{"id":116323,"date":"2020-05-13T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/opening-of-english-housing-market-catches-estate-agents-on-the-hop\/"},"modified":"2020-05-13T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:07:57","slug":"opening-of-english-housing-market-catches-estate-agents-on-the-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/opening-of-english-housing-market-catches-estate-agents-on-the-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of English housing market catches estate agents on the hop"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Agencies scramble to work out how to do viewings after industry exempted from coronavirus lockdown Coronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe news that the housing market in England could restart came as a surprise to estate agents. \u201cWe thought we\u2019d be included with other retail and it would be 1 June before we could reopen,\u201d says Alasdair Dunne, head of residential at Fisher German. \u201cThen all of a sudden it\u2019s full speed ahead.\u201dThe agency, which has 13 offices covering England and Wales, received the government guidance on how to carry out viewings at 9.30am, but had already heard from clients who had seen the news. \u201cSome of them are really keen to get on and do things, but some are actually quite nervous,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are seeing if sellers are happy for viewings to take place. If it doesn\u2019t look feasible to do it safely, we\u2019re not doing it.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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