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  + + +   Wednesday, 6th February - No real sign yet of any 'slump effect'  + + +   Tuesday, 5th February - Home information packs to be introduced in Scotland   + + +   Monday, 4th February - Tesco is moving onto the estate agents’ patch  + + +   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  + + +   Friday, 2nd March - Rightmove doubles profits  + + +   Wednesday, 28th February - House prices rise 0.7 per cent in February  + + +   Monday, 26th February - 3i bids for estate agent Foxtons  + + +   Monday, 26th February - Lenders seek to postpone HIPs  + + +   Thursday, 22nd February - £1bn Countrywide bid fuels private equity row  + + +   Tuesday, 20th February - Adventurous buyers send property prices surging in remote towns  + + +   Friday, 16th February - House prices exceed £200K  + + +   Monday, 12th February - A year of general growth  + + +   Monday, 5th February - Countrywide reveals new bid  + + +   Tuesday, 30th January - HIPS reaches another stumbling block  + + +   Friday, 26th January - Government reignites row over Home Information Packs  + + +   Tuesday, 23rd January - NAEA posts official objection to HIPS  + + +   Thursday, 18th January - House prices are cooling  + + +   Tuesday, 16th January - Countrywide adjourns bid offer decision  + + +   Monday, 15th January - Property boom pushes value of homes to record £3.8 trillion  + + +   Thursday, 11th January - Countrywide accused of offering poor deal in management buyout  + + +   Monday, 8th January - UK house prices dropped in December  + + +   Thursday, 4th January - House prices 'sustainable'  + + +   Tuesday, 2nd January - Double-digit rise in house prices  + + +  

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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