Your weekend roundup of top news stories




The December issue of The Neg has landed!

Your December magazine is out now! The Negotiator is packed with features, interviews, comment, advice and news. This month we look at the conveyancing backlog, lead generating tools and the availability of rent guarantee insurance. 

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Connells’ Countrywide bid ‘would see job losses, branch closures’

Claim is made by Alchemy, which is scathing of the Connells takeover bid and says its offer will satisfy all shareholders.

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Martin & Co parent firm TPFG in talks to buy rival Hunters

Franchising giant TPFG looks to land major coup and hoover up rival, but will competition regulators step in?

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Agents unhappy over RICS cost-cutting and 140 redundancies

Members have told The Negotiator that job losses weren't mentioned at AGM, and that senior team should take larger pay cut.

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Fine & Country estate agent to star in ‘Housewives” ITV series

Margaret Thompson hopes the show will attract more buyers to Jersey as well as showcasing the glamorous lives of its wealthier inhabitants.

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Are you the next Phil or Kirstie? TV show looking for camera-ready agents

Purple Production wants willing property people with rural beats who fancy a shot at being a TV presenter.

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Lettings sector supplier Barbon is snapped up by insurance giant PIB<br />

Barbon, which last year merged with Let Alliance, has appointed Andy Halstead as its new CEO following its acquisition by PIB.

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Belvoir adds its 313 sales and lettings branches to Boomin

Estate agency group has also announced that it will pay back staff whose salaries were cut during the lockdown months.

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