Your weekend round-up of top stories, interviews and features

AML latest: 25% of estate agents have failed to register with HMRC<br />

Some five years after AML rules came in, thousands of agencies are now committing a criminal offence by not being registered, it is claimed.

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Landlord and letting agent wins key legal eviction ruling in Court of Appeal

The industry will be relieved that tenants seeking to challenge their eviction on technical grounds have lost in UK's highest court.

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Industry giant Leaders Romans Group sold to private equity firm

Announcement is just shy of six years since Bowmark merged Leaders and Romans to create 210-branch estate agency giant.

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Copy Clinics: ‘It’s time agents stopped using ‘well appointed’ and other clichés’<br />

Industry figure and former letting agent Neil Whitfield is offering to help agents make their blurb work harder.

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EXCLUSIVE: Big changes at Zoopla as it moves all its software customers onto Alto

Portal confirms that changes will lead to some job losses but says move is 'positive' as it will see resources concentrated on one platform.

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Young proptech duo bag £350k to develop lettings platform

Max Cartwright and Will Stenhouse say the new cash will help develop Yorlet into the primary mover in the lettings software market.

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Govt-backed digital identity scheme gets agent approval

An industry-wide identity scheme headed up by MyIdentity has received glowing reviews from agents following the roll-out of a beta test project.

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The Negotiator Magazine – read the January issue, online now

The UK's only magazine for estate and letting agents is available to read online now – just click the link and flip the pages. Over 40 pages of interviews, product reviews, agency news and market information.

This month we feature a full report on The Negotiator Conference – panel debate reports, The NEG Talks podcasts and expo review.

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Market share of hybrid/online agents falls in booming 2021

The market share of hybrid/online agents has fallen to 6.7 per cent in 2021 from a high of eight per cent in 2020, revealed in report by market analyst, TwentyCi.

 

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Trade body the FIA launches first franchise territory owner

Founder Graham Lock says Emma Preston, who is a former Guild senior, is part of a new strategy to grow the trade body

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