Agency
Ex-estate agent jailed after revenge attack on rival caused £33,000 of damage
Agent who was reported by competitor for wrong advertising practices caught on camera during 'vengeful rampage'
News
Agency
Local Property Expert with Housesimple says listing commission has dropped to just £100
Housesimple defends adjustment of commission schemes after it goes from £995 to free
Compliance
Agent under fire for offering insurance to private tenants threatened with flooding at Whaley Bridge
Agent says its warning on tenants' insurance was timely – and helpful
Other News
How Rightmove missed a trick when it decided against going into online dating
But wouldn't OnTheMarket be the perfect name for a dating website!
Law
Are tenants setting up in business as Airbnb hosts a growing problem for agents?
Sub-letting tenants making a fortune on Airbnb – and very hard to detect when they apply to rent properties
Compliance
Local council back-tracks on suspension of local search service over summer
Council says it will still offer search service although slower than usual – and another local authority warns of 50-day turnaround time
Lettings
Letting fees ban is now just four weeks away in Wales
Agents in Wales urged to prepare for tenancy fees ban
Agency
Viewber gets to action in auctions sector with more viewings – and photography
Viewber now providing service to auctioneers who between them offer over half of all auction lots in UK
Other News
What a lot of houses in convenient and sought-after locations!
The height of convenience – is that what helps sell a property?
Agency
Connells stakes its claim to the crown as UK’s biggest and most successful agent in UK
Most profitable, most sales and most new instructions, says Connells as it looks to overtake Countrywide
Acquisitions
New owner of easyProperty says ‘brand is as strong as ever in eyes of consumer’
New owner of easyProperty talks about plans for future of online agency with a difficult past
Agency
Romans confirms closures of two branches as it looks to diversify into new markets
Two branches close as Romans looks for expansion in new markets
Law
What happens when all in the garden is not quite rosy at the end of a tenancy?
The Deposit Diaries: Dispute between landlord and tenant over state of the garden
Compliance
Agent ordered to pay over £37,000 after nine HMO failings
Fire safety failings in nine rental properties land agent in court
Lettings
Landlords spending £3,000 a year maintaining their properties
Research highlights the cost of dealing with tenant damage
Lettings
Zero Deposit scheme announces new partnership with another landlord association
Zero Deposit scheme now backed by National Landlords Association
Agency
Online agents MUST warn sellers if charge applies whether property sells or not, says advertising watchdog
Online agents warned to be careful about their claims, including local knowledge, and to be upfront about 'significant limitations'
Agency
Conveyancing firm that guarantees quick exchanges or money back ‘beating its own targets’
Conveyancing firm says its first cases have gone from SSTC to exchange in an average of 15 working days
Agency
So what really happened at Emoov – and what was it that played such a part in its downfall?
Announcement of closure of Hatched spelled the end for Emoov, says Day (who founded Hatched)
Lettings
Tenants bear the brunt of fall-out in wake of tenancy fees ban, says ARLA
We warned this would happen – and it has, says ARLA, as record number of agents report rent rises