Your weekend roundup of the week's top news

The Negotiator Magazine, February issue. Don't let your website visitors slip through your fingers!<br />

Digital marketing expert, Nelly Berova, explains how to get the most from your website visitors, by capturing and remarketing your message to them.

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Batten-down! Market is beginning to soften says latest RICS report<br />

Recent instructions and sales surge is showing signs of weakening as third Covid lockdown and Stamp Duty cliff-face impact confidence.

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Rummage4 is back and ready to launch fully, says founder Robert May<br />

Pioneering digital platform that tracks listings now has 50,000 properties registered and three of the UKs largest builders piloting its service.

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Outraged agents sent ‘pro-forma’ rejection letters from Hiscox<br />

The insurer claims, controversially, that agents will not get pay-outs because Government did not 'mandate' the closure of branches.

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Government to pay extra £3.5bn towards cladding remediation, but developers face ‘Grenfell levies’<br />

Housing minister Robert Jenrick says remediation will be paid but only for properties that are over 18m or six storeys tall.

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Rental deposit court case could ‘wipe out’ some letting agents, warns lawyer

A recent High Court judgement involving Northwood Solihull branch means thousands of rental deposit confirmation certificates could be invalid.

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The Negotiator – the only trade magazine for estate and letting agents

Read the February issue online now – 52 pages of interviews, opinion, housing market analysis, training and news from your agencies.

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Estate agency claims ‘world first’ as it embeds revolutionary viewings tech

Walton & Hipkiss says the What3Words platform will make it much easier for those tracking down out-of-the way properties.

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Agency launches free ‘improvement cost reports’ for vendors and buyers

Power Bespoke and Stoke Park Developments have signed a partnership that will enable buyers to understand a home's development potential early on.

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Why has Government been so slow to tackle the cladding scandal?

Leading cladding expert and former government advisor Steve Underwood passes a critical eye over the Government's attempts to sort it out.

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Editorial – Nigel Lewis

The Negotiator's Head of Content, Nigel Lewis introduces the February issue of The Negotiator magazine with a stern reminder for government.

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