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Fraudulent ‘agent’ jailed after conning six victims into parting with over £12,000 in deposits
Agent faked contracts and took deposits off tenants – leaving duped victims on the pavement on move-in day
RICS warns that ‘little comfort’ can be seen in any part of the housing market
It’s not just about home ownership – crisis in lettings with shortfall of supply set to push up rents
String of analyst reports on Rightmove express concerns on falling agency members
Barclays says it expects fall in agency members to be 7% this year while J.P. Morgan talks about ‘worrying’ magnitude of declines
Lettings firm announces plans to expand in UK and to launch offices in America
Room letting platform reveals global ambitions
Huge growth in number of young adults still living with their parents
ONS reports a 24% rise in ten years in those aged 20 to 34 living at home
Average house prices still up 4% on a year ago, insists Halifax
Big divergence between Halifax and Nationwide’s house prices raises concerns
EYE Exclusive: Property Franchise Group boss comes clean over ‘dead sheep’ at EweMove
‘Dead sheep’ numbers down to single figures after ‘tough love’ – but EweMove still a ‘licence to print money for right recruits’
EYE Exclusive: Why some of our EweMove franchisees have gone under – by the boss who knows
EweMove is a licence to print money – but only for the right recruits – and the first two years is like walking through the valley of death
Over four in ten tenancy deposits are higher than new cap, agents warned
Agents must reduce amount of tenants’ deposits at renewal – but can spread the load by doing so earlier
Wrong advice on Stamp Duty cost buyers £30,000 – and broker must pay up
Financial Ombudsman upholds decision that broker must compensate buyers over mistaken advice
Zoopla launches digital prospecting tool aimed at capturing leads from Facebook and Instagram
New tool designed to help agents get vendor leads from social media
Purplebricks says its vendors are Totally Sold – but just look to see who owns the domain name!
New Purplebricks adverts emphasise its Totally Sold service – but there’s a bit of an irony here
Landlords body tells city council that its plans for licensing could break the law
Residential Landlords Association warns that new scheme in major city could be unlawful
Stamp Duty receipt rises are hardly ‘good news’ for Exchequer says housing expert
Treasury’s take from Stamp Duty still well down from a year ago
Agent rebrands business as a Hunters franchise as it takes the next step
Agent says rebranding will allow it to offer unrivalled services
Former Local Property Expert with Purplebricks asks Trustpilot to remove over 250 reviews
‘Reviews belong to me not Purplebricks’ says agent who has moved on to high street firm
First the fees ban – and now tenants throw down successful challenge to renewal fee
Housing activists call on other tenants to refuse to pay renewal fees which agents can still legally charge
Commisery vanishes as new advertising campaign tells public ‘You’ll be totally sold’ on Purplebricks
Totally sold! Purplebricks launches new campaign aimed at vendors looking for a full service
Huge boost for agent as it takes on new business and increases headcount
Agent reports record business as it takes on more build to rent management contracts