CONTENTS March 2011


6 NEWSbeat The serious news about the property market is in this


magazine – don’t miss it.


10 Social Media Conference Tweeting for property – and much more. How do you benefit from the social media revolution? Join us in June and you’ll find out just how and what to do!


12 Franchising Starting an agency in 2011 may be terrifying, but could the


COVER FEATURE


Agents doing it for charity


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Sprechen sie Deutsch? Zulu? Swahili? Oh yes...


37 40 57


Training: Block Management qualifications


franchise route be the best for you? We meet the leading property franchisors who may welcome you with open arms.


23 Property hotspots – Hull Don’t mock, this city may have been down on its luck


for a while but the wind of change is upon Hull as Siemens powers in with a massive project.


MORTGAGES


30 Lending loosens up Don’t get too excited but, says Brian Murphy, there is


light at the end of the lending tunnel as mortgage products return to the table.


RESIDENTIALsales


Every little helps. Or does it?


32 Comment – empty homes They’re no good for anyone, says Sarah Lines.


What’s more, you can help to bring them back into use.


37 Agents in the community There’s no end that you won’t go to, no depths you wouldn’t plunge to, in your efforts to help others. Hats off to you!


40 Conveyancing for tomorrow Conveyancing is not something that should be done on the


cheap, says Graham Dorman. Unfortunately, that’s what many buyers want. Graham weighs up the pros and cons.


42 Mind your languages If you can’t hold a conversation in anything other than


English, don’t read this. It will embarrass you. On the other hand... perhaps you should, you may be losing business.


47 The Ombudsman on bribery The Bribery Act 2010 comes into force next month.


Christopher Hamer looks at the implications for agents – and for his own service.


4 MARCH 2011 PROPERTYdrum


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