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Best conveyancers named in new awards scheme

Best conveyancing firms recognised in inaugural awards

New product launches today aimed at ending fall-throughs

NAEA and TPO express interest in scheme designed to end gazumping and gazundering

Police use tear gas against protesters after Foxtons targeted

Police stand guard over Brixton branch of Foxtons after window smashed and demonstrators chant

Legislation to outlaw letting agent fees could be just one month away

Labour would put new PRS laws into Queen's Speech on May 27 – and will also reform Stamp Duty for first-time buyers

If tenant fees are banned, what next? Boss of Martin & Co speaks out

Why we may have to work with politicians on changes

Rent controls almost as efficient as bombing cities, says Pickles on warpath

Pickles also gives us our Picture of the Week as he pops into an estate agency

Despair as couple find their blighted home is in poundland

Council withdraws £85,000 offer as property is now in Home for a Pound scheme

Buyers offer a Dave price (higher) or an Ed price (lower)

Purchasers of £2m-plus properties hedge their bets on mansion tax

Estate agency owner makes Rich List for first time

Paul Rooney of Arun Estates enters list – but no sign of Alex Chesterman

Rents on the rise says Office for National Statistics

Experimental index says private rents have risen 2.1% in a year but gives no figures

Concerns as new approval scheme for letting agents launches

One in five letting agents 'lied' to us, says founder of new approval scheme

New estate agency review site officially launches into world of dirty tricks

Rating site says it has caught out dozens of agents posting fake reviews

Buyer numbers hit as they wait 50 days to receive mortgage offer

Chain reaction – one year on, agents and mortgage brokers see at first hand the results of MMR

Agent prosecuted for using multiple industry logos without consent

Agent taken to court by Trading Standards pleads guilty after using NALS and SAFEagent logos

New app launches to help flatmates sort out rows over costs

Venture backed by founder of worldwide web and helped by PiLabs

Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan offers a ‘big break’ in housing

Punters could win a £350,000 flat for cost of £1.50 ticket

Agent launches £25,000 charity fund for local community

Gascoigne Halman sets up fund to mark its 25th year in business

Landlords’ Barometer – #15: Is it really that easy to be a letting agent?

Letting agent fees: Another landmark ruling by advertising watchdog

Countrywide firm Hamptons is told adverts were misleading over fees

Which prime minister (surprisingly) saw house prices rise the most?

Blair's tenure as PM saw biggest house price inflation – and Gordon Brown saw the only drop