Your weekend roundup of top news and features




The Negotiator Awards 2021 are open for entry. Is your business winning? Prove it by being part of the UK's most important and valuable residential property awards.

The entries are coming in – so where is yours? Don't miss your opportunity to show the world just how successful your business is and why yours is the only one to choose. 

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REVEALED: Why many private landlords won’t rent to tenants on benefits

In-depth report that examine private rental market and how landlords have been abandoned by government explains why 'No DSS' attitudes persist.

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Law Society begins revolutionary TA6 form beta test via Reapit

New form will prompt agents to provide much more information up-front when marketing properties when it goes live in October.

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Who are you? Digital identity battle hots up as Yoti bags Connells

Platform is now being used by the estate agency across its 600 branch network which boss John Stewart says is a sign of the digital identity revolution sweeping the property industry.
 

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Hunters launches hybrid self-employed estate agency model

The franchised estate agency giant has already signed up two people, one being Keira Wiles (pictured), to its new network and says agents will be able to work 'on their own terms'.
 

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Covid caused ‘first reduction in rental sector for twenty years’, says Propertymark

Comment has been made by Propertymark policy chief Mark Hayward about rental sector to a Lords committee investigating effect of pandemic.

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Persimmon and Aviva promise to end unfair leasehold terms

House builder and freeholder undertake to change their ways with others expected to follow suit soon as CMA increases legal pressure.

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Smooth moves – utilities and home-move apps

Utility switching and home moving assistants can help lift agents out of their purely property role, improving their image and income streams in the process, says Lisa Isaacs.

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Follow my lead – for more valuations

In the digital age, a quick response to enquiries has never been more critical. Richard Reed looks at seven different lead online generation tools to see how they compare.

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Pride Month – inclusivity in agency

Nigel Lewis meets LGBT+ campaigner and Strutt & Parker director, Misa von Tunzelman and asks how agency in general is handling its corporate and personal sensitivities.

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