Compliance
New Data Protection Bill ‘could be death knell for smaller businesses’, warning
New requirements set to have significant implications for estate and letting agents
News
Agency
Portal wars resume as Zoopla tells agents that OTM’s original plans are ‘out of the window’
Email aimed at recruiting agents who may 'change marketing decisions' is sent out by Zoopla
Agency
OnTheMarket starts its roadshows today to tell member agents of its plans
New subscription rates said to include 'virtual offices'
Acquisitions
Zoopla-backed Zero Deposit attracts new investors including ex-Countrywide boss Grenville Turner
Tenancy deposit replacement product set to launch later this year
Agency
HIPs lite: Countrywide well placed to introduce Scottish Home Reports south of the border
Countrywide-owned chartered surveyor urges agency to trial Home Reports in England
Law
Developer agrees to buy back freeholds as storm over leasehold scandal gathers
Will other developers follow suit?
Agency
Over 3,000 agents set up social media forum to protest against ‘bloodsucking’ portal
Singapore agents up in arms over price hikes – and the story makes it to the TV news
Lettings
Rental yields hold steady despite decline in landlord optimism
NLA survey shows landlords less optimistic about rental returns
Agency
High street independent becomes latest to launch online alternative
Kent firm charging £599 upfront
Other News
Pace of house price growth drops for fourth consecutive quarter – Halifax
Prices growing at slowest rate since April 2013, but is it a cooling or a correction?
Agency
This is why we MUST back OnTheMarket as it gets close to stock market float
Opinion: New business plan will help agents – and stop the other portals squeezing us
Agency
Purplebricks is NOT best reviewed agent in UK – we are, says EweMove boss
We are most trusted agent in UK, says boss of franchise firm EweMove
Agency
Was this the first time OnTheMarket considered demutualisation?
Court documents show OnTheMarket might have considered IPO as far back as January 2016 – accuracy questioned
Law
Silence maintained on further litigation between OnTheMarket and Gascoigne Halman
Both sides refuse to comment on possible appeal by Connells Group brand Gasoigne Halman – and questions asked as to who leaked what and to whom?
Acquisitions
Purplebricks has ‘more significant growth’ to come, says biggest investor Woodford
Investment fund supremo Neil Woodford hails Purplebricks growth as 'nothing short of exceptional'
Law
Drama in court as convicted estate agent weeps in dock after jail sentence
Agent stole money from employer to try to clear drugs bill
Lettings
Annual rental inflation returns to growth as average new rents hit new high
Homelet figures show rents on new tenancies outside London are at a record high
Agency
NEWSFLASH: Agents’ Mutual confirms £50m stock market flotation
'One other portal' rule to be dropped
Compliance
Shock as letting agents could be told by banks to do anti-money laundering checks on all clients – despite directive
Bank confirms that it requires letting agents with client accounts to check out their clients
Finance
Will Purplebricks eight-month share price rally resume after ‘storm in a thimble’?
Shares shrug off complaints aired in BBC programmes