Letting agent who failed to publish correct fees fined £4,000
Trading Standards’ checks on letting agent end with a £4,000 bill
News Archive
Trump card! Luxury agent reports pre-Brexit boom in US clients
US buyers and renters snapping up cheaper UK property due to falling value of the pound
Landlords and housing groups lock horns amid claims that high rents are pushing tenants into poverty
Report calls for tenants in poverty to be offered social rather than market rents
Rescued tenant energy supplier to roll out smart meters to rental properties
Spark customers will have access to first-generation Ovo smart meters
Time is ripe for a new franchise service, says agent about to launch ‘high fees’ offering
New franchise business will offer low-cost entry to experienced agents only
Student who handed £400,000 in ‘advance rent’ to agent is ordered to relinquish money
Case calls into question what agents should check when tenants can pay so much in advance
Boris drops in to estate agent and pays tribute to local business ‘doing so well’
Former Foreign Secretary pays tribute to agent’s investment in staff and training
Second acquisition within months for agent as letting fees ban approaches
Strength in numbers, says agent making second purchase
House prices start the year in a slump as Brexit weighs on the market
House prices drop almost 3% in a month
Ordnance Survey and Land Registry unveil new £10,000 grants for proptech firms
Protech and geotech firms can now apply to join the Geovation Accelerator Programme
Planning reforms help boost Build to Rent developments
The number of Build to Rent homes completed in the UK last year grew by almost a third
Almost 50 staff already made redundant from back office roles at LSL
Reeds Rains and Your Move lettings management centre closed with 47 redundancies
Online agents’ market share slips a little – with sector still massively dominated by the colour purple
High street agents claim over 95% of all new listings
‘I’d sell Purplebricks shares to buy OnTheMarket’ says analyst
Motley Fool writer spells out why he would sell Purplebricks to buy into OnTheMarket
Zoopla says it is sending agents 36% more leads than a year ago
‘Refreshed strategy’ is delivering for agents, says Zoopla
OnTheMarket asked whether it will accept agents working from home
OnTheMarket says it will accept agents without shopfronts – but does not clarify position of agents working from home
Agencies unveil expansion plans to help boost property market activity
Focus shifts to the new-build sector to boost sales
Former housing minister and head of Government review of agency regulation to headline TPO conference
£5 from the sale of every ticket purchased for the TPO conference will also go to Agents Giving
From a car rally to the catwalk! Agents help raise £100,000 for homeless charities
Fine & Country Foundation has now raised a total of £355,000 for charitable causes
EYE NEWSFLASH: Agents set to be affected by job losses at LSL offered £24,000 interest-free loans
EXCLUSIVE: The Property Franchise Group ‘puts £24,000’ interest-free loans on table for staff affected by events at LSL