News Archive

Requirements placed on CMP insurers ‘impossible to achieve’ and bigger agents could go out of business, warns ARLA boss

Emoov, Choices and Harrisons Property London all subject of complaints to Advertising Standards Authority

Brent Estates will be an astounding success (with help of negotiator Gareth)

Counting the cost – rich buyers successfully cut millions off their offers

Supply of new properties has increased compared with last year but has fallen on a monthly basis

Former home of TV’s most unlikely star is placed in a raffle

Who is Help to Buy really helping as average income of users soars by 20%?

Far lower than expected levels of buy-to-let purchase loans as ‘tax bills drop through landlords’ letterboxes’

Purplebricks says challenging UK housing market is driving shake-out in both online and traditional agency sectors

Peers call for incentives to encourage agents to stop charging tenant fees before ban is introduced

Portico announced as latest recruit to OnTheMarket

Former estate agent launches pledge scheme to try to prevent fall-throughs

Agency said to have encouraged payments from vulnerable tenant with mental health problems

This is quite a spectre – and not for the nervous of disposition

New regulations will put £3,500 cap on landlord costs to make rental properties energy efficient

The agent will help collect winter coats to donate to the homeless and vulnerable

Interview: Hatched founder says online agents are ‘faceless’, the business model is ‘crazy’ and no one has yet got it right

Emoov founder Quirk fights on as he looks for competitive bids for business

Purplebricks puts up its prices for first time in two years as it looks to invest further in ‘exceptional customer experience’

The Times makes big mistake in muddling online agents with property portals – so maybe the market isn’t that ‘wildly competitive’?