Finance
Countrywide share price drops after sale of Zoopla shares
Countrywide shares now down around 56% over last year
News
Agency
Insolvencies among agents drop by a third – but could figures start rising again?
New figures show just 101 insolvencies in first quarter of this year
Acquisitions
NEWSFLASH: Countrywide sells last of its shares in Zoopla to raise over £29m
Money raised will help reduce corporate debt
Lettings
Industry is ‘sleep-walking’ into outright ban on letting agent fees, warning
NALS sounds warning and pleads for industry to work together on offering caps to fees
Other News
Sales volumes across England and Wales revealed as the lowest on record BEFORE Brexit vote
Lowest number of sales in second quarter of this year in records dating back 30 years
Agency
New portal launches in UK with major advertising campaign in media
Agents offered free listings until next spring on portal taking out full page adverts in Sunday Times
Compliance
Landlord hit with £7,000 bill after cramming whole families into just one room each
Letting agent that collected rent also fined – but magistrates accepted it had fully co-operated with investigation
Lettings
Landlords’ Barometer – #40: Is the private rented sector bleeding to death?
Key factors draining the sector of landlords and money
Finance
Launching today – proptech that aims to help Generation Rent save for first home
First offering of online Property ISA goes live today
Events
Property Management LIVE – time to get your tickets
Event aimed at property managers wanting to up their game
People
LSL to continue recruiting despite loss of two jobs in its own recruitment team
Two job cuts in LSL's Talent Team – but company will continue to offer 'exciting job opportunities'
Agency
Estate agent launches promising to sell homes within 90 days – or lend vendors the cash
New proptech agent planning on taking 10% market share
Finance
Call for Chancellor to ditch Stamp Duty and transfer tax from buyer to seller
Lender calls on Government to ditch Stamp Duty in favour of seller's tax
Agency
Testimonial for agent was written by a director, advertising watchdog told
Complaint to advertising watchdog over testimonial is informally resolved
Finance
Thanks George! House prices have further to fall in London, says Savills
Tough times for London agents set to continue as Savills predicts 9% drop in prime house values this year
Finance
Zoopla boss Alex Chesterman sells 4.25m shares in the company
Chesterman continues to hold over 2% of shares in ZPG
Tech
Don’t miss this! Great analysis of OnTheMarket
In-depth analysis of OnTheMarket is posted on Arena
Agency
OnTheMarket’s ‘special offer’ to agents will end next week
'A reality that portals market has become fiercely competitive' says OTM
Agency
Zoopla launches new service enabling agents to see which buyers really can buy
Bold step forward for industry claim, as Zoopla now identifies which buyers can proceed