Your weekend roundup of top news from The Neg




Solicitors report vendor fraud as 'key money laundering' activity during 2020<br />

Report to Solicitors Regulation Authority board says suspicious activity worth £200m was reported to NCA last year, much of it involving vendor fraud.

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TPFG boss launches enlarged team of managing directors<br />

Gareth Samples says he wanted to assemble the best senior names in the industry to lead each part of the TPFG empire.

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Minimum energy rating increase for rental sector ‘will lead to housing shortage’

Government move has not been thought through, says The Lettings Industry Council, as industry body calls for phased approach.

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Industry must face up to the gender gap, says leading estate agent

The good intentions around International Women's Day will mean nothing if agency leaders limit their definition of success to 'willy waving' sales metrics.

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London agency strikes £45m deal to reshape Covid-hit streets

Navana is to manage some 40 properties including apartment blocks and townhouses in a landlord property management deal.

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The Negotiator April issue is available online now!<br />

The April edition of the only trade magazine for estate and letting agents is published, online. 52 pages of agency news, features, market reports, interviews, columns and product analysis.

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The Negotiator April issue focus – the conveyancing bottleneck 

The frustration and potential losses caused by the processing of sales is perhaps the most serious problem facing agents and their clients at the moment. Lisa Isaacs looked at some ways to ease the pain.

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Help to Buy scheme changes ‘will mean 25% drop in number of eligible homes’

New price caps mean that 80% of four-bed homes will be too expensive, with the North hardest hit, according to Hamptons.

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