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Snippets of property industry news: Former apprentice to lead haart’s new Bristol Property Centre; Taylor Wimpey appoint first female CEO; New co-CEO at flatfair

House price growth in Britain hit a new six-month high last month, with potential room for further growth, despite the growing cost-of-living squeeze.

Some 14,433 county court claims were made by landlords across England and Wales between October and December 2021 to evict tenants, new data shows.

The housing market was once again defined by high demand and low supply in January.

Findings, based on Freedom of Information Act requests, indicate that 56% of councils do not accurately record the number of complaints they receive concerning PRS housing.

The fast growing estate agency has completed yet another purchase, and highlighted its appetite for more acquisitions this year. 

A new online property letting website has been launched, offering to cut out the role of traditional letting agents and the fees which they charge landlords.

Martin McKenzie claims that Trustpilot only removed fake reviews about allAgents after instructing high court action, as the rift between the two firms grows.

Russell Quirk talks to Christopher Watkin about the Douglas & Gordon sale. Watch the full interview here.

Across Great Britain average asking prices have risen by more than £100,000 over the past ten years, up by 53% to £341,019, new figures show.

The independent estate agency has launched a lettings department, which will be rolled out later in the year.

Foxtons shareholders are today expected to vote in favour of disposing the Douglas & Gordon sales business to James Evans, a director of Douglas & Gordon Limited.

New report is the latest to demonstrate the delays in the property transactions process, but industry leaders are being urged to focus on creating solutions that are fit for purpose.

Homeppl has developed new fraud detection tools to support agencies currently combatting the rising levels of rental fraud.

The average rent in the UK hit another record high in January.

Colby Short, CEO, GetAgent, issues an open letter following an angry backlash from estate agents after the comparison site told vendors to ‘lie’ to drive down commission fees.

A survey of almost 800 property professionals highlighted that sheer volume was believed to be at the heart of the issue in terms of transaction delays.

Purplebricks said last week that the first half of the trading year has proved difficult, with its market share falling, instructions plummeting, and total fee income dropping sharply.

Good news for future homeowners, but the new rules ‘does nothing to help existing leaseholders’.

Suggestions made by allAgents that businesses can pay Trustpilot to receive a better score are false, says a company spokesperson.