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House prices fall or rise (take your pick)
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House prices went up slightly – by 0.4% – in July, the Land Registry has reported. It

Knight Frank stay quiet after conman is jailed
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A tenant who faked his identity when renting through Knight Frank has been jailed for three

Rich overseas buyers keep prime London market aloft
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Chinese buyers are expected to replace Russian investors as major players in the prime central London

Moving occasion: today's the day!
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The most popular moving date is today, September 1, the Post Office has revealed. The two next

Prospective first-time buyers sink to new low
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The proportion of buyers expecting to buy for the first time in the next 12 months

Housing market 'edging towards double dip' claim
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Net lending plummeted in July to the second lowest monthly figure since records began in 1993,

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Welcome to a new monthly blog by Henry Pryor, estate agent turned entrepreneur, inventor and expert

Rightmove profits climb 39% as more agents sign up
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A rise in the number of agents and an overall willingness to pay more to Rightmove

Portal creates new 'check out your competition' stats
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Property portal Home has created some new statistic pages on its site which we reckon will

Six in ten mortgages are now for house purchase
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The proportion of mortgages being taken out for purchases, as opposed to remortgages, is at its

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Posted By will on Wednesday 1st September 2010 15:20:55

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House prices are up in scotland so says the BBC today 1st september. The first positive thing they have said in 2 years but all the neagative folk hate this so wait for the 'half glass full brigade' to step up the depression talk again

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Posted By Ray Evans on Wednesday 1st September 2010 11:30:50

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Can someone tell me what real relevance a monthly reduction, or indeed an increase, of about £650 is on a transaction of about £267,000? (thousands yes, but a few hundred)
Talk about navel gazing!
I would do what I always did during 35 years in the business, ignore this nit picking because it is out of my control anyway and get on with selling & renting to the best of my ability.

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Posted By Monkeytennis on Wednesday 1st September 2010 11:09:19

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Once again the ignorance around this among media and the government just astounds me. Land Reg surveys are post completion. i.e they lag approx. 3-4 months behind the other surveys by halifax, nationwide which are based on mortgage approvals at the beginning of the house buying process. Now can we finally understand this please people, please Mr Cameron don't waste money investigating this very easy to understand phenomenon.

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Posted By Rubbish on Tuesday 31st August 2010 12:57:59

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Agree with poster below. How on earth they can publish such rubbish is beyond me. I would suspect the only people that will ever see i are people from this site anyway.

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Posted By AceofSpades on Tuesday 31st August 2010 11:58:51

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"it would not count as the 'real' thing in terms of requirements for selling or renting a property"

Energy Assessors are forver banging on about the importance on an EPC, especially on this site.

Qreative Media openly say it cannot be used as an official EPC, so that is the end of that. If agents mis-use it, that is their problem and they should be punished accordingly.

There is absolutely no grounds whatsoever to report this app to anyone. If it is mis-used and used to replace the official EPC, then absolutley.. report it.

However, it provides many uses to various users as a cheap solution - $ 3.99!!

Very handy for existing home owners who are looking to gain ideas - this app WILL provide ideas to improve your home (tried and tested).

Granted, it won't (or certainly shouldn't) be as effective as a site visit, but from what I have encountered, the 'real' EPCs are sometimes a lottery anyway!!

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Posted By wooden top on Friday 27th August 2010 11:28:21

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What a load of rubbish and misinformation. I looked at our area and each agents was being scored from different total figures for overall rating and ours were incorrect and I suspect are over 2 months out of date. Even I had difficulty making head to tail of the information that would benefit a vendor. What hope for Joe public?

Most damaging was the ratings i.e. Number 1 agent in the area which I suspect Joe public would be looking for after taking the headache tablets. They were rated using overall agents property stock figure 25% less than other agents claultaions... farce!

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Posted By Jonnie on Thursday 26th August 2010 21:52:27

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Peebee - as usual you are right but ive not been very clear with my views, i agree that achieving the best price is the most important role we play but my point was that the 'best price' isnt / is rarely what the owner perceives it to be especially if they are making judgements based on the medias interpretation of the numerouse house price surveys.

Our customers should trust us that we know what the true value is and take our advice....................have i explained myself?

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Posted By will on Wednesday 25th August 2010 10:11:34

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Yet another negative headline from Rosalind 'The editor' A month is a long time in this game so lets wait and see when there are positive messages to come that will be reported by Rosalind with the same excitement although very much doubt it will be reported as it dosen't have the same impact.

