Agency
Purplebricks flotation on stock market heralded as Deal of the Month
Reuters says that more investors are eyeing up online estate agents
News
Agency
Savills says dropping Zoopla in favour of OnTheMarket has helped its leads
Number of leads has not dropped and quality is better, says director
Law
Major landlord body taking legal advice on challenge to Osborne’s tax plans
Residential Landlords Association says Chancellor's plans will only make housing crisis worse
Agency
Another departure from Countrywide as loyal PA joins her former boss in new venture
Ex-Countrywide estate agency managing director Bob Scarff gets set for new challenge
Other News
Yours for £250: A vandalised Foxtons Mini
Collectors snap up scaled versions of London's famous cars
Other News
UK homes selling at record prices – over £300,000 in England, says ONS
ONS 'sold' figure for November remarkably close to Rightmove's latest asking price figure
Lettings
Green party calls for ‘immediate’ rent caps
'Let's get the discussion started now' says Green leader
Compliance
HMRC anti-money laundering webinar for agents now online
If you missed it, here's how you can catch up
Events
Guild announces Telegraph sponsorship of awards bash
Telegraph journalist Anna White to present awards to winning agents
Compliance
Competition and Markets Authority: Investigation into estate agency services
Regulator which fined agents and local newspaper total of £775,000 hints it will raise penalties
Law
One-day moves will turn into two-day nightmares, say removals firms
Body says that extension of CHAPS will cause 'chaotic nightmares' claim
Law
Estate agency employee faces possible jail as amounts of theft could be £400,000
Employee admits to theft over ten year period from estate agency firm
Other News
Talking point: Should viewers take their shoes off – and do you insist?
So, where do you stand on shoes?
Acquisitions
Rightmove chairman recruited to help £1bn stock market float
Scott Forbes takes on Cannes festival as it seeks to float on stock market
Other News
Yet another vehicle crashes through estate agency window
Woman driver arrested after crashing into branch
Agency
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward opening another half-dozen offices
Firm now employs over 800 staff in more than 50 offices
Lettings
Complicated year for lettings industry lies ahead – Countrywide
Smaller landlords who sell up will add more pressure to prices for tenants
Other News
Man who murdered estate agent lured to fake viewing gets life sentence
It happened in America where kidnapping and ransom plot went wrong – and all murdered agent did was go to work on day she died
Agency
Major regional estate agency chain with 37 branches signs up to OnTheMarket
Nottingham Building Society estate agency business, with branches in nine counties, announces membership
Law
Landlords and agents ‘should not face jail if they innocently let to illegal immigrants’
Call from two peers as landlords and agents face up to five years in jail under Right to Rent regime