Compliance
Tax deadline coming up for agents with non-UK resident landlords
Non-resident Landlord Scheme latest bulletin published
News
Charity
Dates for your diary to support Agents Giving
Raise money for good causes via two events this summer
Training
Practice makes perfect?
Remember you are only as good as last month's figures, warns our training guru
Agency
Chestertons denies ‘whistleblower’ claims that it fiddled its books
Firm says it will continue to 'vigorously' defend itself in court
Compliance
Agents warned that they must show all fees as inclusive of VAT
New ruling says agents must not quote fees plus VAT but must advertise inclusive amounts
Agency
Stella Creasy’s supporters set to target estate and letting agents today
Walthamstow agents warned of mystery shopping campaign on fees
Lettings
Demonstration at letting agent’s office after touting letter row
Petition signed by over 11,000 demands agent withdraws letter telling landlords they could get more rent
Finance
City analyst Jefferies changes its mind about Zoopla and Countrywide
Jefferies upgrades both to buy ratings and says threat to Zoopla posed by OTM is diminishing
Agency
Little cross-over in leads from Rightmove and Zoopla, claim
Much less duplication than previously thought, says Connells
Other News
Estate agents get fright of their lives in ‘haunted house’
Poltergeist gives agents on valuation visits the screaming hab-dabs
Agency
Property deals collapse in wake of Miliband’s non-doms announcement
Rich foreigners decide against buying and others selling up, say London agents
Agency
Re-brand for Estate Agency All-Stars
Business now to concentrate purely on training estate agents
Law
Sub-letting row continues as landlords demand: Why was no one consulted?
Residential Landlords Association calls for urgent clarification to key issues
Tech
Launch of OnTheMarket has only made Rightmove stronger says UBS
After all the 'noise', emergence of OTM as credible player has simply diluted Rightmove's competition
Finance
Mystery partner set to go in with property portal that bans agents
iProperty pulls first crowdfunding campaign and replaces it with another that halves its value
Finance
House prices still going up says Halifax
Lender expects house price inflation to moderate as year goes on
Compliance
Agents and landlords call for help with immigration checks on tenants
Right to rent Home Office helpline gives out some numbers
Lettings
Three in ten landlords with just one property fail to turn a profit
Nearly one in four landlords are 'accidental' says NLA
Compliance
Accreditation of residential managing agents gets successfully under way
ARMA insists all members must sign up to self-regulatory scheme – brought in because government would not legislate
Finance
Mortgage prisoners could stay trapped by EU directive
Interest-only 'mortgage time bomb' set to continue ticking