CONTENTS
March 2010
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8 NEWSbeat
News, products and people in sales, lettings, auctions and commercial
property – and an exclusive interview with Google Head of Property.
14 Fractional property ownership
Selling property by fractions – it’s timeshare but with real ownership – and an opportunity for estate agents to get a piece of the action.
20 Marketing and PR
Marketing expert, Danielle Simpson, explains why we should all be
into relationship marketing – it’s a personal thing.
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Very TDS!
Letting agents go into
meltdown
22 PULSE – Oxford property market focus
Our monthly in-depth view of a local property market. Residential sales, lettings, auctions, commercial – read this and know Oxford.
There can be only one... Well you’d think so the way portals behave.
30 Speaker’s Corner
It’s John Durrant’s turn to get on his soapbox and spout off about
what you are all doing wrong – including taking bad pictures!
32 Portals news
As the whole digital landscape seems to have been redrawn we bring you up to date on who owns who and their grand plans.
RESIDENTIALsales
36 The HIPs column
Mike Ockenden, Director General of AHIPP, considers the
consequences of a Tory Government and how HIPs may change.
39 Property Professional Show 2010
It is shaping up to be the main event in property this year and a red letter day for all estate and letting agents. 17/18 May – be there!
REVENUEstreams
40 Selling property – with a business
Here’s something you could get into – selling not just the property
but the post office/pub/hairdressers/newsagent etc that’s in it.
RESIDENTIALlettings
PULSE: Oxford
you don’t need four GCSE’s to live there
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4 MARCH 2010 PROPERTYdrum
44 Lettings news
Some good news on the PRS, and some bad.
Well, what did you expect?
46 Tenancy Deposit Scheme debacle!
Lots of shouting and vented spleens as we look in detail at what caused the TDS furore and how it’s being handled.
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