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Young estate agent reveals some naked ambition with unusual promotion idea

Liam Stanbridge and his colleagues at Brock Taylor are to bare all for a naked calendar promoting local businesses in and around Horsham in East Sussex.

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Are you ready? New Anti Money Laundering rules go live TODAY!

Extra AML responsibilities for letting agencies become law today after being passed by Parliament just before Xmas.

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HMRC quietly drops AML application fee for estate agents

Decision is made to remove the £100 fee just 24 hours before the latest and 5th EU Anti Money Laundering directive passes into UK law.

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Leasehold reform will lead to fewer professionally managed apartment blocks

Warning comes from leading leasehold services provider which warns reducing income for freeholders will hit the block management sector hard.

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Regional report


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 Cheshire, Surrey and London.

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Online estate agent convicted of £5,000 fraud

Lancashire agent Claire Louise Ainsworth stole the money by telling the vendor and buyer different agreed selling prices.

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