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Winkworth acquires Berkshire lettings agency
Reading-based AMPM joins the fold, adding a portfolio of more than 80 landlords to Winkworth's lettings business in the area
Guild halves membership fee; offers free digital tools to help agents through the Covid-19 crisis
The Guild of Property Professionals has followed Rightmove and OnTheMarket, with Coronavirus cost mitigation offers for members.
OnTheMarket follows Rightmove with ‘agent support package’
Property portal introduces a three-month "payment support initiative", offering a third off listing fees for full-price members only.
Rightmove offers payment deferral plan in response to the Coronavirus crisis
Property portal is offering a six-month deferred payment plan to estate agents "to help mitigate some of the cash flow burden" arising from the Covid-19 outbreak.
Lucian Cook on what Covid-19 might mean for the property market
The Coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause "a hiatus in the UK housing market, without necessarily affecting longer term prospects," says Savills' research chief.
PROPS Awards 2020: The shortlist
The 29th PROPS Awards fundraiser for Variety is due to take place on 12th May in London.
Propertymark publishes Coronavirus guidance for estate agents
The NAEA and ARLA have issued a 27-point checklist to help sales and letting agents limit the transmission of the Covid-19 virus while continuing to run a business.
Pi Labs bags £2.5m to fund global expansion
PropTech investment firm plans to double the number of companies it backs.
Listen: Mishcon’s Susan Freeman interviews U+I chief Richard Upton
Top developer and entrepreneur features in the latest episode of the Propertyshe Podcast
LCP hires ex-Foxtons sales boss Andrew Weir as chief exec
Investment advisory secures the services of one of the best-known names on the London agency scene
Coronavirus has ‘completely wrecked’ the housing market bounce as viewings slump
"It seems likely that Covid-19, combined with last month’s floods, will have completely wrecked any positive effects that political certainty since the general election may have provided to the housing…
LSL ‘does not intend to make an offer for Countrywide’
Estate agency mega-merger taken off the table for now as LSL pulls out.