Letting agencies ‘are consolidating ahead of fee ban’, says trade body
Agency consolidation and support for home owners to move top list of trade body predictions for next year
News Archive
Picture of the Week: And is this one stocking up a bit of trouble?
Proof that elf may not necessarily go with safety as far as this Rightmove listing is concerned
Government urged to end ‘fleecehold’ abuse
Freeholders stuck in leasehold-style contracts
Revealed: The Help to Buy borrowers already left in negative equity by slow house price growth
Some borrowers face repaying Help to Buy equity loans larger than the capital gains on their home
allAgents accuses Purplebricks of ‘insatiable desire to eradicate negative reviews’
allAgents says it stands by validity of reviews on its own site in escalating war of words
Agents to be offered white-labelled ‘crowdfunding’ option as a way of selling properties
Launch of crowdfunding to estate agents expected in New Year
easyProperty reveals inventory of over 4,000 homes as it shoots down claim that it added only three last week
Proptech expert says easyProperty took on just three new properties last week – not true says online agent
Tony Blair calls for new annual property tax and rent caps to reform housing
Former PM says new ideas for housing are radical but practical
Opinion piece: Let’s keep the politicians well away from housing
There are solutions to housing but it’s doubtful they will come from politicians
Listings website aiming to ‘cut out letting agents’ launches £35,000 crowdfunding campaign
Letproof aims to ‘disrupt rental’ by letting landlords list properties direct for £75
A heavenly idea – agents’ online advent calendars
Agents catch on to this year’s trend – and it keeps the site visitors coming back for more
Conveyancers call for sweeping reforms to leaseholds
Trade body calls for end of delays, double charging and unreasonable fees
Former Dragon James Caan backs firm claiming to ‘shake-up’ property management
POD Management gets financial support from eMoov backers
Purplebricks to add new customer review site Feefo – but says it will still work with Trustpilot
Purplebricks announces new facility for posting reviews to go live in New Year
OnTheMarket announces a further 200 branches as Hunters signs up
Hunters and OnTheMarket announce long-term deal contingent on IPO
Online agent eMoov pulls references to specific high street firms and their ‘1.5% fee’
eMoov marketing campaign naming high street competitors is pulled after questions
Estate agent’s book trumps Trump in the Amazon popularity stakes
Inspirational Castledene boss John Paul reveals his tricks of the trade
First-time buyer Stamp Duty abolition will have only ‘modest impact’
Lender’s House Price Index shows average prices are down as monthly and annual growth stalls
Average person takes eight minutes to decide whether to view a property after seeing it on Rightmove
Portal listings don’t give the whole picture, say most property viewers
Estate agents on par with footballers and journalists when it comes to public trust
Where does estate agency rank among the most trusted professions?