Compulsory CMP to come in before fees ban which Government admits could drive some agents out of business’
Government recognises that some agents will fold as a result of fees ban – so compulsory CMP will come in first
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Daily Mail asks whether ‘meteoric rise’ of Purplebricks is built on dodgy foundations
Mail article says analysts are querying sales figures
‘No Agent’ shoots over target in fundraising campaign and says it is worth £7m
Online lettings platform in business for 18 months
Rightmove admits gender pay gap because so few managers are women
Annual report says boss of Rightmove could earn over £2m this year
Two injured as high-powered sports car crashes into estate agency branch
Estate agency staff safe after Maserati crashes into shop window but two pedestrians injured
Property registrations at Land Registry plummet by over a quarter
Land Registry data shows a big drop in activity
Anti-money laundering latest: HMRC insists it will stick to deadline despite glitches in its own system
EYE asks HMRC to postpone deadline for anti-money laundering registration as agents tell us of their difficulties
Big changes announced at Romans and Leaders in shake-up of company
Leaders and Romans managing directors both step down
MPs urge Government to reduce deposit cap to five weeks to ease financial burden for tenants
MPs propose raft of changes as part of scrutiny of Draft Tenant Fees Bill
Landlords taking rentals off the market as thousands are set to miss Sunday’s deadline on minimum EPC ratings
ARLA Propertymark reports rental supply is at 21-month low and blames it on new EPC rules
Chancellors’ chairman James Scott-Lee died of stroke after being trampled by horses
Well-known agency figure’s tragic death was accident, inquest decides
Winkworth reveals average turnover per office at almost £500,000 a year
Winkworth to be ‘alert’ to opportunities as it predicts market consolidation and mergers
Floorplans of the Week: Are they taking the rise?
Floorplans which have to be taken one step at a time
Opinion: Do members of the public expect ‘proper estate agents’ to have offices?
Our (very) occasional columnist Big T locks horns with the Advertising Standards Authority over Purplebricks
Right to Rent scheme ‘yet to prove its worth’, says Government inspector
Calls for ‘mess of a policy’ to be suspended
Government urged to do more to boost housing supply for all types of buyers
Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association reveals lending forecasts but warns action is needed to tackle ‘illiquid’ market
Former estate agent who planned national network jailed for nine years after £10m fraud
Agent who wanted to shake up the industry and was made Young Director of the Year given nine-year jail sentence
Anti-Money Laundering: are YOU having difficulty with re-registration? Please let us know
Are you finding HMRC’s process for re-registering a nightmare?
Growth in asking rents slows since last quarter but has soared in past ten years – Rightmove
Portal data shows increase in annual growth of asking rents, but listings are cheaper than the previous quarter
People moving home half as often as they did before the crash, reports BBC
Volume of transactions halves in just a decade as more home owners improve rather than move