Agency
Firm snapping up agencies across UK makes key appointment
Lomond Capital appoints Michael Groves to lead expansion in north and midlands
News
Agency
Agents ‘forecast industry damage’ if Labour wins election
Seven in ten agents say landlords would quit sector
Politics
Home sales and price rises trail off in election year
Transactions down by 8% year on year while house prices stand almost still
Tech
Rightmove explains how new email leads tool adds value for agents
Rightmove stresses new tool does not give agents competitor information
Agency
City licks its lips as Purplebricks gets closer to flotation
Online agent said to be selling 98% of properties at asking price or above
Lettings
New buy-to-let property portal gets set to launch
New site will list yields and type of rental property ahead of pensions reforms
Compliance
Risks from not declaring referral fees – money ‘belongs’ to the client
Case underlines duty of agent towards client and importance of transparency
Compliance
Feeble feedback as CMA asks for comments on poorer tenants
Regulator's deadline for comments next week – but only three replies so far
Agency
Worries subside over estate agents’ fees and negative equity
People more confident about buying a home
Finance
Scrapping of landlords’ tax break comes under fire
Landlord Energy Saving Allowance due to close despite looming ban
Agency
British agents Pygott & Crone at US realtors’ conference
Award-winning firm presented at ceremony in California
Agency
Estate agent marks 150 years in business
Firm once sold tickets for passengers on fated Titanic
Agency
Listings gap between Rightmove and Zoopla ‘wider than expected’
Investment bank says Rightmove could earn more from agents
Finance
New global ‘stock market’ for residential property investment gears up
Money raising platform will allow 'property shares' from £50
Compliance
Agent demands information after asking about deposit schemes
Tenancy deposit schemes react very differently to request for information
Finance
Property portal which bans agents reaches 60% of crowdfunding target
iProperty Company with NHBC deal gets closer to target with three weeks left
Agency
Supervision of agents falls to bottom of list for Trading Standards
Over-stretched and under-funded Trading Standards have other priorities
Lettings
Worries mount over ‘catastrophic’ plans to allow sub-letting
Landlord would desert sector, warning
Agency
Agents invited to apply for Rightmove charity funding
Grants can help agents get fund-raising initiatives off the ground
Other News
So what’s wrong with an estate agent wearing a cravat?
Whew! Let's stick our neck out in these Poldark times