Agency
Fancy working in the sunny south of France? French firm recruiting British estate agents
Speaking French is not necessary to work in agency founded by a Brit
News
Lettings
Landlord says it has saved tenants £3m after scrapping (and returning) deposits a year ago
Landlord says scrapping deposits looked like madness to some – but it has worked
Agency
The portals aren’t everything, says ex-Savills director setting up on his own
Some sellers don't want their homes plastered all over the internet, says agent planning to go back to traditional matching of vendors and applicants
Politics
Land Registry suggests gloom has returned to the property market as registrations slide
Spring begins with a slump in property registrations
Compliance
Over a third of buyers complain that conveyancers don’t communicate well
Research highlights most common gripes about services on offer from conveyancers
Finance
New UK investment property service launches for investors anywhere in the world
New property portal aims to help investors purchase property with just one click of a button
Acquisitions
EYE NEWSFLASH: Tepilo and Emoov in £100m merger with third online agent
Emoov, Tepilo and Urban get together in merger said to be worth £100m – with a further £15m in new backing
Agency
OnTheMarket now listing 45% of UK agency branches as shares earn their first ‘buy’ rating
City analyst says OnTheMarket has momentum in growth
Agency
Beware of the estate agent – the video that (apparently) the industry doesn’t want the public to see
Private sale-by-owner website launches video advising people to beware of estate agents
Agency
‘Unprecedented’ number of smaller letting agents are giving up, Belvoir tells City
Franchise firm tells investors of 'strong pipeline' of opportunities underpinning its own growth
Finance
No more keeping the removal van waiting! UK’s first digital mortgage transfer completes
New digital facility aims to speed up payments on completion day
Lettings
Treasury defends tax changes for landlords as petition sails past 14,000 signatures
Government says changes are necessary to be fair to other buyers
Other News
Picture of the Week: And it’s an unusual take on a Sold sign
Remote and in need of doing up – and that's just the Sold sign!
Other News
Southern sellers accepting larger discounts to sell their properties
Analysis reveals discounts have more than doubled to offload properties across southern England
Other News
Property market swings back in favour of sellers as supply slides again
Property supply has quickly dropped from its five-month high reached in March
Agency
The UK estate agency industry is ‘asleep at the wheel’ says new owner of Humberts
Industry 'festooned in doubt' and larger brands are failing to change with the times: new owner sets out his vision for Humberts
Law
MPs are warned that use of unregulated tenancy deposit replacements could spark new mis-selling scandal
Pioneer in new deposit replacement industry says tenants and landlords need protection against mis-selling
Agency
Online agent vanishes from Rightmove while membership is ‘re-vetted’
Online agent offering a List it Yourself package is temporarily taken off Rightmove
Acquisitions
Reapit announces combined venture with Australian software firm
Reapit announces new partnership with Australian CRM specialist Agentbox
Agency
It’s a cover-up! Artists plan to protest against housing market by painting on agents’ boards
Agents' boards to be covered up by artwork in peaceful protest