Acquisitions
NEWS FLASH: Zoopla buys industry supplier Ravensworth
Zoopla announces acquisition of print and marketing firm Ravensworth
News
Acquisitions
Belvoir helps its franchisees complete on 12 purchases worth £2m – and more to come
Belvoir has its cheque book out to help fund further acquisitions
Agency
OnTheMarket is proving itself in delivering good quality leads, says major regional agent
Flotation proposals are the only real way forward for OTM, says Webbers boss
Law
Agents’ Mutual agents will be able to make written representations at sanction hearing
Written representations will be passed on to Judge
Compliance
Property Ombudsman adds 24-hour live chat to its website as more consumers complain
Live chat introduced after three-month pilot proves successful
Agency
What, no Staff? Jackson-Stops rebrands after more than a century of trading
Long-established business drops its 'Staff' after customers say they didn't know what it meant
Acquisitions
Gone for a lot more than a song! Radio mogul sets record for highest value property purchase
Sale of just one London apartment at £90m boosts figures for entire market
Compliance
Letting agents who fail to display fees ‘should be fined not £5,000 but £30,000’
RLA calls for major clampdown on non-compliant agents instead of tenant fees ban
Lettings
Landlords call on Government to revolutionise tenancy deposit system
Landlord group proposes that tenants should be able to transfer deposits between properties
Agency
‘Agents expected to own 69% of company at flotation’, claims OnTheMarket boss
Agents could own 78% of OTM after new recruitment drive, says Springett
Agency
Vital day for voting as clock ticks down towards OnTheMarket flotation decision day
Agents told they can make representations at sanction hearing – but unsuccessful challenge could mean costs bill
Finance
Shrinking property supply pushes up rents – and tenant arrears climb
Rent arrears almost double as tenants feel the squeeze
Agency
Cut Stamp Duty by a third across the country, major agency tells ministers
Agent says Stamp Duty cut would get market moving again
Agency
Agents hit by summer slump as supply hits 15-year low for month of July
Eight in ten agents report properties fail to make asking price
People
Estate agency recruiter zaps rumours that he has gone out of business
'We only closed for a day when the phones went down' says recruiter
Acquisitions
London firm Allsop bows out of joint Ireland venture in €4m deal
Irish firm will expand into UK market by end of this year
Acquisitions
Fast-growing regional firm expands with third acquisition in a year
Agency continues on the acquisition trail
Agency
OnTheMarket boss Springett speaks out to explain ‘secrecy’ over share reward beneficiaries
Three members of founding management team to benefit – but arrangements covered by confidentiality clause
Agency
Online agent HouseSimple in another brush with advertising watchdog
Latest case is informally resolved by Advertising Standards Authority
Finance
Purplebricks ‘could be next investment to go wrong for fund manager Woodford’
Shares forecaster says Purplebricks is next 'shoe' to drop in crumbling Woodford empire