Talking point: Time for agents to ditch the suit and tie?
But how far should agents – men and women – go in the smart/casual stakes?
News Archive
The stories that got you talking this week
RICS gets set to expel estate agent in From Russia With Cash
Scam ‘landlords’ using fake Rightmove email to get tenants to hand over money
Multiple incidents seen in recent months of rental scam using bogus Rightmove email address
Purplebricks to take 10% of total market share in UK, says analyst
But another analyst demands to know: ‘Where are the sales figures?’
Hybrid agent YOPA ups the stakes with new national TV advertising campaign
Challenge ups the ante in the online industry as new ad agency says YOPA is a ‘game changer’
Buyers changing their minds at last minute still account for most fall-throughs
One in five sales that fall through do so because of mortgage problems, says lender
Sales recover on a monthly basis but down by over 16% on last year
Haart says market still suffering from ‘Brexit blues’
Property Sharing Experts rebrand to become the Experts in Property
Chairman of west country network of independents stresses: ‘We are not call centres’
Zoopla announces investment in Property ISA proptech startup
Zoopla set to launch a new ‘invest’ channel
Vincent Friel: Amended report
Vincent Friel appealing his conviction and not his sentence
NEWSFLASH: Purplebricks announces instructions up 121% – and profit this year
Hybrid agent announces over 3,000 instructions in August
We still have our chequebooks out, say agents looking for more acquisitions
As corporates shut branches, other agents say they are still buying
Martin & Co group announces strong results and says it is now a player in the hybrid agent sector
Scope for ‘substantial growth’ in number of local property experts, says boss
Agent and landlord both convicted of failing to license property
Letting agent and landlord are together hit with total bill of over £20,000 as council gets tough
Mortgage lending for house purchase slides by 14%, say lenders
Buy-to-let mortgage lending for property purchase down by almost half compared with a year ago
House price inflation slows as average asking prices slip across England and Wales
London market clobbered by higher Stamp Duty rates
OTM Action Group claims Agents’ Mutual should ‘address’ complaints
Law firm acting for Agents’ Mutual asks for more information
Impact of Brexit vote on housing market may not be felt for years
Two or three years before full effects of Leave vote will even start to be felt, says mortgage expert
Fewer ‘dinner party’ landlords as private rented sector becomes more professional
Tax changes will deter the traditional private landlord, claim
Purplebricks has two complaints about its savings claims upheld
Meanwhile, City analysts give shares a ‘buy’ rating