Agency
Agent Provocateur: Is remote working a better recipe for work/life balance?
Could your agency consider allowing employees the choice of working from home?
News
Other News
Buyers may be back – but listings still show signs of stock shortage
Sellers still showing signs of nerves about putting their properties on market
Agency
Service offering ‘portal’ for off-market properties announces expansion
Portal which targets private 'club' of rich buyers rolls out its offering
Lettings
Landlords help the wheels go round in local economies across UK
Landlords spend most on letting agents but also support local tradespeople
Agency
Guild says it saves its members over £27,000 a year because of group buying power
Guild claims to offer its 800 agents collective savings of over £21m a year
Agency
Franchisee is kicked out by Century 21 after fines over property mismanagement
Agent is expelled from franchise network after orders to pay over £40,000 in two separate cases
Agency
Trevor Kent closes his agency after almost 50 years as his son launches online
Trevor Kent – one door closes and another (virtual one) opens
Agency
Ex-Savills agent leaves to join Keller Williams to run new market centre
Former Savills director joins Keller Williams to run newest market centre
Lettings
Three more Knight Frank agents join lettings platform Rentify as it targets expansion
Two ex-Knight Frank partners plus property manager recruited by rental 'disruptor'
Law
Agency director who brought private prosecution against former partner wins landmark court battle
Agency director who brought private prosecution wins landmark case over legal costs
Law
Man ‘in a rage’ after losing deposit lands in court after threatening agent
Tenant who failed referencing admits threatening behaviour towards agent
Other News
Price drop of the week: And £225,000 gets cut on the first day of listing
Going down: Home's asking price is hugely reduced on 'first day of listing'
Agency
Buyer confidence returns but sellers remain cautious about achieving the right price – Zoopla
Agents have opportunity to 'realign seller expectations'
Agency
OnTheMarket applies for more shares to be handed to agents signing agreements
OnTheMarket looks for more rewards for agents signing new listing agreements
Finance
Mortgage data signals busy times ahead for agents as approvals rise
Mortgage market boosted by ‘Boris bounce’ in December
Agency
Zoopla launches tool to let agents host controversial new valuation service
New widget launched designed to drive valuation leads to agents
Acquisitions
Leaders Romans Group snaps up three-branch sales and lettings agency Moginie James
Latest acquisition by Leaders Romans Group is announced as it makes it clear that buying spree will continue
Finance
Foxtons reveals £2.7m cost of tenancy fees ban as it navigates ‘very difficult’ year
Foxtons reports drop in income from both sales and lettings – but hopeful as sales pipeline picks up
Agency
Belvoir and Hunters both deliver growth – and a dose of optimism
Franchising groups report rise in revenues and forecast further growth
Lettings
Government’s ‘reckless’ onslaught against private landlords causing a looming rental crisis
Landlords body warns that the 'whirlwind' created by Cameron and Osborne is creating a crisis