Other News
Summer bounce arrives in housing market
Valuations rise sharply as Britain looks like getting moving again
July 2015
Acquisitions
Star fund manager Woodford puts more money into Purplebricks
New fund-raising round now values 15-month-old business at over £100m
Compliance
Nearly 200 online agents registered with TPO
Nearly 60 initial inquiries against online agents in first six months of this year
Politics
Hands off landlords’ tax relief, Chancellor is warned
Landlord body warns that landlords would be forced to put rents up
Agency
MP in bid for estate agency powers to be devolved to Scotland
Could Scotland choose to ditch the Estate Agents Act?
Charity
Letting agent says it’s a ‘no-brainer’ to support Shelter
We must not bury our heads in the sand, says letting agent
Agency
Landlord parades sandwich board up and down high street in protest against agent
Agent set to be shown on TV showdown with angry landlord
Acquisitions
Now we are 100 – Leaders chalks up ton
Acquisition of Aston Mead takes Leaders past 100-branch mark while Strutt & Parker snaps up Roberts Newby
Law
Estate agent charged with 32 offences of fraud and money laundering
Agent accused at court enters no plea
People
Recruiter says agents’ salaries have not changed since eighties
North/south divide in pay means some agents are working for minimum wage
Finance
Two-bedroom apartment sells in 35 minutes to crowdfunders
Property platform raises half a million to buy its priciest property yet
Training
Top ten tips for successful distance learning
Motivate yourself to get studying – it will lead to better things. By Paul Jager
Other News
Agent accused by Mirror labels story as sensationalist propaganda
Eric Walker hits out at newspaper which claimed tenants would have to pay £600 a day and says story is simply untrue
Agency
Upheaval at Countrywide as retailer takes charge of sales and lettings
Former Carphone Warehouse director appointed amid departures from Countrywide's top team
Lettings
Prisk hits out at letting agents who show industry ‘in worst possible light’
Former housing minister calls for strong leadership to change sector's poor reputation
Agency
Agents urged to advise buyers on need for surveys
Lenders' increasing reliance on desktop valuations 'puts consumers at risk'
Politics
More new homes given permission than before crash
Planning reforms are working, claims housing minister
Law
No hot water? Tenants told to boil a kettle
Firm found guilty of failing to supply hot water for four years
Compliance
Property market targeted by fraudsters
Landlords and investors urged to watch out – there's a scam about