Other News
Annual price growth begins to fall below inflation in major UK cities
London house price growth hits five-year low
News
Other News
Review of the Week: And what a handsome tribute!
This is how pleased one satisfied customer was
Finance
Mortgage lending increases in June but ‘belt-tightening’ under way
UK Finance forecasts gross mortgage lending reached £22.1bn in June
Lettings
That’s rich! New breed of ‘uber’ tenants splash the cash on weekly rents of £25,000
Global super-rich would now rather rent than buy because of Britain's 'obscene' property taxes
Agency
Network of property portals around elusive Houser – but information scant
Mystery as to Houser Realty company going out of existence
Agency
Humberts reveals major new investment as it uproots itself from the countryside
Humberts changes its landscape as it moves away from rural sector
Acquisitions
Martin & Co franchisees acquire their biggest single competitor
Deal propels franchisees' business into a new league
Acquisitions
Another purchase for Leaders as it acquires property portfolio
Property portfolio to be managed under Leaders brand
Other News
‘We’d rather have a garage than a garden’, say property searchers
Zoopla data reveals most popular search terms on the portal
Finance
Landlords warn buy-to-let clampdown will hit retirement incomes
Landlord body says buy-to-let tax changes could be next pensions crisis
Law
Landlord in second prosecution under compulsory licensing and registration scheme
No agents yet found to be breaching Rent Smart Wales scheme
Compliance
Councils failing to use seizure powers despite 200,000 empty homes amid housing crisis
Kensington & Chelsea - scene of the Grenfell fire - has highest number of empty homes in London, but made just one seizure last year
Compliance
Elusive property portal Houser rapped by advertising watchdog over out-of-date property listing
Controversial Houser lies low as advertising watchdog fails to make contact
Agency
Online agent’s advert claims to have saved thousands – but that WASN’T what brought in the complaints
Online agent's advert attracted complaints to advertising watchdog over gender stereotypes
Lettings
Duncan Smith demands that George Osborne’s war on landlords is called off
We should be treating private landlords much better, says former leader of Tory party
Compliance
Watchdog bans advertisement which suggested agent had ‘traditional’ branches
ASA says website gave impression of firm being 'a traditional estate agent'
Law
MP launching new bid to make rental accommodation ‘fit for human habitation’
Bill seeks to confer legal duty on landlords to ensure rented accommodation is safe
Finance
Property investors launch High Court action after ‘risk free’ purchases of flats lose them millions
Group of 40 investors in Leeds student scheme take legal action
Law
Government pledges action on leasehold reform ‘very shortly’
But campaigners call for action on informal leasehold deals
Politics
Regional sales volumes drop by up to 50% in year since Stamp Duty changes
Land Registry figures show London has second worst annual house price growth