Agency
£99 online estate agent cuts price by £50 for landlords
£49 will include referencing and other services
News
Agency
Foxtons in Mayor’s ‘name and shame’ list – but publicity material withholds name of firm on legal advice
Press office publicising 'name and shame' blacklist of agents and landlords advised not to name names
Acquisitions
Leaders Romans Group snaps up two high street independents – and is looking for more
City centre purchases announced by Leaders Romans as it acquires at the rate of one a month
Events
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Let us know if you go beyond the call of duty when it comes to customer care – we want your stories
Compliance
Conveyancers urged to do more to educate clients about fraud risks
Council for Licensed Conveyancers highlights how consumers can speed up their property transactions
Lettings
Student entrepreneur refocuses review site to concentrate on ‘future of tenancy referencing’
Change of business model for website used by students
Finance
Wales set to be first country where mortgage offers will take into account energy performance
First-time buyers of new homes likely to see the benefits
Agency
Ministry of Housing focuses on fixing the property market as it reveals where it is targeting its research
But there is no mention of how it will gather information on agency regulation
Agency
Abolition of tenancy fees charged by agents gets another step closer: But can ban get more draconian?
Second reading of fees Bill in Commons gets through without obstacle
Agency
Local Property Expert reveals they just need ‘two appointments a day’ and then go home
'I do not want to sell a property or get involved in any aspects', Local Property Expert jobs applicant is alleged to have said
Agency
New ‘savvy’ firm tells sellers and buyers on Rightmove how they can have an ‘agent-free’ experience
Firm which charges £99 per month for 'agent-free selling' is on Rightmove
Compliance
Watch out! There’s a Trading Standards officer about – today
Trading Standards likely to make more spot checks on agents in 'Effective Enforcement Day'
Charity
Lettings start-up Goodlord recognised by Mind charity for its mental health employment policies
New lettings platform says it offers 'Goodlordians' safe place to talk about anything on their mind
Finance
Buy-to-let property no longer a good punt, say more than half of investors
The death of buy-to-let? Investment firm says buying into property makes less and less sense
Other News
Transactions drop by over a fifth in first quarter of this year
Transactions drop across England and Wales by 21.5% in first quarter of this year
Finance
Flat-sharing website wins £1m from investors and enters top 100 list of new start-ups
Website which matches flat-sharers' lifestyles aims to avoid 'disasters' of moving in with wrong person
Acquisitions
EYE NEWSFLASH! Surprise new owner of Humberts is revealed
Holiday letting company buys Humberts out of administration
People
Two out of three new bosses appointed at Property Franchise Group leave in quick-succession departures
Two out of three new managing directors quit within six months – but CEO Ian Wilson says they were amicable departures
Other News
Asking prices stretch to all-time high but ‘under offers’ shrink – and transactions plummet by a quarter
Sales in April down by a quarter on the March number
Agency
Hunters says it is doing better than expected as its network expands
Hunters says it will escape the worst of the letting fees ban