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EPCs play 'minimal role' in purchase decisions reveals Nationwide poll<br />

Research by mortgage lender reveals that green issues are yet to permeate into the property sales market.

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Exclusive: The Brit who left behind his Afghanistan estate agency

Richard Scarth tells The Negotiator how he set up an estate agency in Kabul and is now worried for his former staff at the hands of the Taliban.

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Ministers have 'not thought through First Homes' for agents and lenders

Property and lending industries remain unsure how First Homes properties will be resolve and marketed in the future.

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FEATURE: Money launderers spread to the regions

Property fraudsters and money launderers are not just a London problem – agents across the UK are at risk, as Richard Reed discovers.

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Exclusive blog: Does Propertymark influence government policy?

After years of being a reticent organisation, Propertymark is now keen to explain what it does on the quiet in Whitehall and beyond.

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The Negotiator Awards – deadline extended until Friday midnight.

It's a busy time in agency, and many of you have requested a few more days to complete your entries. You now have until midnight on Friday 3rd September 2021. This is the final deadline.
 
You can still register to enter too, as long as you get your entry in by Friday. There's no charge. These are the UK's premier awards for the residential property industry and success in the awards will mean success in your business – more clients, more value to your company.
 
If you have already submitted your entry, you can still amend, improve and update, right up to the extended deadline.

Good luck and see you on 26th November, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, for the big reveal!

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The Negotiator – read the August edition now

The August issue of The Negotiator is available to read online. This month's theme is proptech and and the pandemic – read the experts on how agency has changed.
 
The Neg is 52 glossy pages of information, features, opinion, industry news and product reviews.
 
• Do you want a printed copy? You can subscribe and we'll send it to you home or office, by Royal Mail. See the special offer at the foot of this email.

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Estate agent loses disability discrimination claim after being let go by Chancellors.

Caleb Ellis told an Employment Tribunal that he was unable to work after a serious road traffic accident, but this has now been rejected by a judge.

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GUEST BLOG: Adam Walker and the work-life balance

The pandemic has led almost all working people to reflect on how they want to organise their lives. Adam Walker argues that agents need to respond to their employees' new thinking – or risk losing staff.

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