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Letting agents what are the top priorities for tenants in 2020?
As a letting agent, it will help your cause if you know what tenants want, as you can then offer advice to your landlords on where they might want to be focusing their attentions when sourcing new tenants – or trying to keep existing ones in place.
Estate agents is broadband now the fourth utility
There has been much debate in recent years around classing high-speed broadband as a utility, given its importance to the modern world and the smooth functioning of the UK's increasingly tech-led, digitised economy.
2020 what do letting agents need to look out for next year
With 2020 nearly upon us, and the recent emphatic win by the Conservatives expected to provide some stability and certainty after years of the opposite.
Why modern communication is all important for agents
Thanks to a fast-moving world, how we now communicate in all parts of life is very different to how we communicated even a decade ago.
Reservation agreements what could they mean for agents?
It was recently revealed that reservation agreements – locking buyers and sellers into a deal to prevent fall-throughs and chains from collapsing – are to be trialled by some agencies and conveyancers in early 2020.
Agents fees are falling now that is something to shout about
It's a popular practice for the media to slam agents for the high commission fees they charge, but new research has revealed that the typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen by 1% in the past year
What does the new world of regulation mean for estate and letting agents
In one of the most ground-breaking industry announcements for many a year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group finally released its 54-page document proposing root and branch reform of the agency industry in mid-July.
Landlord licensing review what do letting agents need to know
The recommendations of an independent review into selective licensing in the private rented sector were recently announced
