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Linley & Simpson launched in Sheffield at the end of last year following the purchase of Lewis Wadsworth and Sheffield Residential.

An announcement about the change of chairman is expected in the coming days.

Savills recently upgraded its 2021 UK house price forecasts to reflect buoyant market conditions.

Snippets of property industry news.

Mark Hayward, Propertymark chief policy advisor: “Most consumers are completely unaware that buying a new build directly through a developer leaves them vulnerable and without protection.”

A total of 70% of 1,684 people polled predicted that workers would “never return to offices at the same rate”.

Richard Rees, UK managing director at Savills: “We look forward to continuing to develop this collaboration across the UK and to be able to play a role in inspiring the workforce of tomorrow.”

The portal said in June that it had made a positive start to FY22 with current trading in line with the Board’s expectations.

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The government ‘housing carousel continues to turn’ as Michael Gove is promoted to housing secretary, replacing Robert Jenrick in dramatic reshuffle.

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Jass Bolina, CEO of Simple Bricks: “We have over 25 years in the industry. We’ve been there, seen it and bought the t-shirt.”

Group CEO of epropservices, Jon Cooke: “We are very happy to have Gary back within the epropservices family as a board member.”

Sean Tompkins was one of four senior figures at RICS to quit last week following the governance scandal that has had a negative impact on the crisis-hit body.

Snippets of property industry news

Paton & Co was launched earlier this year by Patrick Paton, formerly of Knight Frank and Rettie Berwick, and his partner, Celia Paton, previously of McEwan Fraser Legal.

Russell Curtis, an architect and the author of Golf Belt: “There surely has to be a way of improving the social utility and accessibility of golf courses to benefit the wider population.”

Jenrick’s position has been precarious for some time since he was caught up in a scandal last year over his decision to grant planning consent for a £1bn property scheme.

The broker model agency, launched in 2017, provides estate agents with the ability to work on a self-employed basis.

Paul Offley: “All of the content has now been created, which aside from written material, includes quizzes, videos and assessments to support an individual’s learning journey.”