Other News
Buyer demand stalls but sales rise amid General Election uncertainty
Three-quarters of homes now selling for under the asking price
News
Agency
Agents report increasing numbers of vendors forced to sell to pay off interest-only loans
Would you recommend equity release as an alternative?
Compliance
EXCLUSIVE: RICS threatens to take Treasury to court to suspend latest money laundering rules for agents
Agents given less than a day to prepare for new regime after Regulations rushed through before latest consultation has even closed
Agency
Online agent defends claims that it is cutting transaction times by half and slashing fall-throughs
Online agent says 93% of its properties go through to completion
Agency
The real threat to the high street is earnings: Will likes of Purplebricks and OpenRent make more firms go fixed-fee?
What will happen to traditional agents (and to Rightmove and Zoopla) if the march towards fixed fee continues?
Agency
New director at eMoov is Russian venture capitalist
Russian venture capitalist steps up to become director of online agent
Agency
Could 500 Guild and Fine & Country agents propel easyProperty to second place behind Purplebricks?
It would be a fantastic result if 500 agents really do sign up, say the 'naysayers'
Agency
New multi-listing property portal is launched by software provider
New multi-listing portal will allow independent agents to collaborate rather than compete
Agency
Land & New Homes Network plans lead generation scheme for agents
The Land & New Homes Network has signed up 67 agents in first year, but founder says quality is more important than quantity
Agency
Hundreds of agents sign Letters of Intent to secure easyProperty licences
'Large number of members receptive to proposition' says new easyProperty boss Jon Cooke, as 31% of member agents sign up interest
Compliance
Agents charging multiple ‘holding’ deposits from tenants come under fire from Which?
Practice of taking multiple holding deposits branded 'totally unacceptable' by consumer watchdog
Law
Muslim woman taking her former estate agency bosses to tribunal over colour of her hijab
Negotiator alleges discrimination on grounds of religion and gender
Compliance
Referencing firm introduces new feature that shows agents have complied with TPO code
New feature proves that landlords have accepted tenant
Acquisitions
Leaders back on the acquisition trail with latest purchase
Further acquisitions in pipeline as Leaders shows confidence in market
Charity
Andrews pays almost £500,000 to its charity shareholders
Andrews pays dividends in 'unwavering' tradition of philanthropy
Finance
New commercial property portal launches after raising record £3m
New commercial property portal Harness 'will be different' but does not reveal costs for agents
Acquisitions
easyProperty and Guild deal ‘driven by desperation’ and ‘unlikely to succeed’, claim
Deal will take someone of exceptional ability to make it work, say proptech experts
Finance
New move-tracking service aims to cut transaction times to just two days
Proptech firm raises £850,000 as it gets set to roll out new transaction tracking service
Acquisitions
Hamilton Fraser buys Paul Shamplina’s Landlord Action business
Shamplina to stay with the business he founded after acquisition