Agency
Revealed: The hundreds of millions poured into online and hybrid agents
Ten top agents have raised £250m between them
News
Agency
Collapse of Hunters in Norfolk results in 21 job losses
Confirmation of redundancies follows meeting of creditors yesterday
Compliance
Online agent defends failure to display EPC ratings on Rightmove listings
Agent insists EPCs have been commissioned but are not pulling through to Rightmove
Compliance
Competition watchdog that fined estate agents £370,000 launching new price fixing crackdown
Competition watchdog vows to hunt down more illegal cartels
Agency
Irish firm promises to revolutionise property auctions with first UK online sale
Online technology will make property auctions available to all
Agency
City plans total ban on agents’ ‘eyesore’ boards
Council has applied for a ban after 25% of properties in some parts of the city ended up covered in boards
Finance
First-time buyers bounce back into the mortgage market, figures suggest
Increasing number of mortgages went to first-time buyers in January
Agency
Sky’s the limit! Agent plans parachute jump to raise money for children’s A&E unit
Agent's vertigo-inducing fundraising efforts come as another property group aims to raise £100,000 for charity this year
Compliance
Council fines its own sales and letting agency, forcing it on to official blacklist
Local council's own agency is now on official blacklist
Compliance
Government paves the way for single ombudsman with new housing consultation
Consultation - one of two launched this weekend - comes less than two weeks after Ombudsman Services quits property and suggests single ombudsman
Compliance
Mystery as provider loses regulatory status for tenancy deposit replacement scheme
Scheme founded by letting agent says the loss is temporary and it is seeking a new provider for its protection product
Other News
Average asking prices rise in all but one region, Rightmove figures suggest
Visits to portal's website were at highest-ever level in January
Lettings
Lets with Pets: Labour plan for tenants to have right to keep animals ‘needs to be done in the right way’
Charity welcomes proposals but accepts that landlords will have commercial concerns
Politics
Driving out landlords is ‘folly’ in the face of collapsing home ownership, claim
Taxation of landlords in the face of a surge in house prices above income growth doesn't make sense, RLA asserts
Finance
OnTheMarket starts second week of trading with shares back at launch price
'It's good news week' message from OnTheMarket kicks shares into 8% uplift
Agency
Online agency that offers late night and weekend viewings raises £850,000 in funding
Agency charges landlords a fee starting at £948 + VAT
Other News
Presidents’ Club hostesses were more like ‘Brenda from reception’, says estate agent
Well known agent says hostesses' dress code was like something out of a WI convention
Acquisitions
Major agencies face mergers after share price slide, claim
Analyst claims there's a 'clear rationale' for mergers, with Foxtons and Countrywide both potential targets
Compliance
Letting agent who pocketed over £350,000 of deposits and rent spared jail
Agent used cash to fund a "lavish lifestyle" after his business got into trouble
Finance
Taxman to update guidance on ‘confusing’ Stamp Duty surcharge
Guidance that "lacks clarity" and nearly caught out an experienced estate agent is due to be changed