Thursday, 25th February - Estate agents back RICS call for further regulation  + + +   Monday, 22nd February - OFT seeks Government guidelines on payments to estate agents  + + +   Thursday, 18th February - Estate agents are likely to get the all-clear   + + +   10th February - OFT consults on anti-money laundering  + + +   Monday, 1st February - International property "hugely dependent" on sterling  + + +   Monday, 19th January - LSL Completes Purchase of Halifax Estate Agencies  + + +   Friday, 18th December - House prices rise 91 per cent over decade  + + +   Thursday, 3rd December - Google refuses to rule out property website launch in Britain  + + +   Tuesday, 24th November - Tories to axe house packs  + + +   Wednesday, 4th November - New Call to Scrap Stamp Duty  + + +   Wednesday, 14th October - Call to scrap 'outdated' stamp duty  + + +   Tuesday, 6th October - HIPs would be axed under Conservatives   + + +   Thursday, 17th September - RICS launches property standards board to protect against ‘cowboy agents’  + + +   Wednesday, 19th August - Estate agent HIPs cost warning  + + +   Thursday, 6th August - Property Ombudsman extends remit to HIP providers  + + +   Monday, 27th July - RICS launches estate agency guide  + + +   Tuesday, 14th July - UK real estate agents need to join new anti-money laundering register   + + +   Tuesday, 7th July - Former Redrow boss aiming to float residential property group London Residential Opportunities  + + +   Thursday, 18th June - OFT launches online agency register  + + +   Monday, 15th June - Winkworth estate agency 'to float on stock market'  + + +   Wednesday, 11 June - Warning over home information packs  + + +   Wednesday, 6th May - Rightmove ups profits forecast as traffic rises  + + +   Thursday, 30th April - A Name Change  + + +   Friday, 24th April - Estate agents deride ‘paltry’ help for buyers  + + +   Monday, 20th April - Property asking prices rising  + + +   Thursday, 16th April - Rics to review transparency of estate agent fees  + + +   Tuesday, 7th April - Estate agents slam new HIP rules  + + +   Thursday, 19th March - House sales up after record lows  + + +   Wednesday, 4th March - MPs criticise housing department   + + +   Tuesday, 3rd March - Home Information Packs could be out of date by the time homes are sold, MPs say   + + +   Monday, 2nd March - Rightmove reports rise in profits  + + +   Thursday, 26th February - OFT investigates estate agents   + + +   Tuesday, 10th February - More hints of a housing recovery   + + +   Sunday, 8th February - 'Utterly pointless'. Are HIPs breaking the back of the housing market?  + + +   Thursday, 5th February - Confidence 'returning to market'  + + +   Tuesday, 27th January - Tories call for HIPs to be scrapped  + + +   Thursday, 22 January - Estate agents report activity rise  + + +   Wednesday, 21st January - NAEA hopes regulation will remove cowboys  + + +   13th January - Rightmove names new FD and streamlines head office ops  + + +   Friday, 2nd January - Market 'to bounce back in spring'  + + +   Thursday, 2nd October - Five out of six Home Information Packs 'are riddled with mistakes', investigation finds  + + +   Tuesday, 29th July - Hips to be expanded  + + +   Friday, 9th May - Final Stage of Home Packs Delayed  + + +   Thursday, 6th March - Estate agents’ ombudsman scheme postponed  + + +   Wednesday, 5th March - Rightmove and LSL results reassure  + + +   Monday, 12th February - UK based lettings agent franchise planning Northern Ireland expansion  + + +   Tuesday, 5th February - Home information packs to be introduced in Scotland   + + +   Friday, 1st February - Millionaire loses house-finder fee battle  + + +   Friday, 18th January - Do property searches in 24 hours, minister tells councils  + + +   Thursday, 3rd January - 'Minister Yvette Cooper prepared badly and lost her nerve'  + + +   Thursday, 22nd November - HIPs two-bedroom roll-out 'imminent'  + + +   Wednesday, 14th November - Experts say property prices will pick up in 2008  + + +   Friday, 9th November - Government performs another U-turn on HIPs  + + +   Friday, 26th October - More agents sign up to OEA  + + +   Wednesday, 17th October - Tesco Property Sales Stop  + + +   Monday, 1st October - Tory conference pledge to scrap home packs  + + +   Friday, 28th September - Foxtons shuts US real estate operations  + + +   Tuesday, 4th September - Hips: can it get any worse?  + + +   Monday, 3rd September - Rightmove's rapid growth continues  + + +   Wednesday, 22nd August - Home Information Packs are dealt new blow by lenders  + + +   Thursday, 9th August - Watchdog attacks home pack failure  + + +   Monday, 6th August - OEA to launch in Scotland  + + +   26th July - Online property sales could walk free of HIPs  + + +   Monday, 2nd July - HIPs law 'riddled with loopholes'  + + +   Wednesday, 27th June - Home packs roll-out 'by October'  + + +   Wednesday, 13th June - Revised Plan for Homesellers Pack  + + +   Wednesday, 6th June - What a Fiasco!  + + +   Sunday, 27th May - Kelly's U-turn has caused a spectacular pile-up  + + +   Monday, 21st May - Foxtons puts up 'Sold' sign as BC Partners steps in for £390m  + + +   Thursday, 17th May - UK Conservatives' bid to throw out Home Information Packs defeated  + + +   Friday, 11th May - Estate Agents Complaints Rise by Two-Thirds  + + +   Wednesday, 9th May - Good Ship HIP to Sink?  + + +   Tuesday, 1st May - The Home Pack Revolt  + + +   Wednesday, 25th April - Clamour to ditch £1,000 home packs  + + +   Wednesday, 28th March - Britain's best-known estate agent to sell up  + + +   Monday, 19th March - What a year that was!  + + +   Thursday, 15th March - The £1m estate agents  + + +   Tuesday, 13th March - Confident Countrywide surges to £113m  + + +   Monday, 12th March - House prices show sharp increase  + + +   Friday, 9th March - The difficult birth of home sales packs  + + +   Tuesday, 6th March - Ombudsman offers helping hand to Hips complainers  + + +   Monday, 5th March - 3i back in the running for Britain's largest estate agent  + + +  

GCG Consulting was founded in 1990 and specialises in the property sector. It has been advising clients - from single office firms to the major networks both in the UK and overseas and provides speedy, pragmatic and workable solutions to all organisations with an interest in UK residential estate agency.

The only constant is change

The UK residential estate agency market is undergoing a transformation. In recent years we have seen the intense development of the internet and applied technology, the introduction of draconian compliance obligations in the sales of mortgage related products and kettings and managment compliance, the determination of Government to intervene in the house buying process which has led to the highly controversial introduction of Home Information Packs, the increasing prominence and clout of estate agency franchise and affinity groups and structural problems such as the lack of industry appeal to emerging talent.

All of this within the context of a turbulent largely unregulated operating environment and in the teeth of ever shifting market conditions. So where are agents to turn for help?

GCG's driving philosophies are a hands-on approach, delivering results and adding real value. It brings to bear technical skills, practical experience and a deep knowledge base to solve problems and provide advice and information in a systematic way.

GCG is also proud of its network of first class contacts which is unlikely to be surpassed by any other business advisers operating in this sector. It enables us to keep our collective finger on the pulse of the sector thereby anticipating rather than reacting to change.

We think it's unlikely that you will find greater industry competence and expertise anywhere in one advisory firm. Call us, we'll listen.



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