Lettings
Flat sharing website launches Ask the Landlord sessions
Tenants will be able to access free advice on the rental market
News
Other News
Staff tell of shock as car ploughs through window – and agency boss jumps out of way in the nick of time
Agent standing in the doorway jumps out of the way with moments to spare
Agency
Emoov boss proposes radical housebuilding idea at Labour party conference
Russell Quirk proposes a taxpayer-owned State developer while Labour wants to impose national levy on holiday homes
Law
Confusion for landlords and agents as deadline for new Section 21 rules approaches
Tenancies signed pre-October 2015 will be brought in line with current legislation, but there are still 'grey areas'
Agency
Purplebricks named among top proptech firms to help save money on buying, renting and selling property
Technology website rounds up top 15 UK proptech start-ups, but how many are agent-friendly?
Acquisitions
Leaders adds 400-strong lettings portfolio with its sixth acquisition of 2018
Agent promises more deals before the end of the year
Agency
Just look which agent is instructed on Strutt & Parker farm
And it might not be who you think!
Other News
Monthly growth hits double figures as UK sales recover in August
Scotland leads recovery in transactions as property market wakes from summer slump across the UK
Agency
Hatched founder says he still believes in online agency business model
Hatched pioneer speaks of disappointment at closure as Purplebricks emphasises its ongoing investment
Agency
Robert May’s start-up Rummage makes top appointments as it gets set to challenge portals
Robert May firm takes on new top team as it ups the stakes
Agency
IT nightmare for agent as its website is hacked by Islam fundamentalists
Estate agency website is taken over by group of Islam warriors
Lettings
Tenancy fees ban inevitable and changes to Bill very unlikely, warns ARLA boss
Tenancy fees ban, probably from next April 6, will trigger 'seismic' shift in industry
Agency
Purplebricks ‘ran competition among its agents to try and get vendors to cut prices’
Purplebricks Australian boss hits out at 'disgruntled former agents' looking to paint company in worst light
Law
Former letting agent appears in court on fraud charges
Ex-agency owner facing four charges including intent to pervert course of justice
Compliance
The Property Ombudsman expels four agents owing more than £440,000 in redress
Agents expelled after failing to pay awards for complaints concerning rent shortfalls and deposit refunds
Charity
Andrews gives its charitable owners £1m dividend to spend on good causes
£1m dividend is biggest for 14 years as Andrews continues to set itself apart for philanthropy
Politics
‘Unbelievably boring’ Housing Secretary banned from breakfast TV show after refusing to appear for interview
Don't expect to see James Brokenshire on Good Morning Britain any time soon
Law
Law Commission seeks ‘impossible consensus’ as it launches leasehold reform consultation
Proposals weigh up leasehold reform while maintaining human rights of landlords
Agency
EYE NEWSFLASH: Hatched to close as Connells says online model ‘not sustainable’
Connells says its online agency Hatched is not sustainable
Agency
EweMove says high street agents are dying and don’t give two hoots – but ‘so-called saviours are just as bad’
Hybrid firm goes on aggressive recruitment drive – but what will other firms in the Property Franchise Group make of its claims?