lite’ system brought in by the Government for sales and lettings agents got cheers all round in 2014. But does it still deliver? Nigel Lewis reports.
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The battle for North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire has become a battleground for dominance among the portals, says Nigel Lewis.
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Housing Market
Regeneration of a leading city
Marc Da Silva discovers that there is now a very lively property market in Leeds.
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Housing Market
The Northern Powerhouse
Marc Da Silva takes a look at what’s happening in the property market in Manchester.
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Products & Services
Sofa, so good for Build to Rent?
As tenants move into the UK’s first Build to Rent apartments, Nigel Lewis discovers that in this new sector it’s not just the flat that your rent, it’s the whole shebang.
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Housing Market
View from the top
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit West Sussex, Salford and South East London.
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Associations & Bodies
All change at The Property Ombudsman Scheme
After 13 years with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) – 12 as TPO Board Chairman of TPO, Bill McClintock stands down on 1st January 2016 and Gerry Fitzjohn, currently Vice Chairman, takes up the position. At a reception at the House of Lords, hosted by Lord Richard Best, guests, including The Negotiator’s Editorial Director, Sheila Manchester, celebrated Bill’s achievements of and those of Christopher Hamer, The Property Ombudsman, who is also retiring, having served the maximum nine-year term as Ombudsman. With 50 years experience in estate agency, Bill joined TPO as Chief Operating Officer in 2003, becoming Board Chairman in 2004. Bill (left) said, “When I joined, there were 769 firms with 4,251 offices registered with TPO. Figures now sit at 14,400 sales and 13,500 lettings offices – a significant change. One of my main achievements was encouraging the government to enact the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007, which required all estate agents to register with an Ombudsman Scheme and to get the TPO Scheme approved by the Office of Fair Trading, considerable developments in the industry.” Gerry joined the TPO Board in 2000, from starting as a Sales Negotiator for Taylors in Stony Stratford in 1974 to National…
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Housing Market
Jeremy Leaf
Has the Summer Budget busted buy-to-let? George Osborne’s changes to mortgage interest relief and tax could have a serious effect on the market, says Jeremy Leaf.
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