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Purplebricks' finance chief resigns amid company's fight to survive crisis

Talk about timing! James Davies is to leave on 8th May and will be replaced by Zoopla's former CFO Andy Botha.

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Property sales deals are still being done, claims leading agent<br />

Simon Wilkinson, leading Bedfordshire agent and Propertymark board member, says it's not all gloom and doom yet for sales agencies.

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Property management – how agents are succeeding in lockdown


Industry software providers, BriefYourMarket and Yomdel have teamed up to run a daily Protection & Planning Webinar series to support agents. Sign up now for this afternoon's webcast.

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Exclusive: Former Countrywide chief John Hards joins Rightmove challenger OpenBrix

Industry big beast says new tech platform enables agents to have their own ‘sovereign identity’ online.

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'Virtual viewings without having to revisit a property during lockdown'<br />

Reapit is offering its customers FocalAgent's virtual viewings service that uses existing property photos to enable agents to offer 'accompanied viewings'.

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Coronavirus: One agency's heart-warming master class on how to do Facebook during a crisis<br />

Many agents try to use social media – and many fail. But one estate agency has used theirs to bring a whole town together during the Coronavirus crisis.

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Foxtons furloughs some staff and cuts pay for rest as revenues slump

The agency is battening down the hatches and planning for all eventualities including a Coronavirus 'worst case scenario' and is therefore raising extra cash from the City.

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