Finance
Property transactions hit four-year low, but are sales picking up?
Sales are now at their lowest point since new Stamp Duty rates were introduced, but there are signs of improvement
News
Politics
Help to Buy scheme is being ‘used by property owners to trade up’
Agent research suggests that 32,000 buyers have used taxpayer funded scheme to move on up the property ladder
Lettings
Rental supply fails to keep up with demand as landlords ‘are pushed out of the market’
Letting agents report dwindling stock but highest level of tenant registrations so far this year
Acquisitions
EYE NEWSFLASH: Countrywide investors overwhelmingly back £140m rescue plan
Shareholders back subscriptions to new shares by Countrywide's biggest backers
Agency
Hybrid agent Yopa gets another £20m as Daily Mail owners lead new fund-raising round
Total backing for Yopa now £75m as online agent declares ambition to overtake Purplebricks
Agency
Fall-out in Australia reaches UK shores as ex-Purplebricks agent accuses it of failure
Purplebricks declines to answer accusations as ex-LPE in Australia says he only made half the money promised
Agency
The big crunch day for Countrywide as investors vote on £140m rescue plan
Crucial day for UK's biggest estate agent as shareholders vote on emergency fund-raise
Agency
Agent given days to comply with ruling accuses regulator of going outside its own remit
Chris Wood remains defiant about refusal to comply with advertising watchdog ruling – and says NTSEAT has no business in taking up the case
Other News
Major property marketing platform goes into liquidation after 24 years
Scottish solicitors property centre goes into liquidation despite efforts to keep it going
Other News
House prices in five UK cities still struggling to recover to levels of ten years ago
A decade on from crash, some owners have yet to see the value of their homes recover
Law
Disgruntled tenants who complain of conditions are twice as likely to face ‘revenge evictions’
Citizens Advice calls for new three-year tenancies to restrict use of Section 21 notices
Other News
Increasing numbers of Londoners now fleeing the capital for more affordable property
Record number of Londoners buying outside the capital
Finance
House purchase approvals slide from five-month high
Mortgage approvals declined in July despite a boost in lending values
Agency
OnTheMarket builds agent branch numbers to 10,500 – a 91% growth in seven months
OnTheMarket now has about 57% of UK agents listing with it – but share price struggles
Lettings
Branch where 17 rental households have been given notice because landlords are selling up
One lettings agency has 17 families on notice due to landlords putting their properties on the market
People
Hybrid agent Yopa looking for a chief operating officer who can turn vision into action
Yopa advertises on social media for new executive – while Daily Mail's head of talent acquisition embarks on head-hunting
Compliance
New data controller bills spark agent confusion
Agents risk fines of up to £4,350 from the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to pay data controller fees under new rules
People
New role for former head of Humberts’ country house department
Former head of country house sales at Humberts takes up new role as property finder
Lettings
Most landlords offering furnished properties despite strong tenant demand for unfurnished
Rightmove listings suggest disconnect between tenants and landlords
Agency
Chancellor faces new calls to cut Stamp Duty as buying agent reveals slump in demand for second homes
All of Black Brick's business this year has been for primary homes, while foreign investment has fallen