Agency
If Purplebricks and Yopa LPEs do not have workers’ rights, should public be told they are separate companies?
Opinion piece: Could self-employed Local Property Experts win workers' rights in wake of Pimlico Plumbers case?
News
Other News
New asking prices jump to record high for a third successive month
But stock-starved north compares with big inventory rises in the south
Other News
Transactions so far this year take a 6% tumble on same period 12 months ago
Sales drop across England and Wales in first five months of this year
People
New presidential teams announced at NAEA and ARLA
Peter Savage becomes ARLA President for a second time
Agency
Mystery as agency ‘goes to ground’ owing money to customers
Landlords tell local newspaper of unpaid rent and deposits not protected
Other News
Pictures of the Week: And they’re giving us dark thoughts
Pictures that shed very little light on property
Charity
Chestertons staff recognised for their generosity in payroll giving initiative
One-third of Chestertons staff now give to charities through the payroll
Finance
Buy-to-let tax clampdown may push potential first-time buyers into another ‘lost decade’
Lender warns clampdown on private rental sector is only making it harder for first-time buyers to get on property ladder
Agency
Online auctions sending more in the way of commissions to estate agents
Online auctions delivering more commission money to agents
Compliance
Awkward questions? Three special resolutions due at today’s NAEA and ARLA Annual General Meeting
Propertymark accounts set to be approved not today but at an EGM within three weeks
Agency
Purplebricks completes on chain where it was agent for all three homes
Story update: Purplebricks announces major expansion in the United States
Agency
Opinion piece: Will UK portals follow the Zillow model and start buying and flipping homes?
Columnist Paul Smith wonders whether the UK portals would dare take a roll of the dice
Agency
Shortlist for this year’s Best Estate Agent Guide is published today
Have you made the cut? Shortlist for smaller independent agents is out today
Agency
Interview: More consolidation to come both online and in wider letting agency market
'Small landlords are backbone of private rented sector' – Government should recognise this
Lettings
Warnings emerge of a ‘rental drought’ as lettings listings drop amid landlord exodus
Buy-to-let taxes and Right to Rent are pushing landlords towards the exit
Agency
Haart boss urges Treasury to cut Stamp Duty for downsizers as buyer demand hits a two-year high
'Stamp Duty exemption should be extended to downsizers'
Agency
Online agent aims to be to commercial property what Purplebricks is to residential
Online commercial property agent gets set to launch fundraising round with aim of disrupting 'antiquated' sector
Finance
Signs emerge that Stamp Duty cut is working as first-time buyers see spike in mortgage approvals
Remortgages continue to dominate the market as home mover and buy-to-let lending slide
Agency
OnTheMarket signs up over 9,000 agency branches as it nears 50% of market
OnTheMarket continues its challenge to Rightmove and Zoopla as it builds momentum
Agency
Estate agents conducting fewer appraisals than a year ago – ‘does not bode well for pipeline’, warns RICS
Surveyors' gloomy warning that overall market likely to remain subdued as Land Registry figures show transactions at eight-year low