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Agents signed up to OnTheMarket will now receive 15 Smartboards per branch for free, as well as other potential benefits.

Robert Bolwell, senior partner at Dutton Gregory, will be answering letting agents’ questions on the implications of the landmark ruling in a CPD-certified webinar.

Snippets of property industry news: Knight Frank appoints new head of lettings; Belvoir Birmingham relocates to new office; Sprift promotes Amy Shields to sales director

The lack of property stock is constraining activity while pushing up prices.

Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild, says he has long been “a champion of raising standards within the industry” and new rules will “really start to make a difference”.

There is growing concern as data shows the proportion of landlords planning to reduce the number of homes they let outstrips the proportion planning to purchase properties to let.

There is just a year left for property businesses to register unresolved historical banking complaints.

New survey of more than 350 home movers focuses on their experiences of moving house, as well as their choices of estate agents and conveyancers during the process.

Writing exclusively for EYE, NTSELAT senior manager James Munro says the drive to improve material information in property listings is gaining pace. Here is what agents need to know.

New compulsory information on all listings, designed to help home movers make informed decisions about a property, has been broadly welcomed by the property industry.

Almost half of non-portfolio landlords were unaware of EPC changes, new poll finds.

With less property stock available and sales opportunities, estate agents are increasingly likely to use paid marketing channels, according to lead generation specialists Homeflow. 

Global Risk Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Hamilton Fraser for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval by the Competitions and Market Authority.

Every region of England and Wales has seen significant rises in the percentage of housing stock that is sold subject to contract, new figures show.

The estate agency comparison site now features more than 1,000 agents nationwide, including well-known brands, such as Leaders, EweMove and Northwood.

A new white paper advising regulated businesses, including estate agents, to stop using manual methods for onboarding clients, has been published.

Strutt & Parker has maintained its previous-quarter prediction of 7% best-case scenario growth in 2022 for the UK and 10% in London..

Michael Gove’s previous pledge to protect leaseholders and make the housebuilding industry pay for the cladding crisis ‘now ring hollow’, it is claimed.

Manchester-based Thornley Groves, part of the Lomond group, has completed the acquisition of two well-established businesses.

The office of one of the UK’s oldest estate agents has been repossessed, while the firm’s director has had his role terminated. Has the company entered receivership?