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News Archive
OnTheMarket shares slide after portal announces one-year slippage in climb to profitability
Market conditions blamed for slower than expected rate in agents converting to full paying contracts
Fifth of agents not complying with Client Money Protection rules six months after being made law
Trading Standards warns it is cracking down on non-compliance
Foxtons announces new board line-up as outgoing chairman says ‘It’s a great business’
Chairman says Foxtons is well placed to benefit from recovery in sales
Cash buyer exodus blamed on Stamp Duty reforms
Cash sales have fallen by as much as 30% across UK cities
Regional agent planning to create more jobs as it moves to hub-style operation
Agent centralising many of its activities into a single office
EYE NEWSFLASH: OnTheMarket shares suffer after warning over ‘challenging’ conditions
OnTheMarket says fewer agents are signing to long-term full-paying contracts than expected
City council unanimously backs government plans to ditch Section 21
Council says that Section 21 must go – it is the ‘rogue landlord’s trump card’
Mortgage approvals slide from ten-year high but market still ‘firing on all cylinders’
Value of mortgage lending falls but approvals are still up annually
Upmarket agent closes two offices saying most enquiries now come from internet
Sandbanks agent closes two branches as public no longer ‘walk in’
Sales progression platform links up with UK’s largest panel of conveyancers
Property chain firm links with giant panel manager Move with Us
Tenancy deposit replacement providers report progress as they grow
‘Agents becoming more comfortable with deposit replacement’, claim
Renting app GetRentr rebrands to become a licensing compliance business
Proptech firm opts for Sanskrit-inspired name as it rebrands to Kamma
You shall go to the Agents Giving ball – but not until next summer
No ball this year for Agents Giving but summer date and venue announced
Letting agents given access to new training to meet Scottish qualification requirements
Landlord Accreditation Scotland and safeagent partner to provide face-to-face and online training
Sales jump by one third in a month in ‘significant recovery as buyers get on with it’
HMRC data shows big jump in completions – but transactions still running at 30,000 fewer than this time a year ago
Opinion: Will this well-known firm be the next big estate agency casualty?
The Paul Smith column: What is the plan for this big agency and its ‘daddy of all debts’?
Two million shares in Belvoir are snapped up by eager investors within a day
Buyers of shares in Belvoir include chairman and director
Member of founding Goddard family returns to work at Belvoir after eight-year break
Founder’s son returns to operations role at Belvoir – eight years after he ‘retired’
Knight Frank’s Tim Hyatt to become new head of UK residential
Knight Frank announces new appointment as global head of residential Andrew Hay steps down after almost four decades with business