Other News
Huge growth in number of young adults still living with their parents
ONS reports a 24% rise in ten years in those aged 20 to 34 living at home
News
Finance
Average house prices still up 4% on a year ago, insists Halifax
Big divergence between Halifax and Nationwide's house prices raises concerns
Agency
EYE Exclusive: Property Franchise Group boss comes clean over ‘dead sheep’ at EweMove
'Dead sheep' numbers down to single figures after 'tough love' – but EweMove still a 'licence to print money for right recruits'
Agency
EYE Exclusive: Why some of our EweMove franchisees have gone under – by the boss who knows
EweMove is a licence to print money – but only for the right recruits – and the first two years is like walking through the valley of death
Compliance
Over four in ten tenancy deposits are higher than new cap, agents warned
Agents must reduce amount of tenants' deposits at renewal – but can spread the load by doing so earlier
Compliance
Wrong advice on Stamp Duty cost buyers £30,000 – and broker must pay up
Financial Ombudsman upholds decision that broker must compensate buyers over mistaken advice
Agency
Zoopla launches digital prospecting tool aimed at capturing leads from Facebook and Instagram
New tool designed to help agents get vendor leads from social media
Agency
Purplebricks says its vendors are Totally Sold – but just look to see who owns the domain name!
New Purplebricks adverts emphasise its Totally Sold service – but there's a bit of an irony here
Law
Landlords body tells city council that its plans for licensing could break the law
Residential Landlords Association warns that new scheme in major city could be unlawful
Finance
Stamp Duty receipt rises are hardly ‘good news’ for Exchequer says housing expert
Treasury's take from Stamp Duty still well down from a year ago
Agency
Agent rebrands business as a Hunters franchise as it takes the next step
Agent says rebranding will allow it to offer unrivalled services
Agency
Former Local Property Expert with Purplebricks asks Trustpilot to remove over 250 reviews
'Reviews belong to me not Purplebricks' says agent who has moved on to high street firm
Law
First the fees ban – and now tenants throw down successful challenge to renewal fee
Housing activists call on other tenants to refuse to pay renewal fees which agents can still legally charge
Agency
Commisery vanishes as new advertising campaign tells public ‘You’ll be totally sold’ on Purplebricks
Totally sold! Purplebricks launches new campaign aimed at vendors looking for a full service
Agency
Huge boost for agent as it takes on new business and increases headcount
Agent reports record business as it takes on more build to rent management contracts
Acquisitions
Mega American property firm boosts presence in UK market with acquisition
US firm plans £4bn investment in UK to build rental portfolio of at least 10,000 homes
Compliance
How to Rent guide is ‘silently’ updated – and not even the Government seems to know
Letting agents may have been serving 'out of date' How to Rent information to tenants
Agency
Belvoir reports strong trading with profit and income ‘comfortably’ ahead
Belvoir franchisees doing well in both sales and lettings
Other News
Number of new homes registrations rises to highest for 12 years
Build to rent boosts rising numbers of new homes across almost all of UK
Finance
Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake reveals how firm was brought to its knees by toxic bank loan
Hunters chairman who stood to lose everything launches bid to lead MPs in crackdown on banking misconduct