Taxman’s Stamp Duty take increases even though overall transactions drop thanks to additional properties surcharge
HMRC data suggests Stamp Duty receipts are getting closer to the £10bn mark
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Online agent EweMove’s losses are reversed, says Property Franchise Group
Company credits managing director Nick Neill with EweMove’s apparent turnaround
Long arm of the law finally catches up with fraudster who conned tenants out of £10,000 in deposits
Fraudster went on the run after being convicted in his absence
‘Exasperated’ estate agents have their windows smashed for a third time in a month
Firm vows to carry on selling but expresses concern about the effect repeated attacks are having on staff and the business
Landmark ruling against landlord in ‘back garden shanty town’ case
Council claims it is the first time the Proceeds of Crime Act has been used against slum landlords for breaches of licensing conditions
Scottish rents start 2018 on a high despite December drop
Research reveals the best and worst performing regions for rent in Scotland during 2017
EYE NEWSFLASH! Judge dismisses landlord Fergus Wilson’s lawsuit against YouTube vlogger
The landlord was instead ordered to pay £3,000 costs at Yeovil County Court
Nearly a third of shareholders rebel against Zoopla boss’s £62m incentive scheme
Daily Mail boss Lord Rothermere elected as ZPG director
OTM ‘not a threat’ to leading portals, broker asserts
Broker maintains ‘buy’ rating on ZPG as it warns OTM’s considerable marketing spend may still not be enough to catch its rivals
Mortgage approvals for house purchase shrink to three-year low
Latest gloomy data for property is confirmed by Bank of England
Former letting agency boss charged with fraud, false accounting and theft
Letting agent in £450,000 charges
Buyer registrations slump by a third, NAEA figures suggest
Registrations drop but NAEA is cheered by an increase in first-time buyers in the market last month
Agent Provocateur: Alison Platt’s Countrywide missed a trick but at £1 it’s now a cheap buy
Battered Countrywide still has so much inherent ‘rightness’
Interest-only mortgage timebomb puts owners at risk of losing homes, FCA warns
City watchdog calls for home owners to communicate early with their lender about repaying interest-only loans
Savills clarifies auction guide prices after complaint to advertising watchdog
Complaint about ‘misleading’ auction guide prices informally resolved
LSL keeps its war chest stocked by renewing £100m credit facility
LSL snaps up financial services firm for over £5m
Alarm bells sound as residential sales collapse to 850,000
Official sales volume numbers make for gloomy reading, as transactions in 2017 approach 2013 lows
CIELA puts in another complaint to advertising watchdog about Purplebricks
Purplebricks ‘in breach of Advertising Standards Authority ruling’, claims CIELA
‘Make rules on tenancy default fees clear or agents could face costly PPI-style claims’, MPs warned
MPs urged to clarify rules on default fees and deposit replacement products and to ensure agents can’t run off with deposits and rent if they go bust
New register of homes owned by offshore companies could give criminals a ‘hit list’ of victims, claim
Tax expert says new property register could hand criminal underworld everything they need to track down their victims