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New service aimed at preventing fall-throughs signs up first agents
Gazeal to pay agents referral fees of £100 and says it will roll out offering to sales with chains
Foxtons is latest agent to report slide in revenue and profits
First quarter of this year hit by pre-election uncertainty
Transactions drop across England and Wales, says Land Registry
First-time buyer numbers also slide
Buy-to-let author tells advertising watchdog to act over letting agent fees
Best-selling Lawrenson says too many agents still not being clear about their charges
Marsh & Parsons expands to its 24th branch in London
Rollings says firm is looking to extend its reputation to ‘all corners’ of London
Where there’s a good cause – there’s an agent
Special Rightmove fund can help agents with costs of setting up charity events
Zoopla shares shoot up after buying uSwitch
But Zoopla also announces further agent losses to OnTheMarket
Agent jailed for ten months after hanging on to tenants’ deposits
Judge condemns agent who made ‘promises, promises, promises’
Just 43 homes in London are affordable to first-time buyers, claims Shelter . . .
Across England only one in five homes on the market are within reach for young families
. . . But Marsh & Parsons says sales to first-timers are ‘flying’
Spike in first-time buying activity means they account for 28% of purchases
Housing crisis is being over-played says Faulkner
Crisis is not everywhere – and the chatter is deterring people from even thinking about buying
Trade union GMB names and shames landlords who ‘abuse’ housing benefit
Union also attacks Tory policy on extending Right to Buy saying too many ex-council homes now in hands of landlords
Leaders pushes forward expansion as buying spree continues
Two more offices bring network up to 92
More agents turn to ‘grow your own’ apprenticeships
Belvoir is latest to launch its own scheme
Countrywide says transactions hit as LSL reports 15% drop in sales revenue
UK’s largest chain Countrywide says transactions down by 13% so far this year
‘A million tenants could lose their homes if Labour is elected’ claim
More agents line up to shoot down Labour’s proposals and warn of damage to PRS
We can’t build all the homes the politicians want, say house builders
Builders believe target of 200,000 new homes a year is unachievable
Shelter returns to the fray in Scottish private rented sector
Lobbying body launches new campaign seeking right for tenants to stay as long as they want
First quarter of this year not as good for sales as first three months of 2014
Sales activity down but lettings activity strong says Connells