Zero Deposit now goes live in 400 branches including Foxtons and Your Move
Founder Jon Notley says he expects up to 3,000 branches to be offering deposit replacement product within a year
News Archive
Picture of the Week – and what filthy minds some people have!
Does the downstairs shower mean the house used to be a brothel or was used to film porn? Actually . . .
Chancellor urged to use Budget to introduce tax incentives for longer tenancies
Landlords suggest that rather than legislating for set tenancy terms, the Government should introduce tax relief on rental income
Fine & Country agents (just) make it over the finish line in European car rally fundraiser
Not so Reliant Robin broke down three times as agents drove from Sheffield to Monte Carlo
Proportion of young home owners has fallen by 10% in under a decade
ONS highlights acceleration from generation own to generation rent
Lettings firm asked to revisit wording about how private landlords can list on Zoopla
Zoopla says agent used ‘misleading wording’ when telling private landlords how they could list
Number of new listings across UK towns and cities rises as autumn dawns
Sellers give up waiting for prices to rise and put their properties on the market anyway, claim
Countrywide appoints new director with turnaround expertise
New non-executive director joins Countrywide
Prime Minister paves way for whole new wave of council house building
Could councils once again build 40% of all new homes? Move hailed by housing experts as ‘exciting’
Accountants back yet another clobbering of Stamp Duty for overseas property investors
Extra Stamp Duty proposal praised for being ‘sensible and measured’
OnTheMarket recruits 50-branch regional chain Andrews
Major chain Andrews signs long-term agreement with OnTheMarket
Regional agency expands new homes department after winning over £90m of business
New senior recruit welcomed as she joins from rival firm
Sales in prime London market still a struggle as transactions drop 9% in a year
Sales volumes and prices both drop in prime central London as supply picks up
Two thirds of British postcodes classed as unaffordable for young renters
Young tenants face paying more than 30% of their income on rent across two thirds of the country
Purplebricks challenged over whether adverts made it clear that it charges a fee
Latest complaint to Advertising Standards Authority is informally resolved
OnTheMarket ‘delivering record number of leads’ to agents
OnTheMarket tells stock market it now has over 11,000 estate agency offices
High street agency business marks 50th anniversary by expansion
Firm marks half a century of business by opening 16th branch
My name is Michael and I’m a Viewber: And this is how I see things
A Viewber tells of the plusses and minuses of his role, including being asked common questions but agents not supplying the answers
Boris calls for local councils to take back control of house building targets
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson starts talking about housing . . .
Don’t hold up completions at the last minute, conveyancers are told
Lawyers must get all monies in place day before completion to prevent last-minute delays