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Suzy Lamplugh’s family hope John Cannan, 68, will tell them what really happened to the estate agent as he receives end-of- life palliative care in prison.

The sector is currently facing a number of regulatory and legislative updates.

Jason Tebb, chief executive officer, says strong set of results “show that our strategy is working”.

Snippets of industry news: Barrows and Forrester appoints residential director; Hunters expands; LRG confirms new senior appointments

The estate agency reports that demand in the capital has recovered from the depths of the pandemic as the ‘escape to the country’ trend calms down. 

Estate Track, formerly Growth Track, has spent the past two years developing their new marketing platform aimed at independent agents.

There is no shortage of online property valuation tools that guesstimate the value of residential property properties, and now another has been launched.

New property auction firm has launched.

The Bank of England will almost certainly increase interest rates to a new 13-year high this week. But what impact will it have on house prices?

Managing client expectations can be extremely stressful for many people working in estate agency, especially negotiators, and that is why greater tolerance is required, says easyProperty boss.

The Regulations were initially due to be introduced next month, but the implementation of the Act has been postponed until 1 December 2022.

Tricky problems need solutions: The current flavour of the month is that “upfront information” is the magic bullet, but that’s got a whiff of Boris’s “pea-shooter to a gunfight” comparison.

The Able Agent and Kerfuffle have teamed up to form a new training partnership.

Relationships between conveyancers and estate agents have improved since the busy stamp duty-fuelled days of the pandemic.

Sales and lettings agents do not have enough homes to meet demand from buyers or renters.

All Canopy partner agents will now have access to Zero Deposit integrated into their experience.

The Fine & Country Foundation supports 16 charities through latest grant programme.

The UK housing market showed further signs of a slowing last month.

Staff should be reminded of the basic estate agency principle that customers can only ever go down one of two routes – they either make you money or cost you money.

The letting agency’s sole director was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order.