Your weekend roundup of top stories

Online lettings agency Howsy to be acquired by major industry chain

Seven years after it launched the firm says it has been unable to raise further funds and that a sale is the 'best option for shareholders'.

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New rules for 'material information' on property portals revealed

National Trading Standard's industry team reveals first phase of required info including tenure type, price/rent and council tax rate, which plans to back it up with legislation.

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Estate agent's 'fandango' parking space listing makes national headlines<br />

Fergus Lindsay's property listing comedy gold was sparked by a desire to preserve his 'sanity and for amusement'.

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Rightmove offers to train agency staff to NVQ level 3 - for free!<br />

Portal launches 120 hours of training for an NVQ Level 3 certificate for sales and letting agents for free as part of their membership.

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<br />The Negotiator February 2022 issue is published – read it now, online.

Your monthly trade mag is online for you to read – 44 pages of comment, features, product news and advice. 

This month we focus on tenant deposits and inventories and ways to make them less of a pain to manage, plus a host of ideas for driving new revenues, without any additional effort. Too good to be true? Read on...

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Rightmove recovers from Covid ‘wobble’ with a record 2021

Latest results from the property portal giant reveal extraordinary numbers including record revenue from agents.
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89% of vendors choose agents on knowledge not how much their fees are

Surprising claim is made by sales progression platform Mio following research among 350 home movers about their attitudes to estate agents.

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