Your weekend round-up of top stories

Former director reveals why he’s ‘going it alone’ with own hybrid agency

Andy McHugo says he wants the flexibility and freedom to work the way he wants, and that Covid 'as an industry leveller' helped him make the decision.

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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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Romanian celebrity gives it all up to become London estate agent

Rocsana Marku is a well-known TV presenter and popstar in her home country, but says she always wanted to be a UK agent.

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Major initiative launched to professionalise the ‘property educator’ sector<br />

Members, who already include several high-profile names, must pass stringent admission hurdles.

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Chancellor warned over PRS ‘cliff edge’ when furlough scheme ends

NRLA says millions of tenants face bleak financial futures unless Sunak jumps in with a rent arrears relief fund soon.

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Housing ministry changes name as Gove leads charge to ‘level up’ UK

Government has made one of its more curious decisions, demoting Gove's Ministry to a Department, and side-lining housing.

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The Negotiator Magazine – new issue out now!

The September edition of the trade magazine for the estate and lettings industry is published and available for you to read now.

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Welsh government extends Covid evictions law by three months<br />

Housing minister Julie James justifies decision by citing rising infections and hospitalisations.

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The Negotiator Awards 2021 – judged!

Meet the judges for The Negotiator Awards 2021. The entries have been judged and the shortlist drawn up, so meet the twenty-one experts and industry leaders who will decide the UK's most important awards programme for estate and letting agents.

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