Politics
Landlords’ Barometer – #28: Are family homes becoming an extinct species?
Number of new family homes being built has fallen
News
Agency
allAgents gets set to launch a new website
Agency ratings website will publish statistics on how public rate agents' fees
Finance
Rightmove ‘like a snowball rolling downhill’ says admiring City analyst
Rightmove has prospects for more growth with ability to impose 'steady price increases' on agents, investors told
Law
The Immigration Act: When should agents carry out Right to Rent checks?
It is complicated – but agents need to do checks within 29 days before tenancy agreement
Agency
Sales memos: No change in 40 years and why are agents so sparing on information?
The devil is in the detail – so why aren't agents more detailed with their sales memos? It would help sales go through faster
Compliance
Conveyancer is jailed for Stamp Duty Land Tax fraud
Conveyancer stole over £350,000 after fraud on 43 property purchases
Lettings
Landlords will ‘sell up’ because of tax changes, claim
Buy-to-let becoming more complicated, say landlords
Other News
Average house price in England soars to almost £300,000
Annual house price inflation gathers pace, says ONS
Lettings
Licensing schemes under new attack by Residential Landlords Association
RLA says that new letter from government department 'exposes folly' of licensing schemes
Agency
Rating website shows public hold most agents in respect
New 'top ten' listing shows places where agents win most praise
Compliance
Advertising watchdog settles cases against four property firms
Agents agree to withdraw or amend advertisements
Agency
Purplebricks ‘tells City it is now 4th biggest agent in UK’
Firm said to be looking for stock market launch says it wants to expand quickly
Agency
Cash hand-outs offered to vendors willing to put homes on market
Cheques handed out to home owners who may sell
Agency
Online agents have ‘less than 3% market share of listings’
Purplebricks powers ahead but infiltration in market still looks tiny
Agency
Rightmove denies editing property alerts to detriment of agents
Trevor Kent accuses Rightmove of editing property alerts
Agency
Shaken, not stirred: This is our industry’s very special agent
What a spectre: lookalike agent cashes in on latest James Bond film
Finance
Picture of the Week: But is a £159 saving on Stamp Duty so great?
Vendor's stamp duty offer is not the biggest incentive ever
Law
Home owner who failed to keep garden tidy is ordered to sell property
Property owner who allowed weeds to grow is ordered to sell
Acquisitions
NEWSFLASH: Connells buys online agent Hatched
Online agent sells into Connells Group for 'significant sum'
Agency
Most sellers happy with high street agent – and with the price they achieve
Just 4% of sellers used online agent last time they sold – and most want to see an agent face to face