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Agent claims tenant campaigners intimidated him and his family

Michael Claxton, a director at Norfolk Property Lettings and Management, tells The Neg he has been "bullied" by 'activists'.


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Rental reforms will ruin student prospects, warn landlord leader<br />

NRLA warns that the Government’s planned reforms of tenancy law for the PRS will damage access to higher education.

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Estate agency-based mortgage advisers urged to go it alone<br />

Advisers suffering from January blues should take that leap of faith and branch out on their own, says former Countrywide senior.


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TPO expels six agents including one refusing to pay £22,000 award

All six agents are involved in lettings or property management and all have failed to pay landlords or tenants compensatory awards.


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JANUARY ISSUE – yours to read online

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Vendor faces £200,000 legal bill in controversial knotweed case

A judge ruled against Jeremy Henderson after he failed to declare Japanese knotweed on a property information form.


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The Negotiator Awards and Conference 2022 Special Supplement

It was the biggest day on the agent calendar – the leading awards for the industry, preceded by the best agency conference of the year. Full list of awards winners and picture-fest plus reports on the Conference sessions.

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Is Foxtons out of the woods? Results show perkier performance

Revenues and profits are up for 2022 with strong performances from sales, lettings and financial services, the firm's trading update says.

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'The problem with paying estate agents individual commissions'

Money, money, money... They say it’s a rich man’s world but when it comes to selling houses should agents be paid individual commissions?

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Leading Tory MP calls for stamp duty to be stamped out

Conservative MP Anthony Browne is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to stamp out Stamp Duty once and for all.

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