BBC investigation | Offers go digital | Letting platform expands

Investigation shines light on ‘appalling’ examples of bad practice in estate agency

Trading standards has told the BBC that it is extremely concerned by the ‘quick sale’ sector of the estate agency industry.

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Offr management platform to launch in UK, co-founded by star agent

Offr enables agents, vendors and those making offers on a property to communicate via a common platform, helping reduce fall-throughs by 50%.

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This lettings platform wants to ‘do an Airbnb’ in the longer-term market

Badi says it has now processed 100,000 property listings since launching in London two years ago.

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Zoopla signs up 176,000 wannabe first-time buyers to its ‘Zooploma’

Course is part of huge push by the portal to attract traffic to its site by offering buyers and renters free education and information courses.

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Old school rules!

Don’t go exclusively digital just yet… Lisa Isaacs discovers a hive of activity and innovation in printed marketing materials and good old sign boards.

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Lorry driver admits careless driving following death of Savills agent

Wayne McKay admitted causing the death of planning consultant Andrew Marshall in a collision between his motorcycle and McKay's lorry.

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