The clock ticks down: Fees ban will apply to all tenancies signed after June 1
Industry reaction as letting agents have less than six months to prepare for ban which will change the sector
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Shares in Savills slump after firm warns of falling transactions scenario
Brexit uncertainty will take its toll on transactions this year, warns Savills
Agent reported to watchdog after listing property at ‘bargain’ first month price
Rent rises after first month made listing ‘misleading’, said complainant
Estate agents now charging sellers an average 1.4% – claim
Analysis shows moving costs for home owners are now at £10,000
Google-backed proptech ‘digital assistant’ aiming to become ‘as indispensable as the property portals’
Digital assistant service outlines further details on new letting agent tool
Deposit replacement scheme helps boost viewings by a quarter – claim
Regional agent claims tenants are opting for properties with deposit alternatives
Law Commission outlines ways to boost commonhold as ‘viable alternative’ to leasehold
Law Commission backs commonhold as solution to problems with leaseholds
A century and not out! Independent agency celebrates 100 years on the high street
Firm still operates out of the same office where the business started in 1919
EYE NEWSFLASH: Tenancy fees ban to come in on June 1 this year
Just over four months to go until tenant fees ban becomes law
Fees ban could be just weeks away: ARLA boss warns agents to get ready now
ARLA boss takes advice over fears expressed on EYE about possible flaw in wording over ‘contracts’
Major agency offers to refund £20m to tenants who switch to deposit replacement scheme
Tenants to be offered their deposits back if they and their landlord move to replacement alternative
Crunch day for the UK – but how could crucial Brexit vote affect the property market?
So much uncertainty and division as the hours count down to crucial Brexit vote
House moving ‘concierge’ firm raises £1.5m in backing from venture funders
Early backers of Zoopla put money behind firm which aims to remove stresses and strains of moving house
Couple behind £3m failed property raffle defend accusations on social media
Questions raised after yet another property raffle fails
Modern method of auction firm generates over£10m in income for estate agents
IAM Sold grows its income by 18% as partnership with agents delivers 3,300 sales
NAEA to be instrumental in new taskforce on money laundering
Industries come together to tackle financial crime, including money laundering through property
Major private landlord Fergus Wilson confirms sale of portfolio – private landlords need not apply
Wilson says he expects sales will be to owner occupiers as ‘Government remains hostile to landlords’
Where have all the partners gone? They disappear as regional chain rebrands
Regional chain opts to get rid of its partners in new branding
‘Flawed’ Tenant Fees Bill means letting agents could unknowingly break fees ban law, claim
Lawyers warn that if tenants agree to some services, these could be unlawful contracts
Zoopla’s new TV adverts will emphasise strengths of estate agents to public
Zoopla’s new ‘crabvert’ campaign which starts today will emphasise strength of agents