Agency
Deep breaths! Agents are the most stressed profession – and one of the least trusted
Sign up for that yoga class: Almost nine out of ten agents say they are either 'stressed' or 'very stressed'
News
Agency
Ex-Sotheby’s International Realty director launches property consultancy
High-flyer has his eyes on the world as he launches own business
Law
Government urged to ensure agents and developers are held responsible for leasehold abuse
Conveyancers call for criminal action against those who mislead purchasers of leasehold houses
Agency
Introducing to EYE readers – the Estate Agents Podcast
Help yourself to the fruits of years of experience and good practice
Lettings
Silicon Valley-backed rentals website plans UK expansion
Platform that lets landlords directly list short to long-term rentals reports 60% boost in traffic
Agency
New platform unveiled for agents to access auction, conveyancing and compliance services in one place
Parent company of IAM Sold, The Conveyancing Partnership and Medway Law rebrands as IAM Property
Agency
Estate agent’s anger that ‘one other portal’ rule means its properties have not been reinstated
Agent continues to pay subscription to OnTheMarket 18 months after its properties were removed from portal
Law
Shelter keeps up the pressure on letting agents over ‘discriminating against benefits tenants’
Shelter claims Rightmove and Zoopla have told agents they must not use 'no DSS' listings
Charity
On offer – two free tickets exclusively for EYE readers to the industry’s fabulous event of the year, the Agents Giving ball
In aid of such a good cause – fun and glamour guaranteed and everyone will have a whale of a time
Other News
Property of the Week – and the curse of cut and paste strikes again
Is this the most unusual property description yet?
Other News
New asking prices decline annually across UK for the first time in seven years
Rightmove data reveals asking prices have dropped by record annual and monthly amounts
Compliance
Regulator launches inquiry into possible anti-competitive practices in financial services
Competition and Markets Authority to look at financial services sector
Other News
Estate agent is listed in grateful acknowledgements by author of new novel
Grateful author in tribute to estate agents who 'made hundreds of calls' to get their sale through
Agency
Sales falling through at much higher rates than previously thought, says new study
Time on the market increases as '44% of sellers suffer fall throughs in first four weeks after accepting an offer'
Politics
House building hits a decade-high but pace of growth halves in last year
Questions remain over prospect of house building targets being met
Finance
The return of sub-prime loans? Building societies back 100% loan-to-value mortgages
Analyst warns against resurrection of old financial services pantomime villain
Agency
The next step forward for agents – being able to offer chatbots?
Just ask Alexa: Virtual assistant comes to aid of tenants wanting repairs, while robotic software could help early stages of sales
Finance
First-time buyers ‘taking a bigger share of the market’
Four UK regions now have a higher proportion of small rather than big deposit borrowers
Events
Dates for your diary – two industry events announced for the New Year
Branding and customer services experts among the keynote speakers for NAEA's 2019 conference
Politics
Scottish house prices rising five times faster than those in England and Wales as new instructions plummet
House prices shoot up in Scotland but very little on the market