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Estate agents blamed for huge hike in moving costs     Chesterton Humbert claims a first with Facebook property search     Expansion for both Winkworth and Sotheby's International Realty     Pawnbroking returns to the high street as banks say no     TV star behind business aiming to be UK's biggest estate agent    

Estate agents are blamed today for the soaring cost of moving home, which new research says has risen faster than house prices over the past decade, and now stands at nearly £9,000...

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Chesterton Humbert claims a first with Facebook property search
Saturday 28 January 2012

Chesterton Humbert is claiming to be the first – and only – national estate agent to offer a property search function on Facebook. The firm has relaunched its Facebook profile with a new property search function that allows users to remain on the Facebook site while browsing properties...

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Expansion for both Winkworth and Sotheby's International Realty
Saturday 28 January 2012

Winkworth has signed its first new office of the year, in Canterbury. Coutts Byers has now become part of the Winkworth franchise network, trading as Winkworth Canterbury...

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Pawnbroking returns to the high street as banks say no
Saturday 28 January 2012

In a telling sign of the times, a high street pawnbroker has announced plans to open 50 new shops this year, creating 300 new jobs. The Money Shop said it has been having its busiest January ever, with rising demand for its services...

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TV star behind business aiming to be UK's biggest estate agent
Saturday 28 January 2012

A new business which sets out to be the future of estate agency in the UK, with ambitions to be the biggest inside three years, is backed by the actress Lynda Bellingham...

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Agent up in arms over 'malicious' Allagents ratings
Saturday 28 January 2012

A successful agent has complained that 17 apparently malicious reviews on Allagents have resulted in his firm coming 8,367 out of 8,385 estate agents...

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Green Deal must not repeat earlier fiasco, ministers warned
Saturday 28 January 2012

Serious concerns have been raised about the Green Deal, amid fears of a repeat of the scandal whereby thousands of DEAs handed over huge sums for training, only to find that neither the work nor the lucrative earnings ever materialised...

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Property insolvencies rise as house sales slip
Saturday 28 January 2012

Insolvencies in property businesses rose by just over 17% last year, Experian reported today. Its figures come as new HMRC figures show that house sales fell by just over 1% last year, with only 890,000 completitions...

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Rebrand for Kent's Ward & Partners
Saturday 28 January 2012

Footfall – or its lack – into agents’ shops continues to be a fraught talking point, but the issue is not stopping some businesses from investing heavily in the look of their offices...

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Dynamic Opportunities
Properties with Virtual Tours are Clicked 10x More!

Saturday 28 January 2012

With a record level of online search activity – up 27% over last year, Estate Agents can maximize their listings with the addition of Interactive Virtual Tours...

How to raise your Lettings fees

Saturday 28 January 2012

In December 2011 ARPM, a market leading outsourced property management company teamed up with Adam Walker the UK's leading agency trainer to hold the first of its Lettings seminars on ‘How to raise your lettings fees’...

Smoking In and around business premises: what is allowed and what is not?

Saturday 28 January 2012

Although the Smoke-free Premises Regulations have been in force since July 2007, we continue to receive questions about the requirements and whether provision can or should be made for employees who smoke...

Boost New Year Sales with New Window Displays

Saturday 28 January 2012

Start the New Year as you mean to go on by installing our latest window displays. If you are looking for a display that will blow the socks off your competitors and attract savvy house hunters then Rotating Light Panels are the product for you! Manning Stainton was one of the first Estate Agents in the UK to have our Rotating Light Panels installed and they couldn't be more pleased with them, "They look amazing!  They really make the office stand out of the whole parade and make our competitors windows look shameful!" - Wendy Wood, Director...

Refresh For Sale Boards & Office Fascia Signs

Saturday 28 January 2012

Leading signage supplier, Kremer Signs are offering a FREE design service throughout January & February to help estate agent across the UK update their image for the start of 2012...

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