Your lockdown weekend roundup of top news

Demand for rental properties jumps by 22% over past two weeks<br />

Rightmove claims two months of pent-up demand is now surging through the market as relationship separations and job re-locations help drive more home moves.

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COVID-19: estate agents compete to offer the safest branches<br />

Pedder in South London is the latest agent to show how far agents are having to go in order to reassure staff and clients that they are safe

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What happened next: the estate agency that launched on the day Britain closed down<br />

The Negotiator meets two former Foxtons and Fine & Country estate agents unfazed by the unlucky start for their property business.

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Sean Newman: Why I brought in a former Purplebricks player to help run my business

The industry figure tells The Negotiator about the plans for his two estate agencies and a big announcement in the pipeline.

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Evictions ban extended by a further two months until end of August<br />

After weeks of lobbying by landlord and tenant organisations the government has decided to give tenants longer to live in properties before possession hearings can be started.

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24 seminars to help you through the crisis 

Industry software providers, BriefYourMarket and Yomdel have teamed up to run a series of Protection & Planning Webinars to support agents. 

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Agent wellbeing 

The Negotiator is supporting a group of individuals from across the estate agency sector who are keen to understand what matters most to our industry at this time. If you can spare a few minutes to answer this short, anonymous survey we would be very grateful.

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The ‘finger thing’ that helps estate agents avoid getting Coronavirus at work

Pivoting Yorkshire engineering company says its copper-alloy gizmo both helps kill the virus and enables agents to open doors, 'without touching'.

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London agency claims to be selling six properties an hour

A bullish statement from Dexters reporting on its first two weeks of trading since the market re-opened reveals a rapid recovery for London's property market – so far.

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As tenant fees ban goes live in full from last Monday, June 1, agents warned over advance fees

Full force of fees ban went live this morning and now covers existing as well as new and renewed rental tenancies and, therefore, once legal but now prohibited fees must be returned to tenants

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