All private renters should have permanent tenancies as legal norm, says Shelter
Shelter calls for massive council house building programme among 23 reforms to shake up private and social renting
News Archive
Profits drop at big regional agency – but it keeps up its payments for staff
Profits drop by over £1m at estate agency as transactions drop – but it keeps paying its staff same amount
Advice line inundated as Government declines to clarify court ruling on repossession
Furious landlords accuse Government of ‘We’re not bothered’ attitude following court ruling
Purplebricks welcomes new global executive with golden hello worth £1.1m in share options
New global chief operating officer granted 700,000 share options
Axel Springer and Purplebricks lead global ‘one horse race’ with insurmountable lead
Portal owner in ‘delicate balancing act’ as it prioritises investment in Purplebricks at risk of upsetting its agent customers
House prices still on the up – Halifax forecasts growth of up to 4% this year
Halifax predicts average prices to rise by 2-4% during course of this year – although warns on Brexit outcome
Losses rise to £13.5m at online estate agency backed by business tycoon Sir Charles Dunstone
Online agent Housesimple, losing over £1m a month, says it has resources to keep trading for ‘foreseeable future’
Director at parent company of Guild, Fine & Country and easyProperty quits after a year
Leading industry figure joins recruitment business
Britain’s best-known landlord ‘set to put portfolio of properties up for sale today’
Fergus Wilson says he is giving notice to ‘ideal tenant with young baby’ as rumours mount of entire sell-off
Gambling Commission shuts down property raffle as question was ‘too easy’
Home owners must now refund 5,000 competition entrants
Auction rooms defy Brexit gloom with record sales and a new launch
Property consultancy enters the auctions market
Agency software provider partners with proptech firm to offer rent recognition tools
Rent recognition provider highlights software partnerships as key to growth
Property Franchise Group agent continues on the acquisition trail
Agent makes second acquisition in just four months
Online: The big get bigger while just six firms post over 96% of all online agents’ listings in one month
Author of new study warns that collapse of another high-profile online agent cannot be ruled out
Estate agency sector is a ‘grisly bloodbath’ says Times
Agents talk a good talk – but their share prices are saying something else, says Times commentator
New ‘Purplebricks style’ property management portal gets set to launch
Licensed lettings agents will get their own dedicated postcode to offer the new service
Removing non-property adverts from listings is improving speeds by 35%, says Zoopla
Zoopla says it has ‘dramatically increased’ number of valuation leads for agents
Looking to change jobs? Welcome to Massive Monday as recruiters go full out to tempt the best agents
Recruiters ready for today’s record in job-seeker numbers
Rents remain below rate of inflation despite increases in most regions
Agents say landlords are looking to the north for their next property
Directory of proptech companies from around the world set to launch today
Directory aims to help agents choose the right products for them