{"id":113881,"date":"2020-01-26T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/may-i-have-a-word-about-why-even-estate-agents-dont-deserve-to-be-shuttered-jonathan-bouquet\/"},"modified":"2020-01-26T13:17:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T06:17:42","slug":"may-i-have-a-word-about-why-even-estate-agents-dont-deserve-to-be-shuttered-jonathan-bouquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/may-i-have-a-word-about-why-even-estate-agents-dont-deserve-to-be-shuttered-jonathan-bouquet\/","title":{"rendered":"May I have a word about\u2026 why even estate agents don\u2019t deserve to be shuttered | Jonathan Bouquet"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s terrible news that shops are closing down all over the country, but we don\u2019t need an ugly word for the processI have never felt the need to address the subject of estate agents. True, theirs is a despised calling, as my daughter discovered when she briefly became one and had instant pariah status bestowed on her. But reading about the lack of office space in the City, I began to share some of the revulsion.According to Mat Oakley, the head of commercial property research at Savills: \u201cIt is going to be a very tough year for office tenants. If you\u2019ve bought into wellness and ESG [environmental, social and governance] and productivity, you obviously want the best of the best \u2013 you want accessible buildings, you want buildings that your staff can work flexibly.\u201d I think, reading between the lines, this means that clients want the most space for the least amount of money. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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It\u2019s terrible news that shops are closing down all over the country, but we don\u2019t...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tCN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":152897,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-dubais-real-estate-agents-must-lead-the-green-building-movement\/","url_meta":{"origin":113881,"position":0},"title":"Why Dubai\u2019s real estate agents must lead the green building movement","date":"May 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r With over 72,000 green buildings and growing sustainability goals, Dubai\u2019s property sector needs agents to drive eco-conscious development and investor awareness\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Why Dubai\u2019s real estate agents must lead the green building movement","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Greens-community-in-Dubai-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":120752,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/beware-of-the-pitfalls-of-buying-properties-with-unauthorised-building-work-or-illegal-alterations\/","url_meta":{"origin":113881,"position":1},"title":"Beware of the pitfalls of buying properties with unauthorised building work or illegal alterations","date":"July 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r There was a recent media report about a purchaser\u2019s mortgage application being rejected by local banks as the property had unauthorised building work. 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