'No DSS' complaints | Online relaunch | RICS guidance




Online agent relaunches two years after being suspended by portals

Top Gaff enables vendors to upload properties to Zoopla and Rightmove for free but got into trouble in 2019 for saying it 'wasn't an estate agent'.

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Agents need to be ready for Government's First Homes scheme properties'<br />

The initiative is to help budget buyers access ring-fenced affordable new-builds in local areas – but eventually these will spill into the resale market, says Propertymark chief executive.

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The Negotiator Awards – game on! Enter the UK's leading awards for the estate and letting agency industry now.

It's time to prepare your submission for the most prestigious and valuable awards in residential property. Entry is free, so you have nothing to lose, everything to gain.
And save the date: 26th November 2021, Grosvenor House, London – be there with us, in person!

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The Negotiator Magazine

It's your trade magazine – 52 pages of features, columns and interviews. The Negotiator covers everything that is important to estate and letting agents – written by experts and professionals.

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Tenants facing 'No DSS' bans told to complain via the agent's redress scheme<br />

Housing minister hopes official schemes can arbitrate on discrimination cases but our research shows very few tenants use them for this purpose.

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Market prices comment: Kate Faulkner

The Negotiator's property market guru, Kate Faulkner, asks the Government who is responsible for the housing crisis.

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Fixflo bought by German property software giant for undisclosed sum<br />

Mainz-based Aareon AG has made the acquisition for an undisclosed sum, its second this year following the purchase of Arthur.
 

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Losing the plot? RICS reveals new land sales guidance for agents<br />

Estate agents along with other property professionals who are RICS members must use common metrics to describe land from 7th August.

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Auctions roundup: high demand, low supply

The Negotiator's monthly review of the property auctions, featuring a UK market review by EIG's David Sandeman.

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