Your weekend roundup of top stories and features

Low property transactions ‘putting OTE sales salaries under huge pressure’<br />

Claim is made by senior industry figure Sally Asling, who says agents were already working crazy hours to earn average salaries.

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Dexters revealed as buyer of online lettings agency Howsy<br />

Leading London chain says the Howsy platform fits with its business growth and digitalisation plans - not to mention the online firm's large landlord database.

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Landlords call for 3% stamp duty levy on BTL property to be axed<br />

NRLA says decision is 'no brainer' as it would add 900,000 properties to the private rented sector and raise £10 billion for the treasury.

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REVEALED: How Purplebricks quietly reversed a Judge’s decision that LPEs WERE employees<br />

The Neg has uncovered the 2020 hearing decision which highlights how Purplebricks worked hard to overturn it by persuading the agent involved to withdraw his claim.

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‘Property United for Ukraine’ industry fundraising effort for DEC launched<br />

Initiative supported by all major industry groups urges agents to donate their fundraising cash through new Just Giving page.

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The March issue of the UK's only magazine for estate and letting agents is online to read now

THIS MONTH'S FEATURES: Kate Faulkner on house prices • Levelling up – real policies of just empty words? • Why the VAT system needs an overhaul • Are the big portals keeping up with the challengers? • The Ombudsman on messy handovers • Rural properties and unreasonable regulations • Agent interview – Clynton Nel of Johns&Co – and much more!

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FEATURE: Why the leading portals need to up their game

Richard Reed interviews the people behind the new technology that's beginning to make inroads into the leading portals' traditional preserve. 

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FEATURE: How green regulations are putting rural property prices under threat 

Richard Reed reveals some scary facts about how, come 2026, rural properties using traditional fuel will become very difficult to sell... 

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Who Goes Where, Who Grows There

The Negotiator's monthly roundup of who is being hired, who is growing, who is merging, who is moving – and who is shaking up the world of property!

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COMMENT: Levelling up in the property market

Nigel Lewis, Head of Content at The Negotiator asks just what Michael Gove's new department will really do for property.

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FEATURE: The Negotiator looks at the revolution in property auctions

Auctions took off during lockdown and accelerated their development by years. Charlotte Flake looks at the many options available to agents to put properties under the hammer.

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