Agency
British people ‘would rather run naked through streets than negotiate sale of their home’
High-end agent says the concept of using an online firm is 'fatally flawed'
News
Law
Labour proposes a two-year first-time buyer Stamp Duty holiday but would press ahead with tenant fee ban
Party unveils housing manifesto which includes fees ban and rent caps
Agency
Property listings increase ahead of the General Election despite flat buyer demand
Haart calls for Stamp Duty holiday and downsizing incentives to boost the market after the election
Lettings
ARLA attempts to defend letting agent fees in tense Radio4 debate
Tenant campaigner Vicky Spratt insists landlords should be covering the costs as they are the letting agent's client
People
Mystery as top figures at NFoPP are ‘put on gardening leave’
Propertymark tight-lipped as rumours circulate
People
Chris Wood loses battle to halt election of NAEA vice-president
NAEA chief defends decision to stop Wood's name going forward as part of a 'correct' process
Acquisitions
Zoopla hands over ‘propertyfinder’ to global portal group with similar name
As part of deal ZPG takes 1% stake in overseas property group
Agency
Agent calls for cut in Stamp Duty – in order to raise the amount collected by taxman
Cuts in Stamp Duty would invigorate whole housing market, claim
Compliance
Pressure grows for Scotland to set up its own estate agency regulator
'Absurd' for Scottish buyers and sellers to have to contact a Welsh council
Politics
Revealed: Which political party is best for house prices?
eMoov research reveals how house prices have performed under Labour and Tory governments
Agency
He’s gone – sailing: Agency director announces departure on social media
Countrywide-acquired agency loses director – who seems to have sailed off into the sunset
Other News
Forget the retirement home! Pensioners want everything they already have, minus the job
Research finds baby boomers have no plans for care provision but nowhere to move to if needed
Politics
Union calls for more council homes as average house price to earnings ratio hits 9.2
GMB backs Labour manifesto commitments to build more council homes for rent
Lettings
Annual rental growth declines for first time in eight years
HomeLet warns that landlords are struggling to balance offering affordable rents and covering their own rising costs
Lettings
Government asked to consider cap on fees but all agents to pay levy on rental transactions
Radical alternative to fees ban suggested to government by group of independent letting agents
Agency
Agent hits out at Lib Dem campaign using estate agency name the same as his own firm’s
Party changes name to 'Theresa May & Co estate agents' – but still too close to real firm, says agency boss
Agency
A new twist on touting – agent offers to refund vendors’ upfront fees to online firms
It's fight-back time as far as this high street agent is concerned
Other News
Two people hurt as car crashes into estate agent’s window
Miracle escape as out of control car careers into agent's office
Politics
Oh no! A housing crisis – homes could once again become affordable
If house prices do go down is that really such a bad thing?
Lettings
Lack of rental properties means landlords are renting to the ‘highest bidder’
Belvoir suggests buy-to-let tax changes are deterring landlords and pushing up rents