The Negotiator

1 day ago | thenegotiator.co.uk | Simon Cairnes

Rightmove has launched the next phase of its advertising campaign which has been timed to maintain market momentum following the recent Stamp Duty rises and drive more traffic to estate agencies and properties. The multi-channel ‘If they can find it, so can you’ campaign will appear across prime-time TV slots, digital, social, and outdoor advertising.

1 day ago | thenegotiator.co.uk | Simon Cairnes

Sellers who list with estate agency Avocado Property, which employs the self-employed agent model, are 37% more likely to have their property sales complete compared to the national average, according to boss Ian Macbeth (pictured)New figures released by the agency show it achieved a 76.4% completion rate between May 2024 and May 2025, significantly outperforming the UK average of 55.7%. Depth of service“We’re proud of our completion rate because it’s proof that our model works,” says Macbeth.

1 day ago | thenegotiator.co.uk | Nigel Lewis

Letting agents and landlords now face an ‘unfair’ and ‘outdated’ system of gauging wear and tear when tenants exit properties, it has been claimed. Inventory Base says current rental regulations remain stuck in a pre-Covid approach despite widespread changes caused by remote working. The firm reckons that additional use of fixtures and furnishings in homes means that their expected average lifespan has fallen by 30%.

1 day ago | thenegotiator.co.uk | Simon Cairnes

A tenant activist group is demanding renters be given immediate powers to claim rent refunds from rogue landlords as the Renters’ Rights Bill is debated in the House of Lords. Dan Wilson Craw, Deputy Chief Executive at Generation Rent (main image), says the Greater London Authority’s data shows council enforcement against offending landlords is patchy at best, with just five London boroughs responsible for 87% of all fines.

2 days ago | thenegotiator.co.uk | Simon Cairnes

An estate agent who ‘fraudulently’ took a deposit from a client and then threatened his former boss has been spared jail and handed a community order, it has been reported. Brighton and Hove News reveals that Danny Wood, 47, Wood, of Mill Street, Falmer, appeared at Brighton Magistrates Court after previously pleading guilty to fraud and sending a threat at his first court hearing.