Your round-up of the week's hot news from The Neg

Video exclusive: former Purplebricks director reveals all about his new business

Richard Jacques launched property investment platform Investerge in August to consumers but now says it can benefit estate agents too.

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Bob Scarff: ‘How I’d fix Countrywide, and why it’s in trouble’

Former senior Countrywide director bares all during video interview with Chris Watkins released exclusively to The Negotiator.

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Filming to begin on crime thriller based on true story of London estate agent

Former sales agent David Perlmutter's international best selling novel Wrong Place, Wrong Time is to be made into a movie filmed in the UK and Spain.

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Purplebricks told to pay tenants compensation after maintenance failings

TPO finds against the hybrid agency for failing to pass on maintenance requests to a landlord and appearing to ignore email from tenants requesting action.

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New lettings platform bags two leading property industry players

Accommodation.co.uk has recently opened its new HQ in Manchester and is fast gaining new recruits from both traditional agencies and Purplebricks.

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Conservative conference report – main points

The Negotiator sums up all the important announcements made yesterday by three different ministers at the conference in Manchester.

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Emoov is dead, long live Emoov!

Many assumed that Emoov would disappear after the company behind it went bust – but proptech firm, Mashroom bought its database and the name and relaunched the business. The Negotiator met its new CEO, Naveen Jaspal.

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