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Government makes a major move to ‘professionalise’ the estate agency industry
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LSL trumpets ‘highly resilient’ performance as estate agency revenue drops; warns on coronavirus impact
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LSL reports record figures
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House Collective adds Hamptons veteran as London expansion gathers pace
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Grant J Bates Property installs new lettings boss
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PrimeResi hears from some of the capital's top property brokers, lawyers & developers, about how November's IT hack exposed a fragile planning system, put transactions on ice, and continues to cause 'havoc'…
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Cohort agrees £20mn loan against £56mn Mayfair home
Big-ticket refinancing was agreed in only three weeks.
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Strutt & Parker launches broker team to ‘super-charge’ prime London business
Exclusive: After six months building a crack team of PCL brokers, sales chief Claire Reynolds has unveiled a new 'hybrid' operating model that promises to 'redefine agency' in the capital.
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