Estate agents accused of adopting illegal ‘conditional selling’ tactics
Some estate agents could become more reliant on financial services, amid a slow housing market, with fewer property transactions taking place, it has been suggested
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One of the UK’s oldest estate agents acquires 70-year-old agency
This acquisition comes after the estate agency’s purchases of several other businesses
Tributes for founder of well-known estate agency
Estate agency founder, described as a ‘true gentleman’, has passed away
Singing estate agent’s latest music video to help sell property goes viral
Watch now: Musical version of a walkthrough of ‘the never ending property’
BTL landlords ‘fear’ the scrapping of Section 21 and are ‘selling up’
Fears surrounding the scrapping of Section 21 are a driving force behind landlords not remortgaging and selling-up instead, says BTL mortgage broker
Mortgage lenders cut borrowing costs despite BoE base rate hike
Mortgage lenders are continuing to reduce their fixed rates as competition for new business heats up
BTL landlords welcome plans to evict unruly tenants
Landlords to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin their neighbours’ lives through persistent noise or by being drunk and disorderly
New How to Rent Guide published by government
The new guide is part of the prescribed information which must be issued to tenants. Failure to do so means that landlords lose the right to repossess using Section 21
Trade association launches first property logbooks register
The Register of Logbooks, which is accessible via estate agent and conveyancer systems, seeks to allow faster exchange of data between vendor logbooks and the buying and selling community
UK public buildings need major upgrades for Net Zero – report
The UK government is falling behind on one of its core commitments, study finds