JULY 2012 CONTENTS
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Ongoing construction work
6 NEWSbeat Seeking out the really interesting news on prices,
portals, rentals, taxes, conveyancing – and more.
12 The Negotiator Awards 2012 What shape is your agency in this year? Good enough to win a Negotiator award? Yes? Enter now and join the winners on 24th October!
17 Tech news The technological revolution continues, are you on top
of it all? If not, read the latest news here, everything comes with chips these days.
20 Masters of all they survey Somewhere along the line, home buyers began to think
a mortgage valuation was a survey. And it’s caused a few heartaches. We have two views on what’s to be done, from the RICS and the RPSA – don’t miss this feature.
24 Building sites (online ones) If you had your website built anything more than two years
ago, it’s probably out of date. But what do you need to do? We asked the experts to separate the fad from the trend.
34 Career choices must be made! Which do you value most: salary or commission? Tell us in
the Deverell Smith Survey and you could win an iPad!
36 Is Pinterest of interest? It’s a good question. On first sight, Pinterest is a bit girly, all about crafts and things for your wedding, but it’s rapidly growing into a very useful business medium. And it’s free!
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Get ready to enter – and win an award
Sales
meetings? zzzzzz....
39 Agents in the community Pass the tissues, and salute the tremendous efforts made
by agents to raise awareness and funds for their local communities and national charities.
COVER FEATURE
42 Mortgage pain? Blame Spain You might not imagine that the financial disasters in property construction and sales on the Costas could affect our mortgage market, but they are.
46 Bored meetings If your sales meetings involve more doodling than doing,
you’ll sympathise with Philip Bowden, but he has ideas!
49 The Property Ombudsman When is a deal a conflict of interest? When it’s your brother selling? Your mother buying? Yes, and lots of other situations too. Christopher Hamer explains.
36 4 JULY 2012 PROPERTYdrum
Pin ups used to mean something different
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