Compliance
Immigration Act: Essential update for agents on Right to Rent checks
New criminal penalties about to come in for both agents and landlords – and they are controversial
News
Agency
Agent Provocateur: The journey continues, says our new entrepreneur columnist
About to miss that appoinment? Ed Mead explains how his new day job is not all about helping online agents, but high street businesses too
People
What happens when colleagues just don’t get on?
How to manage conflict in the workplace – and when to intervene
Lettings
Anger among city landlords over licensing scheme
Landlords threaten to report council to ombudsman after alleging false data was used
Agency
‘We sell 88% of instructions within ten months,’ Purplebricks boss says
Purplebricks sells more homes than any other UK estate agent, radio listeners told
Agency
Agent taken off Rightmove says it did not put sellers’ contact details on boards
Rightmove guilty of 'gross abuse of position' says online agent
Lettings
Pressure rises on calls to ban letting agent fees as petition handed to housing minister
Petition delivered with over 270,000 signatures after protest at Westminster
Agency
Agent reveals “utter nightmare” of Windlestone Hall fraudster
Agent Urban Base had faced criticism for listing fraudster William Davenport's property for £2.5million.
Finance
Home buyers having to stump up more for deposits as ‘easier’ lending becomes dearer
Deposits decrease as percentage of house price – but in real terms this translates into an increase
Compliance
Deadline looms for lettings agent licensing in Wales
Thousands of landlords are yet to comply
Other News
Asking prices shoot up 4.2% but north-south divide emerges
Signs of a strong Autumn market
Lettings
More homes could be let than sold next year for first time
Countrywide reports record activity in rental market
Other News
Picture of the Week: The cat gets in on the act
Here's that essential new prop when staging a property for the camera
Law
Tenant citing human rights to avoid eviction set to pursue case at European court
Landmark case could now go to European Court of Human Rights
Compliance
Agents could fund Trading Standards to regulate their own industry in future
If you want enforcement you will have to pay for it, agents told
Lettings
Firm used by Experian in private rented sector conceived by online estate agent
Firm used by credit ratings giant to collect rents and data pledges that it has not shared information with online agent
Law
Letting agent which did not show its fees loses appeal against £5,000 fine
Agent which breached Consumer Rights Act on display of fees must pay maximum fine
Compliance
Ever-increasing regulation ‘costing compliant agents time and money’
Solution offered to 'minefield' of Section 21
Politics
ARLA and RLA unveil Autumn Statement wish lists
Scrapping additional Stamp Duty and mortgage interest relief changes top the list
Other News
Picture of the Week: And this is where you have all been going wrong . . .
Introducing the must-have accessory in every property photo