Other News
Flat measuring 6ft 6ins wide comes in for criticism on Facebook
Tiny flat on market for £110,000 in town with fastest rising house prices
News
Lettings
Largest number of private renters for 30 years
More than one in five people renting privately, according to think tank
Compliance
Letting agents facing action over failure to sign up to redress scheme
Agents still not signed up one year after being required to do so
Finance
More than half expecting interest rates to rise
However fears do not dampen expectations that house prices will continue to rise
Other News
NEWS FLASH: Murder probe into policeman’s death after burglary at estate agency
Estate agency cordoned off as forensic examination gets under way
Politics
Next housing market crash could be just around the corner, warns ex-minister
'We're reliving the bubble' says ex-minister as politicians forecast further clampdowns on buy-to-let
Agency
HouseSimple claims second place in online agency rankings
Online agent backed by Charles Dunstone claims to have displaced eMoov
Agency
Mock funeral march ‘a great success’ says easyProperty boss
easyProperty's Robert Ellice 'delighted' with parade to mark 'death' of high street agents
Agency
Watch out! There’s another Quirk about
New online agency advertising on prime time TV is headed by a familiar name
Agency
One direction: Harry Styles sets his sights on becoming an estate agent
Huge PR coup for industry as One Direction heart-throb announces his next career move – into agency
Agency
Another record breaking month for us, says OnTheMarket
Traffic grows to 5.6m visits in September while leads to agents grow
Finance
Stamp duty changes ‘create east/west divide’ in Prime Central London
Greater concentration of larger houses to west of Hyde Park subject to higher stamp duty leads to sales divide
Other News
‘Suicide’ of landlord saddled with debt
Charles Cole ran into trouble over failed Romanian property venture
Other News
5% of home buyers ‘do not view property’
Research also shows that young people spend less than an hour viewing
Lettings
ARLA says rent controls could lead to even more expense for tenants
ARLA points to example of Germany where it says properties under rental controls are often let completely unfurnished
Law
Bombshell as official guidance on revenge evictions ‘contradicts the law’
Advice says tenants will be able to bypass landlords and agents and go straight to local authority when they have complaints
Agency
eMoov extends crowdfunding pitch as founder Quirk says ‘this was never about money’
Online agent pushes on towards £2.5m and into the record books
Agency
OnTheMarket hits back at ‘detractors’ claims’ and says it will still succeed
OnTheMarket boss Ian Springett says attacks are simply trying to undermine new portal
Compliance
Property Ombdusman issues updated versions of all Codes of Practice
New Codes to be applied to all complaints after October 1