Landlords’ Barometer – #45: Reasons to feel positive about this year
A roller-coaster year lies ahead of us, but there will be opportunity as well as challenge
News Archive
Lettings administrator responsible for tenants’ deposits stole over £16,000
Woman now awaiting sentencing at crown court
Rental inflation halves in 2016, but Countrywide predicts increases in 2017
Annual rental inflation at seven-year low
Leasehold issues delaying transactions by up to 20 days, say conveyancers
The Conveyancing Association is calling for 2017 to be the year for leasehold reform
Lenders report buy-to-let demand increased at end of 2016, but is set to fall this year
Landlords looking to secure finance before buy-to-let changes
Agent’s fury after seven members of ‘staff’ get touting letter from EweMove
Letter to their place of work invites high street employees to find out about opportunities with EweMove
Nearly 1,000 agents ‘unlikely to still be in business in three years’ time’
Insolvency firm says 2,893 agents started the year in financial distress
Savills shares soar after firm says profits will be ahead of expectations
City cheers ‘exceptional performance’ by Savills – but muted update from Countrywide
New franchise launching for estate and letting agents will offer hybrid service
New franchise offering ‘designed to fill gap between high street and online’
Email advert for online agent angers high street firms
Zoopla defends online agent’s use of its email marketing services, saying they are available to any customer
Agent Provocateur: Why setting expectations correctly is so important
Fantastic work done by some in the industry to clarify claims
Police issue Land Registry empty homes scam warning
Criminal networks are identifying empty properties by using names from published obituaries
Trio mark 25 years at Dacre Son & Hartley estate agents
Three sales negotiators remember the days before Zoopla, Rightmove and Purplebricks
London property gains benefit from India’s overseas investment rules
30% of buying agent’s new enquiries have come from resident Indians
Website bans property sourcers after fleecing customers of ‘life saving’ amounts
One elderly lady loses £80,000 to property sourcer – with no redress available
Former Marsh & Parsons boss Peter Rollings buys stake in Viewber
Outsourced viewing service for agents attracts investment from former Marsh & Parsons head
Time to move on from London’s annus horribilis, says agent
London house price falls look to have bottomed out, says agent
Purplebricks shrugs off negative reviews on allAgents
Purplebricks says Trustpilot is preferred reviews channel for vast majority of customers
Proptech venture firm Pi Labs announces latest start-ups it will support
Four new firms to be mentored by Pi Labs
Picture of the Week: And is this an arresting site?
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