Finance
Proportion of homes purchased with cash hits a five-year low
Slowing price growth and higher Stamp Duty has pushed down the proportion of cash buyers
News
Agency
Hubs and not branches are future of our industry, says agent trying out concept
Agent sets out ambition to take his brand nationwide via hubs run by entrepreneurs and at least 20 miles apart
Agency
Opinion: Will Rightmove listen to its customers and reinvent itself?
Threats to Rightmove's immortality – and why it must react
Agency
Agents are ‘earning less in real terms than they were seven years ago’
Feeling the pinch? Estate agents' earnings fail to keep up with inflation
Charity
Picture of the Week: And why this caring child chose Shelter as her charity
Nine-year-old explains why she chose Shelter to benefit from grandfather's funeral collection
Compliance
Block managing agents able to access CMP insurance policy for first time
Trade body ARMA announces first CMP insurance scheme as it calculates that over £1bn of leaseholders' money is currently unprotected
Compliance
Tenants face two-month wait for deposit refunds but some may be wrongly charged for wear and tear
Research reveals tenants may be failing to challenge landlords who charge them for wear and tear
Finance
Government urged to intervene over banks refusing mortgages for landlords renting to benefit claimants
Parliamentary petition calls for end to alleged discrimination against benefit claimants by mortgage lenders
Agency
Important update for agents on Rightmove price hikes
The lawyers' view: Rightmove entitled to set its own charges – just down to individual customers to choose whether to pay
Tech
Website designer reveals launch of 200 sites for high street agents wanting to offer online alternative
Independent agents sign up to website offering that gives them online alternative at arm's length from their own brands
Agency
And the winners are… Propertymark honours top-performing agents at qualifications awards
Lifelong achievement award goes to popular Melfyn Williams
Agency
Winkworth expands with its fifth office opening so far this year
Agent rebrands to join the Winkworth franchising network – but as one door opens, another closes
Agency
Agent picks up leading role at one of country’s largest regeneration projects
Major role for Carter Jonas at new city quarter site expected to deliver over 5,000 new homes
Agency
Block management scheme recruits 17 franchises in first year
Block management franchisor a finalist for 'innovator of the year'
Finance
Chancellor facing ‘balancing act’ as house price growth hits six-year low
Agent warns that Budget will have to balance affordability with any housing market stimulus
Tech
Transactions in the Square Mile set to be sped up as it joins centralised local land charges register
Data on 23,000 buildings in the City of London will now be held at the Land Registry
Agency
Is your agency a top fundraiser? Agents Giving unveils shortlist for charity awards
Winners of the Agents Giving Fundraising Champions Awards will be named at its ball in December
Lettings
Half of all lettings agents thinking of quitting industry because of fees ban
Agents think fees ban will cost them up to 30% of revenue – turning profits into losses
Agency
If Rightmove’s fees had gone up in line with house price inflation it would now be charging £304, claims May
Rightmove costs: How Robert May says the numbers stack up
Agency
OPINION: How agents can make the big portals redundant within a couple of years
It's time for agent power – and yes, that does mean setting up our very own portal