Tech
Opinion piece: Could these five predictions – if true – change everything for agents?
Could voice search be one of the biggest changes? Even Alexa is lost for words!
News
Agency
Estate agents will have to be professionally qualified in future and reveal referral fees
No mandatory 'binding offers' system but agents will be encouraged to use voluntary reservation agreements
Politics
Opinion piece: Buckle up, we’re going to be experiencing some turbulence
Will mandatory qualifications for estate agents really solve problems in the property industry?
Agency
Proposed minimum qualifications could lead to ‘draining the swamp’, says leading estate agent
And are buyers' deposits really worth it, asks agent who had case of gazumping only last week
Agency
Tipping point: Agent now paying more to Rightmove per month than in office rent
Rightmove says it 'totally understands' the concerns after latest price hike
Finance
TV star Sarah Beeny’s online firm Tepilo reports losses of over £2m as debts rise
Liabilities for Tepilo rise to over £2m – but accounts do not show revenues
Finance
Number of buy-to-let landlords soared to new high in 2016, HMRC reveals – but what now?
Numbers are for tax year ending in April 2016 – and could have fallen recently?
Law
Councils encouraged to make public when agents and landlords are banned
New government guidance says agents on new blacklist should be named
Compliance
HMRC continues silence on how many estate agents have been fined for anti-money laundering breaches
Official secrecy continues over number of estate agents breaching anti-money laundering requirements – but why?
People
The Paul Smith column: Why is staff turnover so high at the hybrids?
Opinion piece: What does hybrid staff turnover tell us?
Compliance
Clean-up drove two thirds of financial advisers out of industry: Will it be the same for letting agents?
Opinion piece by Ian Wilson, CEO of The Property Franchise Company: Will regulation be a blessing or a curse for our industry?
Compliance
Your plain English guide to preparing your agency for GDPR: Part three
Don't delete your databases but do make them compliant
Agency
The difference a day makes: How just one day this year brought agent 80% of total 2017 revenue
High street agent makes more money in first quarter of this year than in the whole of last – and now eyes expansion
Lettings
Online student lettings service launches with six months’ rent guarantee
New lettings business will cover half a year of unpaid rent for landlords of student lets
Compliance
Land Registry records first digitally-signed mortgage – but it’s still pen and paper for buyers
Land Registry starts to accept digital signatures – but only for remortgages for now
Finance
Tax take from company property purchases falls for the first time
Government data shows it overestimated tax it could gain by lowering Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings threshold to £500,000
Agency
Agency world more male-dominated than other industries as women take the lower paid jobs
Data shows estate agency has a gender pay gap above the national average
Agency
New York, New York! Purplebricks set to take a bite out of the Big Apple?
American media reports launch of Purplebricks in New York
Lettings
Housing Secretary of State says he is committed to getting new letting agency clampdown through
Will all the new agency regulation go through? Sajid Javid agrees Brexit will take priority for Parliamentary time
Lettings
Letting agents ‘will scramble for exit as Government tightens its grip on sector’
'It's going to be a lot of work to stay in lettings game' warns property boss