News Archive

Aspiring trade body announces new date six months after aborting previous launch

Agents could be set for ASA rulings or Trading Standards action if advertising breaches continue

Website did not make it clear that ‘pay later’ customers would have to pay £360 if they did not use conveyancer

Property hijacked by tenant who changed his name to that of landlord

Mayor launches blacklist of London rogues and tells Government to ‘stop dragging their feet’ over delayed national list

Transactions set to reduce further next year, say surveyors

Facebook builds up its offering to agents in the States – and there are implications for portals everywhere

Agent highlights shortage of new-build houses below £600,000 that would qualify for scheme

New rents fell in 10 out of 12 regions between October and November

Share of small deposit mortgages falls for the fourth consecutive month

Hometrack shows house price growth has improved this year but forecasts it could slow in 2018

Reviews site defends itself as clash with Purplebricks continues

Rightmove’s head of lettings moves over to online agent backed by Carphone Warehouse founder

‘We have no desire to work with allAgents’ says angry Purplebricks

Technology will help get the deals done – and it’s what today’s customers want

So will Land Registry accept transactions in bitcoin? Statement is unclear

Little official help now remains for borrowers struggling with mortgage costs

Local agents acquired by franchisees with help of head office

James Gilbert-Green has joined from Strutt & Parker

Buying agent reveals doubling of off-market deals as vendors become increasingly publicity shy