Lettings
Rents still on the rise across UK – but hikes are subdued
Tenants being hit by smaller rental increases, but is this hitting landlord cash-flows?
News
Agency
Setback for aspiring industry trade body CIELA with agent numbers still too low
Meeting is cancelled with less than 48 hours notice
Agency
Online property auction by Countrywide brand is set to fetch UK’s highest price
Bidding to start at £5m – and those registering to bid will have to deposit £0.5m
Other News
Huge scale of new private rented sector survey is revealed
100,000 agents and landlords invited to take part in first PRS survey for eight years
Finance
Six firms named as first-round winners in Treasury’s £2m rent competition
Congratulations to first-round winners given £100,000 each to develop their ideas
Agency
Clever move: ZPG business to sponsor Britain’s Got Talent series
Zoopla-owned brand teams up with Simon Cowell
Agency
Congratulations to agents celebrating milestone anniversaries
Two companies share 400 years of history
Law
The Deposit Diaries: Thinking your claim through
Consider the strength of your claim carefully before you make it
People
‘Hard working’ estate agent is spared jail after glassing man in pub
Agent will have to complete courses to manage alcohol and anger issues
Lettings
Forget the gym! Tenants are still exercised by price and location
KFH analysis finds tenants are giving up the home ownership dream, but are developers and landlords wrong on the amenities they are offering renters?
Finance
Beast from the East chills mortgage approvals, say valuers
Surveyors claim February's big freeze hit mortgage approvals
Agency
Prison for estate agent who fled country after £30,000 theft from vendor
'Deeply devious and dishonest' agent used vendor's details to open fake bank account and take out loans
Finance
Affordability worries mount as new asking prices hit record highs and Bank sounds warnings
Fall in supply pushes new asking prices to record highs, says Rightmove, as Bank of England warns of sharp rise in 'risky' mortgage lending
Compliance
David Smith’s expert legal advice on GDPR: What ‘woefully under-prepared agents’ need to do
Agents must take certain steps to comply with new data regulations
Agency
The 90-branch agent with no head office – and where only three out of 20 viewings come from portals
People who say 'it's all going to be online' miss the point, says boss of expanding high street business
Compliance
Client Money Protection could be mandatory for letting agents as early as next month
Client Money Protection could be mandatory within days
Other News
Particulars of the Week: And they would do the Bard proud
The descriptions are poetic – and are these the first property details in the world to suggest a menu? Welcome to our new series
Agency
Oops! Media group has to apologise over insulting towns where estate agents are (apparently) up in arms
Independent says sorry over URL that (apparently) really upset local estate agents
People
Fancy yourself as a surveyor? SAVA prepares for its 2018 residential careers day
Your chance to find out if surveying is the career for you
Other News
Property price growth in Scotland continues to dwarf the rest of the UK
Your Move data shows price growth is at a decade-high north of the border