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Posted By Neil Kurz on Wednesday 25th August 2010 08:22:38

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How odd, having read the article and seen the stupidity of the headline, I was expecting to see "Buyers save 150million" since HIPs were there to try and contribute reducing the overall costs to the consumer of the transactions that abort. So the headline talks about HIPs, yet the article makes no mention that HIPs are in any way to blame for the state of the property market. Did Trevor or the NAEA draft this piece? It's pretty laughable journalism- are you the Daily Mail in disguise?

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Posted By Noonelikesabighead. on Monday 23rd August 2010 09:22:55

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450% of not a lot is..... not a lot.

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Posted By Landlord on Friday 20th August 2010 20:37:33

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I'm a landlord and investor and visit this site every now and again. I'm a bit perplexed by some of these comments and wonder if letting agents really understand what landlords like me need and want. I have a sizable portfolio and use various agents dependant on the type of property, the tenants and where the properties are located. I do have properties managed for me but I also use agents on a tenant find only basis and I have never been refused this service.

I use rightmove to find properties and do my research, I also get an idea of the local agents I may want to use as I want my properties on it.

I myself can get my properties on gumtree and google directly not a problem. I can't on Rightmove! I have to use an agent but it seems here I'm told letting agents don't and can't offer me a tenant find sevice, What tosh!

Agents charge me for the service (i certainly won't pay £1000 as someone mentions!) you also talk here of supporting free sites, well thanks a lot! What am I paying you for then?

As for dodgy private landlords yes I know there are a few but I'm not one of them. Who's policing shoddy agents though? I've certainly dealt with a few, even here I see stories about them. regards the professionals even I know that descriptions for lettings properties are not covered by the PMA! and all viewings must be accompanied by estate and letting agents.... really?

If I need tenant find services and you don't and can't offer that then no problem many agents do, they can have my fully managed properties too!

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Posted By raydon on Friday 20th August 2010 15:45:41

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Smaller single branch agents should be allowed to work hard and take on properties within their city and surrounding villages

large multiple nationwide agents would love rightmove to restrict the smaller agents by only allowing them to let and manage properties say in a city by post code could be just a 20 mile radius or in London less !

Small agents would be squeazed out by the larger multi office agents just on coverage.

MADNESS !

Rightmove is a method of advertising thats it ! not a setter of rules for the letting industry

Single office agents start competing dont get squeezed out by the big boys.

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Posted By raydon on Friday 20th August 2010 14:54:51

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James (a different one)

Well said you, I am not an agent but have run my own business for many year.

FACT -All agents on rightome are registered agents

FACT - Many agents contract out services; inventories viewings etc

FACT - Many agents use the internet

FACT - Many agents have always offered a Tenant Find Service

FACT - Good Agents offering a range of services, good service levels, at competive prices will prevail

Agents who sit there waiting for the end of the recession will suffer or loose their business

Guess what same for all business

AGENTS use the internet , use pricing, break down your services , capitalise on your advertising skills.

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Posted By David Worthington. on Friday 12th February 2010 16:26:56

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Nope, Old Faithful,it's not just you!!!

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Posted By Old Faithful on Friday 12th February 2010 12:20:22

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Is it me?? Or are others not actually seeing the text of this article, I can see all the comments, but not the article itself.

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Posted By Tim M on Wednesday 19th August 2009 07:56:03

The judge in this case should be removed from any position of responsibility on the grounds of gross negligence and being downright thick.

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Posted By Toothless Tiger on Monday 1st June 2009 14:33:01

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The NAEA or as they now like to be called the NFOPP are a joke and completely useless in both their management of themselves and the way they support us..their members! They should all join Gordon Brown on the next flight out of here.

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Posted By AlanLB on Saturday 30th May 2009 13:01:17

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Which were the three agents to loose their licences?

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Posted By Disgruntled agent on Wednesday 18th March 2009 16:48:54

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Yup! that's about right with them, ******* useless, as with this government everyone seemed to vote for. Can someone start a body of like minded, bright well funded individuals to represent the agents against all the badly thought out legislation and lack of forward planning by the NAEA and Government.

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Posted By Stuart Carnegie on Wednesday 18th March 2009 14:52:11

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Does this mean the NAEA have no recovery plan?

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