Compliance
Agents face jail from December over Right to Rent lapses
Breaches of new Immigration Act to be criminalised from December, says Home Office
News
Agency
We’re selling over 250 properties every single month, says Sarah Beeny
We will save you £5,000, TV presenter tells potential home sellers
Agency
Purplebricks says launch in Australia has been great success
Online agent also says security arrangements for viewings are completely safe
Law
Agent escapes prison after stealing over £21,000
Bairstow Eves property manager confessed to theft in an email to boss
Lettings
RICS says nearly 2m more rental properties will be needed within ten years
Private rental sector is ailing in wake of Government scapegoating, says RICS
Acquisitions
Century 21 franchise operators in UK buy independent
Ambitious property and mortgage group snaps up independent in north-west
Tech
Shh! New portal launches for property that is off-market
Portal says it will be ultra-discreet and not create digital footprint for listing
Compliance
Trading Standards swoop on student letting agents
Trading Standards team say letting agents' treatment of students 'much bigger problem than thought'
Agency
Advertising platform offers private owners space on Rightmove and Zoopla
Advertising service offers private sellers space on portals for £237
Compliance
Complaints resolved by Property Ombudsman rise by a third
Almost all consumer complaints against agents (83%) supported by TPO
Agency
Zoopla says over 500 branches have returned from OnTheMarket
Zoopla says that 48m website visits to its sites are to do with property
Politics
More new homes promised by minister at Tory conference
But the critics are already out in force
Law
Landlord hit with record £700,000 bill after illegal lettings
Owner of semi ignored council warnings for ten years
Compliance
Landlord ordered to pay over £100,000 after flouting safety laws
Council warns that properties must be safe for tenants
Compliance
Property manager back in court after failing to pay almost all of fine
Property manager fined £28,000 has only paid £150 in two years – and is now fined again for new offences
Compliance
Warning: Fake EYE journalist may be calling you
Bogus EYE journalist seems to be asking questions of agents
Agency
Property Ombudsman scheme expels four agents
Agent sets up firm with similar name after two earlier failures, claims Ombudsman
Compliance
Two firms stole over £1m worth of client money between them, says ARLA
Last push today to make Client Money Protection mandatory for letting agents – please have your say
Law
Transaction levels could be reduced to ‘rubble’, lawyers warn new Chancellor
Conveyancers plead with new Chancellor to do U-turn on George Osborne's tax attacks on PRS
Agency
Purplebricks says Local Property Experts must not have conflicts of interest
Criticism by vendor was really about viewings assistant and not LPE says Purplebricks