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Happy Easter to all our readers
Long bank holiday weekend gives plenty of time to enjoy a surfeit of chocolate
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Acquisitions
Iamproperty hits 4,000 agent milestone
Recent acquisition of VTUK will add 300 agents to the iamproperty network
Charity
Connells Group charity golf day raises nearly £4,000 for Mind
Estate agency group takes to the fairways to raise money for a good cause
Agency
OPINION: ‘Immoral’ – estate agents pushing purchasers towards ‘crap mortgage propositions’
Prospective buyers are being 'led up the garden path by certain estate agents'
Tech
The thieves, the crow and the dream coming true – Rightmove launches new TV ad
Scarecrow stars in the new television advertising from Rightmove
Agency
Trip of a lifetime for top-performing agents and advisors
Five days, all expenses paid in Dubai, for Sean Newman's high flyers
Lettings
Private rented housing “failing far too often to provide safe and secure homes” – parliamentary committee
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities criticised for "poor understanding of the issues in the [rented] sector including overcrowding, harassment and evictions, and the actual effect of regulation"
Compliance
NRLA reaction to the report on the regulation of the PRS
"Tenants and responsible landlords are being let down by the pitiful lack of enforcement action by councils"
Finance
The five-year forecast for residential sales and rentals – Knight Frank
Cost-of-living increases will bite harder in 2023 and slow UK property price growth
Agency
Agents doing brilliant things to make a big difference to so many lives
Estate agents are raising tens of thousands of pounds for good causes across the country
Agency
Winkworth pushed profits up by 110% in 2021
Winkworth sales income last year broke all company records
Agency
Keller Williams Bristol centre goes out of business
After less than two years, the company owning the Keller Williams centre in Bristol has ceased trading
Agency
OPINION – On average, every estate agency branch will lose £80,000 income this year
2021 was the biggest-ever year for the industry, but what comes next could give estate agents a financial headache
Lettings
OnTheMarket launches lettings lead generation tool
Agents will keep control of consumer data gathered by valuations tools, says portal
Compliance
Dealing with the money laundering nightmare
£1.5bn worth of UK property was bought by Russians accused of corruption or who have links to the Kremlin.
Agency
War in Ukraine, Covid and cost-of-living hindering return to stability – JLL
Despite uncertainties, agency says prime central London to be one of the best performing property markets of 2022
Lettings
EU citizens could be biggest losers from proposed changes to the Scottish private rented sector
“As with all change it is the law of unintended consequences which inevitably prevails"
Compliance
Fraudster using fake identities – including Property Industry Eye – to target unwary applicants
'Elany Johnson' or 'Eleanor Johnson' is scamming £15 from applicants as a 'viewing fee'