Boss of troubled firm Humberts says staff pensions are safe – and reveals cause of the crisis
Humberts boss hopes to find new buyer within days after owners decide they do not want to put any more money into business
News Archive
Tenant fee ban could cost my firm £10m a year in lost revenue – so has the Government got its figures wrong?
Where are agents going to find alternative sources of income and profit?
Client Money Protection to be compulsory for all letting agents in England from next April
April 1 date for compulsory CMP throws doubt on timing of tenant fee ban
Reapit and OnTheMarket collaborate to provide real time data feed for agents
Real-time data feed will help Reapit agents upload new instructions to OnTheMarket within minutes
Shares in Rightmove hit a new record high as company is valued at almost £4.2bn
Lettings fee ban fails to shake share prices in estate agency businesses
Countrywide confirms that key compliance figure has left ahead of data management changes
Man in charge of risk and compliance at Countrywide departs
Agent escapes driving ban after speeding at almost twice the limit
Agent trying to get to her job on time is let off driving ban
‘We’re feeling down’ – pessimism among property professionals on the rise
Research shows optimism about the property market has more than halved over the past year
Falling London rents remain a drag on the rest of England
Research shows the best and worst English regions for rent rises
Tenant fees ban to cost agents up to £4bn plus job losses and closures, Government admits
Government accepts agents will pass some costs over to landlords
Furious landlord makes his tax protest clear by placing billboard on busy main road
Landlord’s roadside protest evicting six families and getting rid of properties as Section 24 tax changes bite
Many agents ‘frankly deserve to go the way of Humberts’, says housing pundit
High street agents have got ‘fat and lazy’ – they have forgotten how to sell, says attack on Twitter
OnTheMarket hits milestone of 7,500 offices signed up and doubles sales team
‘We are exceeding our own expectations’, says CEO Springett
allAgents relaunches property portal and says it will overtake OnTheMarket within a year
allAgents to link staff profiles to properties they are selling
Lomond Capital agrees deal for Birmingham property portfolio
The portfolio will be transferred to Lomond Capital brand John Shepherd Lettings
Deposit replacement scheme hires ex-Hamptons lettings boss to help agents through changing times
Recruitment of Jon Pitt described as ‘a statement of intent’
We have faith in the high street, says firm as it relocates two branches
Visibility on high street as important as ever, says agent
EYE NEWSFLASH: Tenant Fees Bill introduced into Parliament
Fees ban becomes closer as Bill is published – and will cost letting agents almost £160m in the first year
Humberts admits it could not afford to pay redundant employees for their last month of work
Employees laid off have not been paid for April, says Humberts
Software firm claims major breakthrough as it makes automation available to Zoopla agents
Independent firm VTUK says it has deployed new automation to agents who use Zoopla software systems