Agents’ Mutual v Gascoigne Halman case: Agent hints it may appeal
Zoopla hits out at ‘one other portal’ rule and says it will continue to win back ‘disillusioned agents’
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Agents are ‘massively’ failing to use local newspaper advertising effectively – claim
Agents have not recognised need to change their marketing, says industry consultant Richard Rawlings
Hatched founder Adam Day says he is taking a break – less than two years after sale to Connells
Online pioneer Adam Day updates his LInked In profile saying he is now ‘at home’
Two-thirds of landlords pay only basic rate of income tax – ‘a myth that they’re raking it in’
Landlord body says Government needs to drop harsh new taxation regime
New student accommodation rental platform aims to ‘disrupt’ university lets
Probbe platform will show agents and landlords how attractive their listings are to potential tenants
Leasehold investors labelled ‘socially irresponsible’ as MPs gear up to get reform on the Government’s agenda
All Party Parliamentary Group on leasehold reform hears how lenders are responding to unfair leases
Gap between house prices and public sector wages could hit 75% by 2020
eMoov research shows damaging effect of 1% public sector pay cap
Tenancy referencing firm becomes latest to offer a zero deposit scheme
Three agents have already signed up to new Nil Deposit Scheme pilot
Guild announces new tie-up with auction provider IAM Sold
New collaboration to give all Guild members route to auctions market
NEWSFLASH: ‘Now we will go after costs’ declares triumphant OnTheMarket
OnTheMarket boss Ian Springett promises to ramp up marketing activity immediately
NEWSFLASH: Judgment given in crucial Agents’ Mutual v. Gascoigne Halman case
Tribunal issues judgement on ‘one other portal’ rule
Complaint about Purplebricks is upheld by Advertising Standards Authority
Purplebricks is told that its claims about savings for sellers were not substantiated
Agent’s ad telling vendors of ‘disadvantage’ of OnTheMarket reported to watchdog
Challenge to advertising watchdog over agent’s claims is informally resolved
Online agent claims to be worth £12m after less than a year’s trading as it seeks crowdfunding
New online firm says digital share of estate agency in UK will rise to 50% in next three years
Housing commentator Pryor warns that half of industry is ‘sleep walking to oblivion’
Pryor stands by ‘fat and lazy’ remark about agents
Tout of the Week: How to tell the vendor they might have made a mistake
Agent gives owner subtle telling off – but will it work?
Faster jobs growth in London has seen average rents soar 45% in past decade
Hometrack research finds cost of renting in the capital has reached a 10 year high
Local Property Experts and staff snap up share options in Purplebricks
Almost a million share options bought under incentive schemes
Two new shadow housing ministers appointed by Corbyn
Labour changes its shadow housing team
London rents drag down averages for rest of the UK as rises slow
HomeLet data shows London rents are now three times below their peak