Tweet of the Week: And here’s how one grumpy old estate agent won the instruction
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News Archive
Too up, too down – agent getting that marketing message across
Billboard poster put up next to a neighbour – another agent!
Shouldn’t George Osborne have learned a lesson from the past?
Is it ever a good idea for Chancellors to announce significant tax changes months ahead of implementation?
£5m pot to stamp out bad landlords is little help without fit-for-purpose legal system
Local government spokesperson hits out at justice system where it can take a year to bring prosecution and landlords handed paltry fines
Tenants ‘charged extra’ whenever they cook, do the laundry or have guests
Claims aired in newspapers as rental market continues to heat up
Zoopla shareholders told of huge value Alex Chesterman brings to business
CEO who earned £1m in last financial year likely to see earnings rise as AGM told of importance of retaining founder
Countrywide suggests ‘modest’ improvement after earlier warning on profits
Shares in Britain’s largest agent bounce up and new acquisition announced
Picture of the Week: And this one’s a blinder!
They call it mellow yellow (although we’re not convinced by the ‘mellow’ bit)
Uncertainty over buy-to-let market, warn lenders
Should government really be intervening, asks trade body CML
Tenants feel the heat as rents rise – and more rent arrears
Arrears rise to over 9% of all rent due
Over 1.2m home sales in 2015, says Office for National Statistics
Figure still down from pre-recession volumes of nine years ago
More than 6,000 tenancy deposit dispute cases withdrawn before arbitration
Upward trend in withdrawn cases as tenants file complaints but then fail to answer
Ambitious firm snaps up rental portfolio as it dips into its £1.8m war chest
Leeds agent set to mark 20th anniversary with new acquisition
Property recruitment firm expands into new territory
Author of Trust Me I’m An Estate Agent is co-founder in new Rayner Personnel business
Analyst says Rightmove and Zoopla will stay untroubled as ‘very uncertain’ estate agency market evolves
Under 3% of sales going through online agents, claims Hargreaves Lansdown
Record numbers of agents leaving OnTheMarket to rejoin us, claims Zoopla
Zoopla names firms that have gone back – and also claims it has delivered record number of leads
OnTheMarket says ‘one other portal’ rule does not apply to overseas properties
Rule applies in UK to disrupt status quo, not in markets abroad says OTM
Cream Club now in liquidation as new reports on Cabec are published
Update on status of companies selling marketing products to agents
Letting agent who stole from student tenants to feed drug habit escapes jail
Nothing in law to stop agent who stole from tenants working in industry: Victims will wait eight years to see their money back
George Osborne ‘has done more than any other Chancellor’ to help lettings industry
Claim from London agency as huge Stamp Duty costs make it ‘more economic for families to rent than buy’