Your round-up of the week's hot news from The Neg

Sales income dips by 16% at LSL’s high street brands following closure programme

Company reveals damage done to its business during 2019 by the closure, merging or transfer of some 120 Your Move and Reeds Rains branches last year.

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Investigation shines light on ‘appalling’ examples of quick-sale sector exploitation

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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Revealed: Why agents should be careful when posting pics on Instagram

After Knight Frank agent Daniel Daggers resigned following client complaints over an Instagram post, two experts explain why super-rich vendors and buyers can be tricky to deal with.

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Are your company emails safe? London agency’s clients scammed after ‘security breach’

Young couple lose their rental deposit and rent for their dream flat after being duped by fraudsters, although they and agency dispute who is to blame.

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Story of estate agent jailed for fraud to feature in TV crime series

Last year Roger Darnton pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud after stealing £100,000 from people in his home town of Guisborough where he ran his own agency.

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Investors in fund behind Purplebricks to get as little as 46p in the £1 back

Initial payments to battered investors by company winding up the fund will leave hundreds of thousands of people and many high profile institutions out of pocket.

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Industry first: lettings agency fined twice in same week for property management offences

Century 21 Cameron Adams and its director Hasan Younis ordered to pay a total of £44,000 in fines and costs handed down relating to different cases.

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Why ‘old school’ marketing techniques still work

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

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