Other News
Picture of the week: Swimming pool in the sky could become THE next big thing
Ten storeys up and time to take the plunge
August 2015
Tech
Rightmove says new site ‘not a response to launch of OTM’
Portal says changes prompted by fact that 60% of users now view site on mobile or tablet
Finance
Mortgage lending ‘highest in seven years’
Council of Mortgage Lenders predicts £22bn was lent in July
Lettings
Hope for buy-to-let landlords over tax reforms
RLA asks for 'tax solutions' to help industry
Charity
Agent who lost his wife to cancer commissions Julian O’Dell
Moving response to EYE story aimed to help fund raising
Agency
Recruitment firm beefs up its estate agency team
Key hires give recruitment firm 'fire power'
Other News
House prices jumping up – highest in 11 years
Hometrack says house prices in cities are at boiling point
Agency
Woman shocked to find her own home advertised on agent’s website
Home neither for rent nor sale – but had been on market. NAEA boss criticises Trading Standards over lack of action
Lettings
Dawn raids: A look at the underbelly of Britain’s housing crisis
EYE's deputy editor goes on dawn patrol to see first-hand the unacceptable face of the private rented sector
Tech
Property that first listed on Rightmove four years ago is removed after admin error
Sold property listed by eMove (no relation)
Lettings
Landlords’ Barometer – #22: Who wants to be a millionaire?
Plenty going on in the world of private landlords
People
Well-known auctioneer and estate agent dies
Tributes paid to auctioneer after death at age of 56
Other News
New property programmes looking for input from agents
Two new TV property shows would like to hear from agents
Agency
Hurford Salvi Carr appoints new residential manager
Libby Watt will oversee the West End sales and lettings business
Agency
Former TV presenter opens estate agency – and rents other people’s windows
New hybrid agent looks to local post offices for window space
Lettings
Register now but come back in ten years’ time, agents tell tenants
No it's not in the UK. But it could be if rent controls were introduced
Compliance
Local authority admits to widespread non-compliance over licensing
Only 5,000 applications for licences received when up to 20,000 were expected
Law
Campaign launches for landlords financially crippled by waiting times for bailiff
More eviction cases must be moved up to High Court, Ministry of Justice told