Finance
Number of first-time buyers reaches a decade-long high but buy-to-lets stumble, figures suggest
Subdued growth still expected in the mortgage market this year
News
Agency
‘We’re prospering at estate agents’ expense’, says auctioneer
Firm says auction figures are at record levels despite overall reduction in residential transactions
Compliance
GDPR: Two webinars aim to answer your questions
Rightmove sessions planned to help agents negotiate tricky GDPR rules
Agency
Hybrid agent: ‘We have not even begun to capitalise on market disruption’
Express Estate Agency, which claims to be the second biggest online/hybrid agency by listings, sees further opportunities for growth
Compliance
Urgent action needed on ‘McMafia-style’ residential property transactions, warning
Most anti-money laundering red flags from legal firms relate to residential property transactions and agents need to act, firm claims
Agency
‘Even estate agents hate estate agents’, claim
Estate agent explains why, in his view, his fellow professionals don’t even like each other
Agency
Purplebricks adverts ridicule ‘thumb-twiddling’ agents
Short clips answer have gathered millions of views between them
Lettings
Weight of intervention in rented sector means Government must think more strategically, new minister told
Intervention must be necessary, proportionate, and fair industry bodies warn minister
Other News
Mainstream London market now outperforming prime properties
Savills data shows London's high end properties are still among the world's most expensive but are falling in value
Finance
Declining number of home owners pushes total rent bill to record level
Generation Z starts to replace the millennials finding their way onto the housing ladder
Charity
Cast adrift: Agent agrees to spend 24 hours at sea in a life raft
Chris Wood takes to the high seas in aid of military charity
Agency
Agent told to stop using Codling report when touting Purplebricks sellers
Purplebricks says its own customers reported touting letter – and slams practice which 'brings whole industry into disrepute'
Finance
OnTheMarket fails to excite on stock market debut
Rival Zoopla announces record traffic on the day of OTM's flotation
Agency
Landlord wins long-running case against agent after tenancy went wrong
Court refuses Sequence leave to appeal as landlord wins 'breach of duty of care' case
Compliance
‘Just 12% of agents understand Anti Money Laundering obligations’
Widespread confusion in industry as to AML obligations
Law
Agent who committed fraud to keep business afloat must pay thousands of pounds to victims, court rules
Agent told to repay more money to victims after Proceeds of Crime Act hearing
Agency
Online agent launches to help landlords sell tenanted properties
Newly launched Vesta platform will list tenanted properties for sale and offer investments in buy-to-let portfolios
Other News
Transactions outside London rise despite faltering buy-to-let market, figures suggest
Average house prices fell year on year in January, LSL/Acadata indicates
Lettings
UK rental values on new tenancies start the year with an increase
Rental values increase in January in 11 of the 12 regions of the UK that Homelet studies
Agency
EYE exclusive: Secret ‘Project UHA’ wins 10% coverage of UK in two months
Online offering for high street firms snapped up by over 300 agents