Your weekend roundup of top news

Estate agents protest as Rightmove discounted fees period ends

Many businesses claim they still need time to recover their revenue pipeline, particularly in local lockdown areas, before fees go up again.

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Property guru launches petition to allow evictions after two weeks’ rent arrears

Ranjan Bhattacharya says not paying rent is theft and that landlords should be able to begin possession action earlier.

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Zoopla says agents ‘continuing to rejoin’ as Rightmove struggles

Portal appears to have benefited from the mistakes Rightmove made during the first four weeks of the Covid lockdown.

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PM’s new 95% LTV mortgages will ‘add two million owner-occupiers to market’

But commitment by Boris Johnson to introduce fixed-rate long-term mortgages for FTBs gets mixed response from industry.

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Property magnate suspected of money laundering stripped of 45 homes

Manni Hussain, who is alleged to have links to many of West Yorkshire's leading gangsters, has agreed to hand over the properties worth £10 million.

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Secretive, multi-million pound estate agent software platform prepares to launch

Street has unveiled its plans to drag estate agent software forward ten years in one go, with tech platform designed from scratch.

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Leading estate agent slams Rightmove for its ‘belligerence’ on fees negotiation

Steve Wayne of Benjamin Stevens says he's not surprised many agents are trying out the challenger portals, but says Boomin stands the only real chance of success.

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We’ll rival Rightmove with our ‘Tinder’ style bills-inclusive renting app

Claim is made by three-year-old lettings platform started up by a former youth rugby star that pays letting agents when tenants switch utilities.

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The October issue is published – read it now!

The only trade magazine for estate and letting agents is packed with features, product analysis, comment, agency news and valuable information for agents.

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The Negotiator – your trade magazine 

Every issue of The Negotiator magazine is available to you online, covering the last nine years of life in estate and letting agency.  

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