News Archive

‘Encouraging signs’ emerge as approvals for first-time buyer and home mover mortgages finally increase

Industry figure Michael Day says his prediction of ‘blood on the carpet’ is coming true

City analyst expects next Rightmove results to be first in five years not to outperform predictions

Estate agents warn of few signs of improvement in housing market

Zoopla parent company quits stock exchange to go private

Landlords could end up paying £920 for a licence

Park Lane office to undergo modernisation with staff temporarily re-locating

But even property competition websites are finding it hard to shift their stock

First phase of migration of local council data to central database begins in Warwick

Online agents on the rise – but number of exchanges still tiny compared with traditional firms

Advert a ‘clear reference to male genitalia’ and likely to cause serious offence, says watchdog

Purplebricks ties up with Auction House to offer vendors the chance to sell property in auction sales rooms

Advertising Standards Authority orders Cornish agent to take down claim about Purplebricks and ‘cheap agents’

Company posts after-tax losses of £52k as it continues to expand via acquisition

Even estate agent and Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake seems to be fed up with the ministerial merry-go-round

Think tank suggests Bank of England remit should be extended to regulating house prices

Agent’s winter sun competition advertised on Facebook draws complaints

World Cup fever – and how are you going to concentrate on work today?

Just two weeks after its last ‘new’ How to Rent guide, Government issues yet another update

New service will research property hunters’ search criteria and match it to properties on agents’ books