Agency
Connells invests £5m on beefing up surveying team amid concerns on valuation delays
Second major investment for group within two years brings spend on new surveying recruitment to £11m
News
Law
Courts fine rogue landlords thousands of pounds
Landlords prosecuted after allowing tenants to live in appalling conditions
Finance
Lloyds remains biggest lender with one-fifth of all new mortgages
Growth in mortgage lending expected this year and next
Finance
Million mortgage borrowers facing repossession, warns Citizens Advice
Interest-only mortgage borrowers facing financial black hole
Other News
And the Robert Peston award for making things crystal clear goes to . . .
. . . The ONS for attempting to explain why rents have gone up more in one official survey than another
Other News
Are you sitting comfortably? Big T shares the happy secret
Whoopy! It's a cushion designed to pile on the comfort
Compliance
Scandal of banned letting agent director who continued to work in industry
Letting agent received five-star reviews on allAgents as recently as May this year
Compliance
Runaway agent finally jailed for stealing tenants’ deposits
Agent put deposits and rent money into his own account before fleeing country
Compliance
NAEA and ARLA member agent is expelled by TPO
Agent expelled after almost 20 years with TPO and told they cannot join another redress scheme unless award is settled
Agency
Agent at centre of demonstration has all its windows smashed
Agent targeted by vandals just months after controversy over 'higher rents' touting letter
Compliance
£530 a month for mattress, inside shack, inside communal living room
SpareRoom.co.uk admits ad broke its own house rules
Politics
Council of Mortgage Lenders: Current stock is key to solving housing crisis
CML's chief economist says building new homes is not the only answer
Other News
Are you sitting comfortably? Big T may have found his happy!
Our inimitable columnist is back in EYE tomorrow – don't miss him
Lettings
Landlords’ Barometer – #23: Tax changes could lead to exodus
Tax changes still causing massive concern – 20% of landlords could quit industry
Charity
Time to get your tickets for the Agents Giving Ball
Join the industry for THE event of the year – you'll have a ball!
Compliance
Letting agents warned after rise in fake passports
Vetting firm says it is now seeing bogus passports on almost a daily basis
Law
Lawful tenants being rejected because of ‘dangerous’ Right to Rent scheme
Government accused of turning agents and landlords into border guards in knee-jerk reaction to Calais crisis
Law
Agent who hung on to tenants’ deposits has Proceeds of Crime hearing delayed
Latest delay in long-running saga of agent who failed to keep promise to repay tenants
Charity
Shelter receives 17,000 complaints about rogue landlords in one year
Cases of harassment, threats and assault are increasing, says charity
Events
Line-up of speakers announced for TPO’s first conference
Delegates will be able to hear from head of National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team