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Property buying agents announce merger
London firm Heaton & Partners merges with Merlin Dormer Property
Valuation activity ‘exceptional’ in housing market comeback, claim
Overall activity last year rises 8% on 2015 and 40% up on 2014
Claims between Agents’ Mutual and agent withdrawn in Competition Appeal Tribunal case
Other proceedings still set to continue
New trade body for agents will welcome high-tech firms but will insist on no sale, no fee model
Founding meeting to go ahead on Wednesday – as call goes out to try and ensure women will take part
House prices almost reach pre-Stamp Duty rush peak in ‘strong finish to uncertain year’
Rightmove says loss of appetite among buy-to-let purchasers is giving first-time buyers more opportunities
Referral fee is last reason why estate agents choose conveyancer partner
Agents choose conveyancing supplier based on quality of work and reputation
Estate agency trainer Richard Rawlings sets out on an ‘estate agent survival tour’
Agents will have to face up to some fundamental shifts – and soon
Landlords’ Barometer – #45: Reasons to feel positive about this year
A roller-coaster year lies ahead of us, but there will be opportunity as well as challenge
Lettings administrator responsible for tenants’ deposits stole over £16,000
Woman now awaiting sentencing at crown court
Rental inflation halves in 2016, but Countrywide predicts increases in 2017
Annual rental inflation at seven-year low
Leasehold issues delaying transactions by up to 20 days, say conveyancers
The Conveyancing Association is calling for 2017 to be the year for leasehold reform
Lenders report buy-to-let demand increased at end of 2016, but is set to fall this year
Landlords looking to secure finance before buy-to-let changes
Agent’s fury after seven members of ‘staff’ get touting letter from EweMove
Letter to their place of work invites high street employees to find out about opportunities with EweMove
Nearly 1,000 agents ‘unlikely to still be in business in three years’ time’
Insolvency firm says 2,893 agents started the year in financial distress
Savills shares soar after firm says profits will be ahead of expectations
City cheers 'exceptional performance' by Savills – but muted update from Countrywide
New franchise launching for estate and letting agents will offer hybrid service
New franchise offering 'designed to fill gap between high street and online'
Email advert for online agent angers high street firms
Zoopla defends online agent's use of its email marketing services, saying they are available to any customer
Agent Provocateur: Why setting expectations correctly is so important
Fantastic work done by some in the industry to clarify claims
Police issue Land Registry empty homes scam warning
Criminal networks are identifying empty properties by using names from published obituaries