News Archive

High street agents facing many challenges including growth of online firms, says leading industry figure

Councils writing to landlords’ lenders when application is put in for HMO licence

Agent says that landlords dispensing with agents after fees ban should have to be licensed to prevent market slipping back into bad old days

ARLA warns lettings fee ban and removal of properties no longer meeting minimum energy standards will push rents up

New service gives agents option to put properties up for auction as extension to their business

Christmas in a shoebox – how one agent has put together gifts for some of the world’s poorest children

Cardiff has seen the biggest annual increase in Airbnb listings, but are landlords using it to avoid the Rent Smart Wales scheme?

Transformation of high street agent to EweMove franchise takes advantage of big incentives

Portal OnTheMarket confirms float on stock market but gives no timescale

Agents already under ‘unprecedented pressure’ – so regulation should not add to costs, pleads ARLA

Agency launching investigation into price changes

16,000 workers across all 260 firms are entitled to £1.7m in back pay

But figures will be restated as they were last year

Lomond Capital continues on expansion trail, buying up high street agencies

All in a twirl: Many congratulations to the twinkle-toed winner and all the fabulous charity raisers

Agents warned to review security arrangements both during and after working hours

Small firm wins title of ‘best international estate agency’

‘Traditional estate agency model is broken’ says eMoov’s new chief operating officer

ARLA says agents who breach CMP requirement should be banned – and members of public making claims should tell police of ‘crime’

House price growth and stock numbers to stay subdued next year, say top agents