Lettings agent fined £40,000 for ‘membership club’ scam in landmark prosecution
Landmark Trading Standards case exposes director attempting to avoid lettings agency laws
Marc Shoffman
Landlords spending £3,000 a year maintaining their properties
Research highlights the cost of dealing with tenant damage
Transactions across England and Wales fall to lowest levels for six years and at fastest rate for a decade
Sales fall at fastest rate since financial crisis, Land Registry figures show
Knight Frank marks entry into equity release sector by becoming first agent to join trade body
The agent’s finance arm has joined the Equity Release Council
Build-to-rent referrals platform that aims to boost business for agents plans expansion
Agents will be able to access exclusive developments
Franchise network boosts regional presence with independent agent acquisition
Winkworth expands its reach across East Anglia
Property market spring bounce turns into a summer slump
Land Registry reveals 4% dip in property registrations
Police accused of ignoring evidence in Lamplugh case as ‘new suspect’ identified
Former detective urges Met to investigate new evidence in tragic Suzy case
Staff raise £6,000 to help mark Hamptons’ 150th celebrations
Hamptons International agents have been challenged to raise £150 each for Cancer Research UK
Average property values up £2,000 in first half of 2019 but London home owners have lost £13,000
Zoopla reveals the regions with the biggest house price gains since January
Mortgage market ‘holding up’ despite tough political backdrop
Approvals increase annually but hit a three-month low in June
UK property sales in huge slump as transactions fall for third month in a row
Completed house sales slump right across UK, says latest HMRC data
Estate agents’ pay declines heavily over the past decade, claims new data
ONS data suggests estate agents are earning 12% less than they did in 2008
Agents Giving calls for firms to support foodbanks over the summer holidays
Agents urged to help low-income families struggling with the costs of extra meals and childcare
New emoov owner seals Open Banking partnership as it nears lettings launch
Tenant financial data will be accessible from one place
Numbers of landlords purchasing properties through companies on the rise
Increase coincides with scaling back of mortgage interest relief
Agents boost their business with independent acquisitions
Franchisees boost their businesses with acquisitions
Deposit alternative announces tie-up with traditional scheme to reduce admin for agents
Flatfair and mydeposits schemes can now be accessed via one platform
New property management service launches for ‘squeezed agents’
Proptech firm promises to undercut rivals
London Mayor demands new powers to issue rent controls in the capital
Agents and landlords blast ‘idiotic’ proposals