Agency
What advice would you give someone starting out in agency?
Never stop educating yourself, offer genuine customer service and be kind to yourself
News
Lettings
Boards company data shows buy-to-let is booming
Big rise in lettings activity after Stamp Duty deadline, reports our man with the board
Finance
House prices rising five times faster than earnings
Rampant house price inflation is also fuelling rents, says think tank
Tech
Rightmove gets ready to shut down its overnight data feed
All agents to be using 'instant' real-time data feed from July 4
Law
Privatisation of Land Registry to go ahead, Government confirms
New Bill will enable sell-off of Land Registry into private hands
Other News
Splash! Estate agency boss gets tipped into pool on viewing
Estate agency boss gets a soaking thanks to one of her staff
People
New role for Bob Scarff in property technology collaboration
Former Countrywide head of estate agency becomes non-executive director of Lenwell
Agency
Could this labour of love be estate agents’ finest office?
Couple saved derelict building and turned it into their new office
Events
Man who forecast the result of last year’s election to take centre stage at Lettings LIVE
Top economist will talk about Brexit and likely impact on property market
Agency
Online agent is one of UK’s fastest growing companies
Company that runs tenancy deposit and property redress schemes also on list
People
Countrywide boss Alison Platt makes power list of top 100 women
Zoopla 'angel' Sherry Coutu also on list of UK's most powerful women
Law
Landlord must accept pets (tenant has a walrus and flamingo)
Agent suggests roomy property with plenty of bathrooms and a lake nearby
Agency
Zoopla complains to advertising watchdog about OnTheMarket
Zoopla complaint about claims made in OTM email ends in informal resolution
Finance
Tax increases will drive much-needed landlords from sector, says LSE
Private rented sector needs investment not hefty tax clampdowns, says new London School of Economics report
Politics
‘Housing ministry should be free of any political party’
Call for new ministry to be independent in style of Bank of England
Law
Outlawing gazumping would be a huge challenge, warning
Making gazumping illegal could be very difficult to achieve in law
Agency
Transactions could bounce up – but it all depends on first-time buyers
Key to transactions recovery is letting first-timers buy with 10% deposits
Finance
Market supercharged as prices soar and there’s a rush on mortgages
Mad March market likely to have been the storm before the calm
Training
Congratulations to the magnificent top NFoPP students of the year
Awards for students of property qualifications who show commitment in their studies
Lettings
Chancellor George Osborne has ‘insulted’ private landlords
Landlords face shock when they receive tax bills in future