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Chestertons has converted its entire fleet of company cars to electric.

Kenny Bruce, co-founder of Boomin: “We are excited to launch a Boomin Podcast featuring myself, my brother and some great people who want to join us.”

TikTok offers a potentially good opportunity for agents to reach younger audiences, including a number of prospective buyers and renters.

Purplebricks has hired former O2 marketer Ian Cafferky as new CMO. He will replace Ben Carter who is leaving the online estate agent to join retailer Dunelm.

It is planned that at least £200m will be made available by way of equity and debt to fund acquisitions.

The acquisition is the seventh by the company in three years, and further consolidates its position across the North East and North Yorkshire.

RICS explains why it is not prepared to reveal more about the redacted pages in the Levitt Review.

Unless this supply-demand imbalance trend is reversed soon, transaction levels may flatline in 2022 with limited choice proving significant, new figures reveal.

New data: 65% of households in England were owner occupied in 2020-21, while the proportion of the private rented sector as a tenure has decreased.

To improve enforcement, the NRLA is calling for the development of a meaningful national redress scheme for the sector as part of the government’s forthcoming White Paper on rental reform.

Agents have been told by Zoopla today that they face significant hikes in their monthly listing-fees from early next year. The portal has defended the price increase.

The government has issued guidance for those working within the home buying and selling process and those moving home.

Jason Tebb, CEO for OTM: “This is the biggest moment for OnTheMarket since its launch nearly seven years ago.”

Insolvent Investigations slam property bosses for disregarding their responsibilities as company directors.

Zoopla has a new ‘look and feel’, which the firm says is helping to drive greater value for its customers.

Savills beat off stiff competition from the other shortlisted firms, including Foxtons, Rettie & Co and JLL, to win the coveted prize.

Property transactions have become a major target for fraudsters in recent years, but agents have an opportunity to learn more about how to stop property fraud from occurring.

Goodlord’s Alessandro Venerandi: “Agents can spend a huge amount of time manually chasing late payments; it’s inefficient and not particularly effective.”

NRLA’s Ben Beadle: “Whilst landlords have done all they can to support affected tenants, they simply cannot afford for this situation to continue indefinitely.”

The Accessible Lettings Scheme, an initiative set up by AccessiblePRS in collaboration with disability charity, Enham Trust, aims to ‘level the playing field’ for disabled tenants.