Lettings
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
News
Acquisitions
Leaders pushes forward expansion as buying spree continues
Two more offices bring network up to 92
Agency
More agents turn to ‘grow your own’ apprenticeships
Belvoir is latest to launch its own scheme
Agency
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
Lettings
‘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
Politics
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
Lettings
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
Agency
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
Finance
Mortgage approvals for house purchase 14% below last year
Despite six-month high, figures still below those of a year ago
Agency
No lunch at homeless charity? Agency staff step up to the plate
Two estate agents take over the cooking for 50 clients of charity
Agency
Two ex-Romans colleagues reunite in online agency business
High-end online agency recruits non-executive director
Agency
LSL Land and New Homes recruits ex-Sequence man
Neil Dickens becomes regional managing director for the north
Agency
NAEA boss praises Labour Stamp Duty plan as one critic calls it ‘cobblers’
Property firm head says Labour can't do its sums
Agency
Fears over missing money as yet another agent shuts down
The Property Ombudsman alerted over complaints about rent payments and deposits
Agency
iam-sold entrepreneurs up for award after major growth
Company pays out £4.6m to estate agents in one year
Lettings
Agent slams Scottish Government’s abolition of ‘no fault’ ground
Scottish agent expresses concerns as SNP bids for a louder voice at Westminster
Lettings
Last time there were rent controls, the industry went into meltdown
Former ARLA spokesperson Malcolm Harrison recalls how private rented households shrank to 7% of total
Tech
Rightmove launches new School Checker feature on all properties
Feature introduced to help home hunters find the right home near the right school
Lettings
New website launches to help make sense of landlord licensing schemes
Site for London agents and landlords aims to be useful resource for whole of country
Agency
Hunters grows its network by two more branches as float gets closer
Wirral firm Bradshaw Henderson converts to Hunters franchise