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Landlords’ Barometer – #66: A special year for Property Tribes as we reach our tenth birthday
A decade later and we're still on a mission
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Agency
And the winners are! The Guild and Fine & Country honour top performing agents
Who took home the gongs at agency awards
People
Connells Group boosts land and new homes business with string of appointments
Fourteen new recruits will work across Connells' land and new homes businesses
Charity
Agents mark another bumper year of charity fundraising
How will you raise money for good causes in 2019?
Agency
Purplebricks battles it out in Australia as it bids to persuade sellers of the sins of commission
Purplebricks declares war on traditional agents in Australia but makes dramatic changes in US as it 'pivots business model'
Agency
Thanks a million (well, £5m to be precise): agent’s earnings from conveyancing firm revealed
Agent celebrating 20 years in business acknowledges lucrative partnership with conveyancing firm
Agency
Going down: online agent cuts its normal rates by up to 10%
Ambitious online agent aims to build up site traffic by offering discounts
Finance
OnTheMarket shares now worth half what they were at launch almost a year ago
Share price of OnTheMarket slides to a new low
Other News
Driver of sports car which crashed into estate agency to face trial this year
Maserati driver denies charge of dangerous driving after crashing into estate agency
Agency
LSL loses 9% revenue in house sales – but still puts in ‘resilient’ performance
Parent company of leading brands expects final results to be ahead of expectations
Other News
Property sales slide 11.5% in a month, say the official unmassaged figures
Huge gap between seasonally-adjusted and 'actual' figures on number of house sales
Acquisitions
EweMove franchisees round up more properties after second acquisition
Franchisees build up their business after latest purchase
Law
Agent warns of ‘possible breach to fees ban law’ if tenants use deposit replacement scheme in order to rent
Agent says only legal challenges are likely to sort out fees ban small print
Finance
Proptech firm launches fund to buy homes that agents are struggling to sell
Investors will be able to earn 10% interest by backing a fund aiming to purchase discounted properties
Agency
Family-run agent faces being reported to regulator after failing to renew redress membership
Small agency told by Trading Standards to pay £1,000 and could now be reported to NTSEAT
Law
Pressure mounts on ministers to scrap Right to Buy after councils spend millions renting back homes they used to own
Councils needing to house homeless families pay out millions in rent to landlords who bought their homes at discounts
Law
Loophole in law means rogue landlords are still raking in housing benefit
Council protests at situation whereby landlords can still take housing benefit payments to cover rent even if they are illegally letting out a property
Agency
Most agents charging between 1% and 1.4%, says latest poll
A quarter of agents charging more than 1.5%, says poll of 1,000
Agency
Franchising group launches new system designed to help high street fight back against onliners
New platform designed to help The Property Franchise Group traditional brands fight back against the likes of EweMove
Lettings
Agent to trial scheme allowing tenants to sub-let their properties
New short-term rentals software being trialled to combat 'illegitimate Airbnb-ing'