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6 NEWSbeat There’s never a dull moment in the property world but only the
shiniest, most interesting news items get included in Newsbeat.
In for a tweet How to say something in 140 characters.
8 The Coalition: two years later We had high hopes for the fresh young Government, but what have they done for housing in the last two years? Andrea Kirkby is on their case.
12 Planning a holiday (site)? You’d think planners would want to see a rundown holiday site
rejuvenated and profitable; but this adventure was no holiday for the developers!
17 Tech news The world is just buzzing with new technology at the moment, it’s pretty
hard to keep up to speed, but here are some of the latest wheezes.
23 Congratulations Happy successful people in property!
S ALES • LETT I N GS • C O MMER C IAL • A UC T IO NS 56 WILL THE COALITION BE GOOD FOR PROPERTY? A NEW POLITICAL ERA
Banging on about auctions.
BRAND ABROAD UK too small? Go international!
MOVING YOUR WIN AN iPAD! P38 8
SOFTWARE REVIEW Part 3 – property goes into cloud computing
AGENCY PROPERTY PROFESSIONAL SHOW REPORT P12 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS P31 BUYING AN AGENCY – COMPLETION P39 LAW ON COMMISSIONS P36 ILLEGAL EVICTION P62 10June 1 Cover
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36 In for a tweet Tracy Falke is in full song about the joys of Twitter and she shares her skills to show us how to understand the techno jargon surrounding the whole new social world, in many more than 140 characters!
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40 RICS has a new agenda It is time for action says David Dalby at the RICS who wants to lead a
new agenda in setting professional standards for residential property.
43 Lettings news All the latest stories from the eternally busy world of residential lettings.
Blue sky thinking in software.
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46 Management: chore or profit maker? We asked the expert, Sarah Rushbrook, why letting agents should definitely offer a management service and how they can make it work without doing the work. Simples!
24 The Ombudsman says... We need to stimulate some healthy debate. It’s all about getting the message across says Mr Hamer.
26 Blue sky thinking – sof tware special The software you use is crucial to your efficiency and success. Now there
are clouds coming over, but they are good clouds – and there’s more innovation too.
31 Ladies who let For some letting homes is a job, for others, it is a passion. We meet two
ladies in Surrey who believe that eveyrthing they do should be the best!
32 Sounds like a plan... The NPPF is here. It doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue but it has stirred up the chatter already; we have some views from the wise on where the new planning regime may take us.
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