Law
Back to the future? Conveyancers to discuss possibility of launch of ‘skinny’ HIPs
Agents and conveyancers still await call for evidence on home buying process
News
Acquisitions
Expansions for independents show confidence in market
Yorkshire and Devon independents both expand through acquisition
Law
Leasehold owners could be breaking law by using Airbnb
New ruling could stop many leasehold owners using lucrative short-term letting sites
Lettings
Nearly 5,000 households move from private rental sector into homelessness
Latest quarterly figures show continuing rise of people made homeless after private tenancy ends
Compliance
Money laundering – legal responsibilities for letting agents come closer
Government publishes important new consultation on responsibilities for both sales and lettings agents
Agency
Nowhere to hide: Marketing breaks will breach TPO’s new anti-juggling Code of Practice
Ombudsman says 'juggling' evidence from agents will be passed to industry regulator and advertising watchdog
Agency
What’s the difference between an online agent and a property portal?
Buyers still look in estate agency windows as they start their property search
Other News
Pictures of the Week: And it’s a property with a difference
The For Sale board that's popped up in a wheely odd place
Agency
Ex-Countrywide boss Harry Hill says firm has ‘market share disaster’ on its hands
Hill takes to social media to express doubts about his former firm
Agency
Strongest buyers’ market since 2009, says London agent
Half the number of buyers but double the supply, says agent
Events
Quick on the draw: This year’s champion wins floor plan contest in under three minutes
WInning entrant takes just 2.45 minutes to do a floor plan
Charity
Ravensworth donates £10,000 worth of design and print to help Agents Giving
Industry supplier also offering discount to agents planning fundraising activities
Compliance
End of the deception: Whistle-blowers ensure portal juggling scandal gets zero tolerance
End of the shameful scandal after TPO and NTSEAT show their teeth
Finance
Zoopla launches new Invest channel making property investment ‘available to the masses’
Investors with just £100 will be able to invest in property market
Compliance
Which? launches super-complaint to help property buyers who are victims of scams
Consumer body calls on regulators to act over frauds which banks refuse to cover
Tech
New service launches offering estate agents webchat
'Real' people manning new webchat service designed for agents
Lettings
Local authority set to name and shame letting agents charging high fees
Council cabinet backs plans to name and shame – while tenants are urged to boycott agents
Tech
Guild launches new valuation tool for member agents
Guild also releases new market analysis tool
Lettings
Summer slowdown in rentals was still a sizzler
Falls in To Let and Let boards far smaller than normal, reports signs supplier
Lettings
Labour will set up non-profit letting agents, says shadow housing minister
A Labour government would also suspend Right to Buy, says shadow minister