Your weekend round-up of top news stories




Phew! Letting agents welcome return to pre-Covid eviction rules on 1st October

Propertymark says its members are relieved that the Government is sticking to its promise to return the evictions system to normal.

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RICS boss to exit following damning financial scandal report

RICS has confirmed that Sean Tomkins will exit the organisation following Alison Levitt QC's uncompromising report into its governance.

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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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Official report into RICS scandal reveals 'disaster waiting to happen'

Criticisms within report into dismissal of NEDs - and way RICS handled accusations of financial mismanagement - have been accepted.

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Spicerhaart spends £6 million on ‘new way of working’

Investment includes £5 million telephone system to enable staff to work in the office, at home and on the move.

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Estate agency Leaders Romans preparing for £400m sale, claim reports<br />

City sources have told the Mail on Sunday that the estate agency group has called in bankers for a strategic review prior to a sale.

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Countrywide high flyer quits to set up his own company

Adam Tovey was one of the agency's top mortgage brokers in Wales but has now set up his own broker firm with three former colleagues.

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ARPM: Insolvency practitioner confirms firm has ‘ceased trading’

Troubled property management firm faces being put into liquidation, says Umang Patel.
 

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