Agency
Foxtons agent ‘threatened with acid attack’ after helping to investigate gang of fraud tenants
Agent traumatised by late night threats after 'police look the other way' over sub-letting scam
News
Agency
Purplebricks totally denies claim after unhappy customer takes to social media to ask for help
Furious home seller asks her local MP (and a few others) to help over Purplebricks problem
Tech
Rightmove to trial digital offer and purchase platform on some of its commercial listings
Rightmove says there are no plans to try out 'instant exchange' service on residential listings
Agency
Hunters parts company with master franchisee over contract dispute
Master franchisee claims 'onerous' terms of contract made it impossible to fulfil
Events
Rightmove to live stream The Property Ombudsman’s conference
Join in this week's TPO conference via the Rightmove Hub
Other News
Halifax records monthly price dip but critics question why it is so out of line with other reports
House price figures suggests average values have increased for the third consecutive month
Compliance
Energy supplier that let down private tenants is ordered to pay £350,000
Energy supplier told to compensate private tenants who found themselves unable to switch
Agency
Purplebricks ‘running rings’ round its corporate competitors in the UK
Presentation by research firm TwentyCi shows Purplebricks with almost three times inventory of nearest rival William H Brown
Agency
Shares pundit asks if Purplebricks is following Amazon strategy of growing market share
Investment writer says that now is the time for online agent to be putting money away as 'property market looks dangerous'
Agency
Agent angered to be told by Rightmove of next rate increases
Rightmove tells agent that prices will go up this September
Finance
Emoov customer whose sale fell apart as firm went into administration sent ‘deferred payment’ bill
Ten months on and Emoov seller receives a bill for 'deferred payment' listing
Agency
Police are called in after complaints about estate agent
Estate agent under investigation 'shuts its doors'
Compliance
Fraudulent tenant applications on the increase – warning
Agent exposes tenant tricks to pass referencing
Agency
Sealed bids make a ‘surprise return’ amid ‘fragile’ marketplace
Agent questions whether a Stamp Duty cut will ‘oil the market'
Agency
Agents continue to suffer from supply shortage as new listings decline 12.7%
Sellers and agents in the north dominate the market for new listings
Agency
Purplebricks shares edge up despite company announcing huge losses and closures abroad
'Purplebricks put more gloss on its results than a drunk decorator' says one critic
Other News
Police start new search for missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh
Police in new search of areas of land for missing Suzy
Law
Local authorities ‘should prosecute more letting agents’, says National Landlords Association
Call for local authorities to bring more prosecutions of dodgy letting agents
Lettings
New online system for agents and landlords to receive tenant benefit payments set for launch
‘Complicated' forms for agents and landlords to receive housing benefit payments are set for the scrapheap
Other News
Home owners now moving every 21 years, claim
Analysis reveals the regions with the fastest and slowest turnover of properties