Agency
Anger as ‘sexist’ estate agent advert shows trophy woman draped over ‘period property’
Marsh & Parsons withdraws 'sexist' advert after uproar on Twitter
News
Other News
Sales tumble right across England and Wales – and crash by one third in London
Transactions down by almost 20% in England and Wales during first three months of this year
Compliance
Victory! Mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents now looks certain to be legal requirement
Campaign for compulsory CMP comes close to success – but what will this mean for membership bodies?
Compliance
Show your fees! Campaign to get letting agents to obey law steps into second phase
Nearly 200 agents in two counties next in joint campaign by TPO and Trading Standards
Agency
Purplebricks gets stock market commentator support ‘if strategy pays off’
Writing on the Motley Fool website, Ian Pierce highlights the online agents' falling losses and increasing amount of cash
Other News
ONS faces backlash over accuracy of house price index
Commentators question transaction and price growth figures
Politics
The Brexit effect: Are sellers and buyers really being put off because of Article 50?
You tell us! Research claims triggering of Article 50 this week will cause 'uncertainty in the market'
Law
Letting agents urged to help stop tenant fees ban confusion
Endsleigh warns other agency services could suffer as a result of the ban
Agency
Purplebricks ‘leading agent’ by sales agreed as Connells breathes down neck of Countrywide
Connells' inventory close to Countrywide's but both lag Purplebricks' nine out of ten 'sales agreed' figure
Law
Conveyancers call for Competition and Markets Authority study of their sector
Conveyancers angrily reject proposals for comparison websites, saying they would not be fit for purpose
Tech
Rayhan’s proptech latest: Is this the software that will finally be the genuine game-changer?
Software allows automatic updating of progression milestones – and it's clever
Agency
Special recognition award for pair who battled to keep their business afloat after floods
Belvoir celebrates its top franchisees – including pair who overcame adversity, the 25-year-old entrepreneur and of course the Gold winners
People
Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman named as one of Britain’s top 100 entrepreneurs
Chesterman makes the Maserati 100 which recognises industry disrupters
Agency
Agent who gave wrong lead to dog-owners buying property ordered to pay up by Ombudsman
Case study highlighted by Chartered Trading Standards Institute
Finance
Mortgage approvals climb back up in February, say high street banks
Mind you, the numbers go down if you prefer seasonal adjustments!
Agency
Auctioneer sees high demand in the sale room – but a challenge to find enough stock
Autioneer reports more shops and offices with permitted development rights going under the hammer
Other News
Agents question if it’s right to celebrate how much property wealth over-65s hold
Retired home owners have earned £1,700 from their houses in the past three months, taking total property wealth owned by retirees to £1.072trillion
Tech
Winkworth launches new website as part of plan to expand digital offering
New 'self-help' service for customers
Agency
Is online estate agent Purplebricks over-valued, asks Financial Times
Article says it remains 'open question' as to whether Purplebricks really will revolutionise the market
Agency
Agents’ meetings in heart of Westminster go ahead after terrorist attack
NAEA Propertymark boss says attendees were determined not to be put off by threat of terrorism