Other News
The great house price slump of 2017 – whatever happened to it?
Two of the market's great protagonists will settle their differences when the chips are down
News
Other News
Transactions edge up 4% across England and Wales – and by 25% in central London
House prices on the rise everywhere except London and the south-east
Acquisitions
Lomond Capital announces second agency acquisition within two weeks
Lomond chalks up 37th agency acquisition since launch
Agency
Rightmove to launch new TV ad on Christmas Day as icing on the Bake Off cake – and here it is!
Here's a sneak preview of Rightmove's rather moving new TV advert
Compliance
Another Welsh agent prosecuted for failure to obtain licence under regime
Agent without a Rent Smart Wales licence is fined £1,000
Lettings
Rightmove to seek removal of listing offering discounted rent in first month
Professional Properties says it is a tool landlords may wish to use to generate interest in a property
Agency
Now that takes balls: The estate agents stripping off for a serious message in a VERY daring calendar
Congratulations to the agents using the full monty to get prostate cancer message across
People
Big hitter takes over the reins at National Landlords Association
New NLA chairman is former chief of regional newspaper group
Agency
How high street agents view the online/hybrid competition
Shift in sentiments found between surveys two years apart
Lettings
Rightmove to review listings for no-frills letting agent where tenants can contact landlords direct
Rightmove to look at listings which enable tenancy enquiries to be messaged direct to landlord
Agency
Agent Provocateur: Technology is fine to speed up home buying and selling but the old-fashioned phone is great too!
Technology is great but it's human interaction that gets deals through
People
Ex-Countrywide boss appointed to board of property ‘facial recognition’ start-up firm
Former Countrywide boss Vince Corley joins team specialising in facial recognition for property industry
Agency
House prices driving agency fees up as moving costs hit record highs
Agency fees make up 44% of the cost of moving due to rising house prices
Finance
Mortgage lenders raise a weak smile, now expecting 1.2m transactions this year and next
Small reasons to be cheerful as housing market activity predicts weak recovery, but taking it back only to 2014 levels
Other News
Give us room: Older home owners almost as likely to upsize as to downsize
Over 55s moving into new-builds want same number of bedrooms or more
Acquisitions
Giant managing agency Rendall & Rittner completes purchase of Braemar Estates
Deal will mean two firms continue to operate under their own names
People
Tenancy Deposit Scheme unveils new appointments
TDS has named its first chief operating officer
Finance
Purplebricks shares slump despite delivering ‘great’ results
Investors raise question marks over losses and expansion into US
Agency
Eleven proptechs named as being at forefront of ‘estate agency disruption’
List of 'disruptors' headed by Purplebricks and Settled as start-ups raise millions to fund their businesses
Politics
New instructions hit 22nd consecutive month of declines, says RICS
Half of surveyors report that appraisals have dropped since last year