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Rightmove said operating profit for the year ended 31 December 2021 was £226.1m, up from £135.1m a year earlier, despite a drop in agent membership numbers.

The platform’s founder, former Dixons Carphone director Mike Savva, says renters are now “looking for an alternative” to property portals.

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords selling properties, new research shows.

An unscrupulous landlord who left his tenants living in rodent infested conditions has been hit with a hefty fine.

Teal says it has spent the last couple of years looking specifically at the challenge of getting hold of digital conveyancing data earlier in the process.

Daryl McIntosh, policy manager for Propertymark, has slammed the continuation of discretionary grounds for possession.

New regulations are needed to help improve the lettings industry, but this must not come at the cost of alienating landlords and letting agents, according to PayProp.

Private equity firms provide agency owners with ‘pretty effective routes to exit’ the sector, according to Jon Cook, CEO of nurtur.group, formerly epropservices.

Can a sense of humour and a witty turn of phrase help an estate agent sell a parking space?

Jon Notley, who oversaw the integration of the Countrywide business last year, has been appointed commercial director of Connells Group.