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Exclusive: Opposition to fees ban strongest in rural, Conservative constituencies
SIGN THE PETITION AGAINST THE LETTINGS FEE BAN HERE Opposition among agents to the government’s tenant fees ban is strongest in rural, Conservative-voting area of the country, The Negotiator can reveal. Analysis of the 8,500 people who have so far signed an e-petition calling on the government to do a U-turn on the policy and instead bring in a fees cap reveals that the areas with the most signatures are all rural and semi-urban areas with Conservative MPs. The only exceptions to this rule are Coventry, six of London’s inner boroughs including Battersea, Bermondsey, Limehouse, West Ham, Ealing and Finchley, plus, Brighton and Hove, Bournemouth and Bristol West. The areas where most people have signed the petition are in parts of Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, East Sussex, Kent, Essex, East Anglia, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. Opposition to a ban is weaker in the north although there are hotspots of people signing the petition in North Lincolnshire and Lancashire. Within housing minister Dominic Raab’s constituency of Esher & Walton in Surrey, 17 people have signed the petition, while in Sajid Javid’s constituency of Bromsgrove in the West Midlands, 15 people have. The constituency with the highest number of signatures is in Kettering,…
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Agents’ diaries: property markets in Brighton, Devon and Northumberland
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their local market. This month we meet members of The Guild of Property Professionals in Brighton, Crediton and Northumberland.
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Three key marketing trends for agents in 2018
At the start of the New Year, it is very important to invest time in planning your marketing strategy to ensure further success, says Nelly Berova. Here are her three marketing trends to watch in 2018.
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Fine & Country launches in Romania
Fine & Country opened a new office in Bucharest, Romania on 28th November.
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Manning Stainton supports local club
Manning Stainton’s Beeston branch provided Middleton Park FC Under 8s with an impressive new green and black playing strip as part of its Community Support Programme.
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How to get your blogs shared on social media
Anyone can blog, but, says Nelly Berova at Art Division, how do you create a blog article that’s guaranteed to be shared on social media?
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154 reasons why your landlords need more help
There are at least 154 reasons why your landlords need more help than they think, says Adam Walker, so your first job is to tell them what they are!
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A new home for Cameron
Cameron , an agency with two branches in West London, has a new home in West Drayton...
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Lost the plot? Welsh agent reported to ASA for misleading online ad
An estate and letting agent in North Wales has agreed to remove an online ad listing for land for sale after a complaint by a member of the public to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Four-branch sales and letting agent Bob Parry had posted an online advert for a plot of land that claimed the agent “did not have knowledge that any planning application had been made for the land”, the ASA says. The complainant told the advertising watchdog that “planning application had previously been rejected on the land and that they had informed the advertiser” about this. The online ad was not amended and the claim continued to appear, prompting the complainant to consider it was misleading. After being contacted by the ASA, Bob Barry Lettings agreed to remove the claim from the advert. Bob Parry Lettings Ltd, which trades as Bob Parry and has 13 staff, has offices in Caernarfon, Porthmadog, Blaenau and Llanrwst. Book publisher Bob Parry, which is one of the leading agents in the area in and around Snowdonia National Park, is also well known in Wales for another reason. Simon Simcox, who has been an agent in the area for over 40 years and…
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Researchers do our Location, Location, Location, research says Kirstie
Have you ever been impressed by how TV presenters Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp are so knowledgeable about each property featured on their Channel 4 show? If the answer is yes, then we’re sorry to say you’ve been hoodwinked. After 17 years on our screens it turns out the pair don’t do any of the research into the properties they take house hunters to view during Location, Location, Location. The revelation came after Kirstie appeared at a recent Daily Telegraph-sponsored public event at which she was asked during a Q&A with audience members about where she got her detailed knowledge about the properties and the local markets. And it turns out the programme’s researchers do all the property research and give the pair their air of authority. Location, Location, Location Kirstie said at the event that the producer and director of the show draw up a list of 80 properties for the home hunters to view and then go and visit 30 of them, while Kirstie and Phil visit the three or four properties they are filmed in during each programme. She also revealed that she and Phil came up with the idea for Location, Location, Location but ended up…
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