Law
Conveyancers add their voices to calls for Stamp Duty to be scrapped
Abolition of SDLT would free up whole residential property market, say conveyancers
News
Agency
Consultation about changes at Countrywide under way
Firm says 'inappropriate' to comment during period of consultation
Agency
The Local Property Experts building up their businesses on the back of Purplebricks
Scaling local businesses might explain unusually high earnings for some of Purplebricks' LPEs
Charity
Roll up, roll up for the great Catfest art auction
Your chance to bid for an original Julian O'Dell portrait
Agency
Andrews pushes ahead with rebrand of all 55 branches this year
Rebrand rolls ahead 'despite uncertainty in property market'
Agency
Property healthcheck: How have the listed agents fared on the stockmarket after reporting season?
Up and (mostly) down – how estate agents have fared with their shares
Other News
These are the stories that you were talking about this week
So who exactly sold what – and did the buyer really get such a bargain?
Agency
More upheaval at Countrywide as firm continues to uphold its Building our Future strategy
Departure of key player confirmed by Countrywide
Agency
First-time buyers to be hit by cut in interest rates, warns NAEA boss
First-time buyers could face increasing struggle as more buy-to-let investors enter market in search of better returns
Finance
Halifax publishes first set of house price data since Brexit vote
House prices dip 1% in month after Leave vote, says Halifax
Lettings
Corbyn’s rent controls ‘won’t work’ say landlord bodies
Corbyn's rent controls simply won't work, say landlord bodies
Agency
Housing protestors succeed in shutting down three Savills branches for a day
Demonstrators target Savills after firm advises council on management of its housing stock
Finance
Buy-to-let mortgage activity plummets by over 40% in a year
But valuations for first-time buyers move up in post-Brexit environment
Politics
RICS latest to come under fire for talking down property market
RICS slated for talking about signs of recession in commercial property sector – members reportedly 'miffed'
Other News
Is this the gloom and doom report that the RICS should not have issued?
Drop in confidence in commercial sector – showing signs of early downturn, says RICS
Lettings
Demand for rental properties in home counties soars as vendors decide to let rather than sell
Rising stock levels keep rent rises at bay
Agency
Online agent did not sell £17m home – we did, says Knight Frank
Sale claimed in newspaper to be a record by online agent was actually made by traditional upmarket agent
Law
Conveyancers demand reforms to ‘nightmarish’ delays for leasehold transactions
Rip-off charges and long delays causing misery, stress and collapse of sales
Agency
Buying agents accused of using Leave vote to talk down property market
Chestertons director says reporting on property market has bordered on the hysterical
Politics
Two-year slowdown in London property market ‘nothing to do with Brexit’
Brexit simply a 'trigger to make overdue reductions of asking prices', says Knight Frank