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Martyn Gerrard springs forward with new Hampstead office
Hampstead is a highly sought after area for aspiring buyers, coming first in Time Out’s latest survey on the most desirable places to move to in London.
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Movers & Shakers
No. 13 proves lucky for Martyn Gerrard
North London estate agency, Martyn Gerrard, has expanded its operation with a 13th branch at The Green on Winchmore Hill.
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Famous North London agency expands with office launch
New office in Enfield’s Winchmore Hill opened on Saturday and takes the firm’s network to 13 offices spanning North and North West London.
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Charity
You’ll never walk alone, says Simon
Simon Gerrard, Managing Director of Martyn Gerrard Estate Agents and previous President of the NAEA, has walked a full marathon (26.2 miles) in aid of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice...
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Boomin says ‘thousands’ of estate agents now signed up
Soon-to-launch property portal makes claim as latest tranche of national and local joiners are revealed including Carter Jonas.
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Sunak’s Stamp Duty holiday is a ‘cowardly’ move says leading agent
London agent Simon Gerrard says move is mostly symbolic and that he fears what will happen when tax is reimposed in March.
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Housing Market
Former NAEA leader says housing White Paper is “toothless” and answer is to reform CGT and Stamp Duty
A leading industry commentator and past president of the NAEA has written to the new housing minister Alok Sharma (pictured, below) outlining his concern about the state of the property market and the government’s stalled attempts to tackle it. Within the letter Simon Gerrard (pictured, right), who runs north London agency Martyn Gerrard, accuses Theresa May’s government of not taking housing seriously. He also says the recent “toothless” White Paper is another example of the many speeches and papers in recent years that have come to nothing. “Whilst [the White Paper] made the right noises, a lack of active and transformative policy means we cannot fight the growing challenges facing our housing market,” the letter says. Simon’s missive comes just days after the Housing minister made his first major industry speech at the Resi 2017 conference at the Celtic Manor hotel in Wales, at which he promised to turn the White Paper “into action”. But Simon says that despite the Minister’s promises, he fears the government demonstrates a chronic lack of understanding of the market, and how to effectively fix it and that like many of his predecessors, Alok is good at producing sound bites, but not tangible actions. “I…
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Admin and contract fees ‘morally reprehensible’ says leading letting agent
A London estate agent has labelled letting agents’ administration and contract fees charged to tenants as ‘indefensible and morally reprehensible’ and says that is why his company doesn’t charge them. The comments came in an opinion piece written for North London newspaper the Ham&High by Simon Gerrard of 13-branch sales and letting agent Martyn Gerrard, which bills itself as the agent ‘where integrity counts’. “There are only two reasons why agents charge the fees. Some cut their fees to landlords to attract stock and then simply charge hazily explained admin fees to the tenants to make up the shortfall,” he says. “Alternatively, and even worse, some agents still charge the landlord the full fee and then also charge the tenants. “Either way it is estimated that a ban of these tenant fees will wipe 10-20 per cent off the turnover of agents who have been charging these spurious fees to tenants. Although this may result in fewer cut price unregulated agents, which is no bad thing, the unintended consequence is that tenants will ultimately be worse off.” Martyn Gerrard, which was established in 1964, does charge tenants a fee, albeit a much lower one than the government’s £233 national average,…
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