Estate agency parts company with building society owner to become part of Hunters
Building Society to concentrate on mortgages and savings as it says farewell to estate agency
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Former Zoopla boss Chesterman backs business aimed at preventing property frauds
Zoopla founder backs anti-fraud start-up after property purchaser scammed out of £25,000
Modern method of auction ‘should become mainstream’ offering by agents
Modern method of auction a ‘compelling proposition’ for a number of buyers and sellers, claim
Can’t get to the EA Masters tomorrow? Then here’s how to tune in
Rightmove will be livestreaming the main speakers at EA Masters – so tune in
Auction firm reports record sales as sellers feel ‘urgency’ in the market
Vendors told to put low guide prices on their properties during ‘challenging times’
Agents absent from latest list of firms fined over AML – but is this the calm before the storm?
HMRC latest list of firms fined for breaches of anti-money laundering regulations shows no agents penalised – but will this change?
Picture of the Week: And that’s what you call a leak
Was the sales board hammered in a bit too hard, we wonder?
House price growth crawls to its slowest pace for six years as uncertainty persists
Halifax index says house price inflation is now at its slowest for over six years
Ombudsman launches early bird conference tickets eight months ahead of event
Earlybird tickets for next year’s TPO conference go on sale
Rent Smart Wales training scheme given highest seal of approval
Agency training to operate in Wales can be taken online
Sex, drug taking and discrimination against women are ‘rife’ in estate agency, claim
Sexism in estate agency means women encouraged to wear low tops, high heels and make-up ‘to reel in the punters’, allegation
OnTheMarket launches market intelligence tool that it says is better than Rightmove’s
New OTM tool designed to help its agents ‘reduce their reliance on Rightmove and other portals’
Romans sales managing director leaves as part of changes at group
Departure of Romans sales managing director is confirmed
‘Next generation’ letting agency builds team with hires from Purplebricks
Hybrid rental firm builds team as it plans to become UK’s largest letting agency
New estate agency comparison site close to fund-raising target
Agents invited to submit both fees and valuations online to would-be sellers
Firm which tells sellers it has been designed by agents ‘so you don’t need one’ allowed to list on Zoopla and Rightmove
Firm which helps sellers do-it-yourself meets criteria to list on main portals
Picture of the Week: And it comes with some issues
This listing might perhaps be taking transparency a bit too far?
‘Community’ letting agents and rent caps proposed to cut housing costs
A third of renters are cutting back on food or drink to pay rent – report
An end to ‘No DSS’ after competition watchdog says agents and portals must have no blanket bans
Mortgage lenders must stop including the restriction, says Competition and Markets Authority
Rightmove unveils new and improved features of updated Best Price Guide
Rightmove says it neither sees nor stores new Best Price Guide reports and vendors’ names