Finance
EYE NEWSFLASH: Countrywide shares now sink to £1 for first time
Estate agency group's shares lose over a quarter of their value since profit warning
News
People
Countrywide’s Alison Platt ‘close to exit’, report claims
Sources tell Sky News that an announcement could be due within the next few days
Agency
Jane Gardner returns to industry with her own ‘different’ agency after having to sit it out
Three years after sale to Countrywide, industry consultant returns to her first love with a business aimed at the 'always on' generation
Agency
Zoopla signs up four major estate agencies including Foxtons and Yopa to new long-term agreements
Portal's announcement comes ahead of OnTheMarket's long-awaited stock market flotation
Lettings
‘Landlords who self-manage after fees ban could do a better job than agents’, claim
Generation Rent and Citizens Advice don't expect fees ban to result in costs being passed on to landlords and tenants
Agency
Property drought wears on and buyer interest dwindles, says haart
Agent claims listings and viewings dropped by 16% at the end of 2017
Compliance
Government quietly corrects its own ‘startling’ mistake in How to Rent booklet
Mistake was highlighted by ARLA back in 2016 but was only corrected last week
People
Joshua Rayner’s recruitment column: Hiring mistakes cost more than you think
Businesses are wasting billions of pounds every year through hiring mistakes. Here's how to make sure your company isn't one of them
Lettings
Pace of rent rises slows to below the rate of inflation
Data suggests rents on new tenancies are increasing at a slower pace than previous years
Finance
Viewber launches new fundraising round and is over-subscribed in just one weekend
Viewber asks its own viewings people to take part in crowdfunding: Invitation goes out on Friday and is snapped up by yesterday
Finance
Back for more: Rental start-up launches new crowdfunding campaign
Rental platform No Agent looks for more funding from public
Agency
Countrywide’s share price starts the week trading at a new low
Shares in UK's largest estate agency start new week of trading at a low
Lettings
Tenant fees ban campaigners Generation Rent and Citizens Advice to appear before MPs today
Private Rented Sector inquiry to hear from campaigners opposed to tenancy fees
Finance
Former LSL director David Newnes among backers of new property management firm
Artificial Intelligence firm gets £500,000 backing from investors including Newnes and ex-Dragon Caan
Agency
‘Estate agency has survived longer than anyone expected… and only upmarket agents will survive’, claim
Guardian columnist suggests that traditional agents, apart from those dealing in the luxury and country homes market, could soon be swept away by onliners
Agency
Ex-Chestertons director joins expanding estate agency recruitment firm
Experienced agent becomes latest franchisee in fast-growing recruitment firm
Compliance
Private home owners facing bill to replace cladding on tower blocks
Property manager trade body backs freeholder rights to charge for repairs
Law
EYE NEWSFLASH: MPs vote through Bill allowing tenants to sue landlords over poor housing
Labour MP's Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill moves forward after commons debate today
Agency
Purplebricks will be big winner and Rightmove to lose ground, predict bank analysts
Purplebricks now converting 78% of instructions to sales, claims new report
Law
Home owners of low EPC properties could be forced to upgrade them before sale
Homes with EPCs of F and G could be banned from sales market, as clock ticks towards ban on low energy rental homes