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Meeting and Dinner, Friday 7 March 2008
Aztec Hotel & Spa, Almondsbury, Bristol

The Association of Valuers of Licensed Property held its Spring Dinner on Friday, 7 March 2008 at the Aztec Hotel in Almondsbury, Bristol.

The Chairman for the evening was Stephen Pickering of Messrs Stephen B Pickering and 60 members and guests attended to support Mr Pickering's evening in the chair. The health of the Chairman was proposed by the Hon. Secretary, Bob Whittle, and a toast to the guests was made by Keith Cross of the Cross Partnership. The Social Secretary Keith Gregory responded on behalf of the guests.

The entertainer for the evening was Mr Norman Prince, one of the Association's favourite entertainers and one of the funniest speakers on the after dinner circuit.

The next Association dinner will be held at the Simpsons in the Strand, London on Friday, 14 November 2008 when Paul Newby of Messrs Fleurets will take the chair.

75% of property agents say market currently 'less buoyant'

A questionnaire completed by a group of licensed property agents has revealed that three in four agents think the market is less buoyant now than last year.

The annual survey was of members of the Association of Licensed Property Valuers (AVLP), an influential group of agents including Fleurets, Colliers CRE and Brownhill Vickers & Platts.

The majority thought that the biggest problem for licensees this year will be the credit crunch, which could affect consumer spending and lending on licensed property.

A spokesman for the AVLP said: "Whist the feeling was one of the market being less buoyant than this time last year, 80% reported receiving more instructions and 70% have sold more properties, like for like, in the last 12 months. Also, there's good news for vendors with 30% of members forecasting that property prices would rise in the year ahead."

Morning Advertiser Article
Thursday 15 November 2007

Questionnaire Results

Results of a questionnaire conducted by the Association of Valuers of Licensed Property (AVLP) reported that 80% of those polled had received more instructions in the past twelve months than the previous twelve. The poll also revealed that, like-for-like, 70% of agents had sold more properties than in the previous twelve months.

Fleurets Newswire
19 November 2007

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