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100 _aHewitson, Jessie
245 _aName fame game
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0535) 3 September 2005, 54-55(2)
520 _aExamines the franchising of property firms in the UK. Although franchising has always thrived in the United States the first operation of any significance in the UK was started by Winkworth in 1981. Franchising only accounts for 4% of all estate agencies. Looks at the selection process for candidate franchisees, financing of franchises. Questions whether the amount of money made from buying into an established brand is greater than the cost of being a franchisee. Some however see franchising as being on the brink of booming and the smaller agents benefiting most from franchising.
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690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AGENCY
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