Buy-to-let lending tumbles by almost half since introduction of Stamp Duty surcharge
Buy-to-let lending also nowhere near pre-crash levels, says new report
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Estate agent failed to pass on offer after mortgage broker said applicant had been turned down
Financial ombudsman orders mortgage broker to compensate would-be buyer who missed out on property
A merger or an acquisition? Backer says Tepilo/Emoov deal is the latter
Investor says consolidation is an acquisition by Emoov
Fancy working in the sunny south of France? French firm recruiting British estate agents
Speaking French is not necessary to work in agency founded by a Brit
Landlord says it has saved tenants £3m after scrapping (and returning) deposits a year ago
Landlord says scrapping deposits looked like madness to some – but it has worked
The portals aren’t everything, says ex-Savills director setting up on his own
Some sellers don’t want their homes plastered all over the internet, says agent planning to go back to traditional matching of vendors and applicants
Land Registry suggests gloom has returned to the property market as registrations slide
Spring begins with a slump in property registrations
Over a third of buyers complain that conveyancers don’t communicate well
Research highlights most common gripes about services on offer from conveyancers
New UK investment property service launches for investors anywhere in the world
New property portal aims to help investors purchase property with just one click of a button
EYE NEWSFLASH: Tepilo and Emoov in £100m merger with third online agent
Emoov, Tepilo and Urban get together in merger said to be worth £100m – with a further £15m in new backing
OnTheMarket now listing 45% of UK agency branches as shares earn their first ‘buy’ rating
City analyst says OnTheMarket has momentum in growth
Beware of the estate agent – the video that (apparently) the industry doesn’t want the public to see
Private sale-by-owner website launches video advising people to beware of estate agents
‘Unprecedented’ number of smaller letting agents are giving up, Belvoir tells City
Franchise firm tells investors of ‘strong pipeline’ of opportunities underpinning its own growth
No more keeping the removal van waiting! UK’s first digital mortgage transfer completes
New digital facility aims to speed up payments on completion day
Treasury defends tax changes for landlords as petition sails past 14,000 signatures
Government says changes are necessary to be fair to other buyers
Picture of the Week: And it’s an unusual take on a Sold sign
Remote and in need of doing up – and that’s just the Sold sign!
Southern sellers accepting larger discounts to sell their properties
Analysis reveals discounts have more than doubled to offload properties across southern England
Property market swings back in favour of sellers as supply slides again
Property supply has quickly dropped from its five-month high reached in March
The UK estate agency industry is ‘asleep at the wheel’ says new owner of Humberts
Industry ‘festooned in doubt’ and larger brands are failing to change with the times: new owner sets out his vision for Humberts
MPs are warned that use of unregulated tenancy deposit replacements could spark new mis-selling scandal
Pioneer in new deposit replacement industry says tenants and landlords need protection against mis-selling