Your roundup of this week's hot stories from The Neg

Estate agents who value high to win instructions to be revealed

Swirb says its new approach to crunching housing market data will enable vendors to spot when an estate agency is over-pricing their home.

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Estate agent rails against HouseSimple’s ‘race to the bottom’ free service

North West agency owner Maurice Kilbridge turns to Twitter after losing instruction to online agency.

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Land Registry hires 1,000 staff to reduce shocking six-month delays for leaseholders

Ongoing problems are impacting the housing market as leaseholders wait for months to update leases prior to putting properties on the market.

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Average cost of evicting rogue tenants reaches eye-watering £31k

Claim by leading letting agency Benham & Reeves includes lost rent, refit costs and legal fees.

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Happier, Ed? Sheeran’s celebrity home buying spree in Suffolk

The star has been keeping agents busy in his home town recently as he's hoovered up half a dozen properties in the area.

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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva; font-weight: bold;">Final deadline is midnight, Monday 19th August</span>

The final deadline is extended – you now have the weekend and Monday to get your entries in for the UK's most prestigious awards programme for residential agency and suppliers.

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