Agency
Is the worst finally over for central London market? Buying agent reports return of gazumping
Agents report interest in housing market looks – finally – to be on the mend in central London
News
Agency
Former estate agent escapes jail after running up tax bill
Ex-estate agent given six months to pay £200,000 penalty to taxman while observing tagged curfew
Politics
Within eight years, as many private tenants as home owners in London
Mayor's housing report forecasts falls in both home ownership and social renting
Lettings
Major city gets set to ban ‘eyesore’ of letting boards
Boards could be banned right across Manchester
Politics
Is this the beginning of the end for Right to Buy in the UK?
Right to Buy will be abolished in Wales after scheme scrapped in Scotland – will England now follow?
Agency
Connells accused of hard-sell tactics to get buyers to use mortgage services
Undercover reporter told that 'premium buyers' must agree to take out mortgage or agree to financial assessment
Law
Lettings administrator who stole over £14,000 in deposits is spared jail
Lettings administrator pocketed tenants' deposits paid in cash over six-year period
Agency
Rayhan’s proptech opinion: Is Countrywide really going to go the full Purple?
Is digital roll-out an admission that the retail strategy has failed?
Other News
Average house price at nearly £300,000 as cash transactions play their part
House prices still rising across England and Wales – although pace slows
Agency
eMoov asks the question – ‘Any reason why you wouldn’t want to list with us?’
And here's how one person responded
Other News
Picture of the Week: Watch the birdie!
Who's a pretty boy? But what's a bright red parrot doing on Rightmove?
Lettings
New rents fall for first time in six years
Rents set to rise faster in the north than the south
Acquisitions
Lettings agency almost doubles in size as it snaps up business in adjoining county
Lenwell expands its operations into another county – and into sales
Agency
NEWSFLASH: Former Countrywide managing director joins Purplebricks in leading role
Lee Wainwright snapped up by Purplebricks after departure from Countrywide
Agency
Vendors could claim against agents in illegal cartel scheme, says CMA
Home sellers who might have lost out through 1.5% commission price-fix could have a case, says CMA
Compliance
Housing lawyer admits ‘nothing can be done’ to close down agents expelled from redress schemes
Redress schemes have no power to help victims of rogue agents who carry on trading after expulsion, says Shepperson
Finance
How private landlords’ tax bills will rocket after ‘unjust legislation’
A big issue for letting agents as tax bills for private landlords look set to triple
Lettings
Two councils publish league tables on how much agents charge tenants
Leaders named as most expensive agent for fees in two areas – but says it can justify amounts
Lettings
Tax break for people letting out spare rooms via Airbnb ‘could vanish’
New consultation on its way about tax break
Agency
Hammered all round! Agent takes to social media to slam Budget
And the thing is ... he voted for them!