People
Estate agency boss gets set to bow out after nearly four decades
Positive attitude and hard work go a long way, says industry veteran
News
Compliance
Estate agency software users given reassurance after Trojan ‘hacking’ warnings
Users told issue stemming from antivirus upgrade is now resolved
Finance
Remortgages boom at the expense of house purchase approvals
Mortgage approvals for house purchase edge down
Other News
London ends 2017 as weakest performing region for house prices
House price drop in Greater London for first time in eight years
Lettings
Tenants widely expect rents to go up this year – and say they will struggle
Four in ten tenants say they would not be able to afford any hike in rents
Agency
From town to country – more beautiful estate agent offices
Town or country? Two fine examples as our search continues.
Finance
Mystery as PM claims 16,000 first-time buyers have already benefited from Stamp Duty exemption after just six weeks
Where have figures come from as PM suggests Stamp Duty cut has benefited thousands of buyers since Budget?
Law
Letting agent furious after social landlord escapes prosecution despite gas safety breaches in 1,000 homes
'One law for social housing providers – and another for private landlords and letting agents'
Finance
Rightmove shares rocket to new record high, pushing company valuation to over £4.1bn
Rightmove embarks on £23m share buy-back programme as price hits record high
Politics
Help to Buy: how one first-time buyer household earning over £100,000 a year defends scheme
That's rich: Clash on social media over 'well-off' households needing Help to Buy (or should that be Help to Sell?)
Agency
C’est beau: Our search for the most beautiful estate agency office spreads to Europe
EYE's search for the most beautiful estate and lettings agency offices extends to France
Compliance
Gambling Commission intervenes in 11 house raffles amid concerns of illegality
Gambling Commission contacts 11 people in relation to house sales by raffle amid resurgent popularity of the schemes.
Lettings
Rate your tenant: New app lets agents and landlords score their renters
Tenants will receive a TrustScore based on prompt rental payments and how well they look after the property
Acquisitions
Belvoir’s franchisees to continue on the acquisition trail
Belvoir helps its franchisees to make 23 acquisitions worth £3.3m in 2017
Agency
Winkworth set to pass the 100 offices mark this year
Winkworth gets set for further expansion after a 'brilliant year for growth' in 2017
Agency
EYE NEWSFLASH! Online agent easyProperty drops all deferred payments saying its job is to sell, not just list
easyProperty boss Adam Day hits out at other online agents: 'I doubt whether they are agents at all: they are just listing companies'
Agency
Agent Provocateur: To what extent are high street agents doing valuation work for the competition (and still not getting the instruction)?
Getting the price right - is a revolution in valuations coming?
Agency
The robot valuer: Artificial intelligence app offers instant property valuations
Agents can generate instant property and rental values and forecasts
Agency
Property raffle website launches with first and only current listing from its own founder
New start-up aims to cut out agency fees with live-streamed online property raffles
Law
The Deposit Diaries: Importance to agents of providing unambiguous tenancy agreements
Unclear term in tenancy agreement made it impossible for agent to claim from a deposit