Law
Tory senior hints that Home Information Packs could be back if Conservatives win
HIPs implementation was botched – but we could look again, says Michael Gove
News
Agency
Online agents splash out on media spend to triple their market share
Online agents up their marketing spend – but how many homes do they actually sell?
Tech
Rightmove named the most innovative company in the world
Rightmove tops Forbes list of most innovative growth companies across the globe
Agency
Crack parachute squad Red Devils drop in to agents’ awards bash
Agency lays out the red carpet – for its own high flyers
Other News
Sales progression service says homes go faster in the north
Time between offer accepted and completion grinds slowest in London and east of England
Lettings
Letting agent fees ban now promised in all three of the major manifestos
Tory manifesto also promises action on ground rents
Agency
Purplebricks showing ‘good momentum’ in Australia, says independent expert
Proposition is 'resonating with growing number of consumers in Australia'
Lettings
ARLA Propertymark backs holding deposits to stop ‘time-wasting tenants’
Trade body hopes Government will recognises burdens on letting agents once fees are banned
Other News
Increasing numbers giving up dreams of property ownership
Research reveals quarter of a million dropped home ownership aspirations last year
Finance
Huge plunge in profits is revealed in Your Move accounts
Bottom line profits revealed to be just £87,000, down from £4.45m made in 2015
Finance
Shares in Foxtons tumble after firm reports revenue down 25%
Tough market continues to buffet Foxtons as sales are hit
Agency
Two agents expelled by Ombudsman after failing to pay awards to complainants
Agent 'failed to grasp principle that the landlord should decide who occupies their property'
Agency
The battle lines are drawn: Full Service or Self-Service?
But full-service agents really must live up to their claims, warns ex-Countrywide estate agency boss
Lettings
Nightmare Tenants programme to show agent shutting eviction specialist in his office
Landlord owed rent discovers property has been sub-let via a Romanian website
People
Ex-Connells boss moves over to head up division at Spicerhaart
Former divisional MD at Connells in new post at Spicerhaart
Lettings
Liberal Democrats support cap on tenancy deposits
Manifesto reveals ideas beyond just capping tenant fees
Agency
Ambitious agent set to open second branch in another major city
Agent which launched in Manchester now sets up operations in Liverpool
Finance
Buy-to-let valuations severely down in aftermath of mortgage tax changes
Buy-to-let purchase valuations plummet after Government's anti-landlord policies hit home
Finance
First-time buyer lending continues to boom but it’s a hard slog for home movers – lenders claim
Lenders issue first annual data since 2016 Stamp Duty rush
Agency
Online agent YOPA raises another £15m as Daily Mail and Savills pour in more money
Online agent raises £31m in less than a year and pledges expansion