Agency
Review of the Week: Here is what one firm is doing to praise its staff
And tomorrow is 'feefo Friday' at this estate agent
News
Other News
Picture of the Week: And we’d like to wish you a Happy Christmas
New listing goes up on Rightmove – and we can almost hear those sleigh bells ringing
Finance
Mortgage approvals decline in June … until you look at the real numbers
Non seasonally adjusted figures from UK Finance paint a better picture of the mortgage market
Compliance
NAEA Propertymark to release Anti Money Laundering app for member agents
App will help with ID verification and reporting concerns
Compliance
New voluntary charter for agents and landlords launching
Tenants reminded of their renting rights when dealing with agents and landlords
Lettings
Landlords fear buy-to-let regulation and taxation, but no worries over Brexit
Research shows landlords remain resilient despite clampdowns on the sector
Agency
easyProperty licences taken up by over a quarter of Guild and Fine & Country offices
Our agents will help paint the country orange, says easyProperty boss Jon Cooke
Agency
Online agents increase market share by 57% in a year – but still have just 5% of market
At last some numbers – online firms sell just 12,583 homes in second quarter of this year
Law
Letting agent couple who failed to register over £40,000 of deposits escape jail
Wife who ran agency took exotic holidays and built home extension
Compliance
Properties advertised on Rightmove as under offer had actually been sold – ‘human error’ to blame
Complaint about listing of sold properties is informally resolved by watchdog
Law
Leasehold reform – could it trigger a huge new mis-selling scandal?
Consultation drops hint that Government may act to help existing leaseholders whose homes have become 'unsaleable'
Compliance
Industry figure calls for clean-up of unregulated tenant evictions industry
Paul Shamplina calls for all evictions businesses to join redress schemes
Compliance
Productivity up almost 70% as fewer conveyancers work harder and faster
More transactions being completed by fewer conveyancers
Other News
First-time buyer sales increase but properties are selling for less – NAEA Propertymark
Survey claims gap between supply and demand is closing
Agency
Stirling Ackroyd really is a car crash – MD’s email to staff
High-profile London firm 'had to be sold because of amount of debt'
Law
Government acts in crackdown on leasehold ‘abuse’
'Enough is enough', says communities secretary
Tech
Opinion: Why I believe negotiators are going to go the way of the fax machine
Now is the time to think how the internet will monopolise the property industry
Agency
Agent Provocateur: Hybrid? Big? Or small? What is the right engine for the industry?
Has anyone yet found the definitive way forwards?
Other News
Picture of the Week: And – curses! – it’s mirrors, mirrors everywhere
The curse of the bathroom mirror strikes again, and again
Charity
Murdered estate agent’s legacy gives hospital new facility for children
Good comes out tragedy: Fund set up in name of Hunters' agent gives hospital new sensory room