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The Negotiator Conference & Expo 2019
The grand halls and corridors of London’s Grosvenor Hotel on Park Lane were buzzing with hundreds of delegates, speakers and exhibitors on the 29th November 2019, as they arrived to join The Negotiator Conference 2019. In this stunning venue, with a reputation for first class guest speakers and panel sessions offering hard hitting debate between property leaders such as Michael Stoop, Nick Leeming, Lucy Morton, Lord Best, Peter Bolton King and David Cox (plus many more), The Negotiator Conference stage was ready. Lord Best drew gasps from the audience when he suggested that the end of the small or ‘accidental’ landlord is nigh, that the PRS will increasingly be supplied by larger-portfolio operators. The focus was the property industry in 2020 – exploring what the future holds for sales and letting agents in today’s volatile business environment, including Brexit, regulation, customer hesitation, technology, online agents, diminishing high street footfall, taxation, money laundering, tenant fees and (the then) looming General Election. Brilliantly chaired by The Times columnist Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE, speakers included leading estate agency senior management, industry consultants, analysts, regulators, industry association chiefs and tech innovators. Going to conferences is more than just listening to debates and, as ever…
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New housing minister: what the industry thinks
Estate agents are getting increasingly annoyed by the ever quickening revolving door at the Ministry of Housing as Esther McVey yesterday made way for Chris Pincher.
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BBC investigation slams agents who offer alternative deposits over ‘lack of transparency’
Report into providers includes warnings from industry and campaigning groups that agents are not being clear enough about how alternative deposits work.
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Shocking report reveals rapid growth of Airbnb-dominated short-lets sector
Published today by ARLA Propertymark, the report predicts that up to half a million rental homes could be taken out of the traditional sector as landlords tire of increasing regulations and taxes.
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ARLA finds replacement President Elect after shock resignation of previous holder
Senior industry figure Angela Davey will become the association's President later this year after original candidate Richard Selwyn stepped down for personal reasons.
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Ministers ‘not listening’ on perfect storm facing high street estate agents
ARLA and the NAEA Propertymark have written a uncharacteristically blunt joint letter to business minister Andrea Leadsom warning that business rates are driving estate agents off the high street and helping reduce employment within the sector. Signed by both David Cox and Mark Hayward, the letter reflects the growing anger within the industry that the government is unaware of the perfect storm being faced by high street agents. This includes being charged higher business rates than retail premises because agents’ branches are considered offices rather than shops; and facing both increased costs created by additional regulation and competition from online agents, who utilise home-based representatives rather than office staff. “One of our members has told us that the amount they pay in business rates is greater than the annual profit made in a year,” the letter says. Fewer jobs It also suggests that this cost is beginning to impact employment levels; 3,000 fewer people were working within the sales and lettings sectors last year than compared with 2017, Propertymark claims. The letter also points out that while agents support the government’s recent investment in towns and communities and Boris’s electoral commitment to ‘thriving high streets’, the cost of business…
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Compulsory electrical checks for all rented properties start
Government expects its new electrical checks regulations to become law on 1st April 2020, despite worries over availability of engineers.
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Agents given 11 extra weeks to comply with new Welsh holding deposits law
The decision by the Housing Minister Julie James follows meeting a with representatives of ARLA Propertymark, including its Chief Executive and Welsh board member.
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PICTURES: ‘I know what it’s like to be stared at now just because you LOOK homeless’
Estate agents and suppliers at last night's charity event in Stratford's Olympic Park raised £57,000 for Centrepoint but also found out what it's like to be homeless when travelling there with their overnight gear.
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John Hards completes Countrywide’s transition to a ‘post tenant fee ban world’
One of the letting industry’s key figures and former Countrywide National Lettings Director leaves the company after rejoining in March 2018.
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