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As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...
05 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new mortgage guarantee scheme to help buyers with small deposits will be revealed on Wednesday at the Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...
20 February 2021
From: Features

First time buyers with just a 10 per cent deposit - for long almost excluded from the mortgage market - now...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Knowing adjudication terms and phrases can make all the difference in a deposit dispute. The DPS has been helping landlords and letting...
17 February 2021
From: Features

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...
03 February 2021
From: Features

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Kelly Tolhurst has resigned from the government for personal reasons. Tolhurst had formal responsibility for the government’s policies to combat...
16 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

HSBC UK is re-introducing its 90 per cent Loan To Value mortgages from next week - a possible lifeline for first...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...
09 December 2020
From: Features

An alarming story has appeared in the mortgage trade press, highlighting an apparent pitfall in the house buying process that has...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...
31 October 2020
From: Features

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...
27 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to create a ‘Generation Buy’ to help young people purchase homes with low-deposit mortgages. In...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...
03 October 2020
From: Features

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...
03 October 2020
From: Features

The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...
19 September 2020
From: Features

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s highest-profile mortgage lenders, HSBC, is restricting loans on apartments from today. Only buyers of flats who have a...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...
20 June 2020
From: Features

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman. The figures refer...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...
06 May 2020
From: Features

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...
25 March 2020
From: Features

Welcome to the weekly salute for agents and others in the industry fund-raising for good causes - and we know that...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...
22 February 2020
From: Features

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...
08 February 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...
05 February 2020
From: Features

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...
01 February 2020
From: Features

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...
08 January 2020
From: Features

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
07 December 2019
From: Features

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...
30 November 2019
From: Features

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features

Election time means setting out your stall and getting support - so how about a vote of confidence for those agents,...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The prospective buyers of a home in Oxfordshire who paid a deposit of £108,000 before withdrawing are suing the sellers in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...
13 November 2019
From: Features

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...
09 November 2019
From: Features

Countrywide has declined to comment on circumstances surrounding today’s Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors disciplinary meeting about diverted funds. One of RICS’...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
12 October 2019
From: Features

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
31 August 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
27 July 2019
From: Features

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...
29 June 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
29 June 2019
From: Features

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of the Property Redress Scheme is urging agents to prepare for yet more regulation and legislation changes likely to...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
25 May 2019
From: Features

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
20 April 2019
From: Features

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...
13 April 2019
From: Features

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
23 March 2019
From: Features

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...
16 March 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
23 February 2019
From: Features

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
02 February 2019
From: Features
02 January 2019
From: Features

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
22 December 2018
From: Features
21 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
15 December 2018
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
01 December 2018
From: Features

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features

A new company is claiming to reduce chain collapses during sales by creating a lockout agreement, also known as a reservation agreement. Property...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An estate agency trading under two different names has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman after refusing to refund a £2,000...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An established estate agency in Guernsey is being listed as 'voluntarily winding up' and liquidators have been appointed. Concerns about Sarnia Estate...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...
25 August 2018
From: Features

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re lucky enough to interact with thousands of landlords and tenants every month. As a result, we get the chance to...
27 June 2018
From: Features

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...
09 June 2018
From: Features

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Average first-time buyers in London spend double the amount paid by those across the rest of Britain. A typical London buyer now...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...
18 April 2018
From: Features

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures just released assessing February’s mortgage borrowing show that approvals are 1.25 per cent lower than in January, and are down...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A new year means new predictions for what’s to come in the letting industry. Sometimes things come to fruition as expected....
10 February 2018
From: Features

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New analysis by the Nationwide has revealed just how big an obstacle a 20 per cent deposit can be for buyers...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...
16 December 2017
From: Features

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approvals are well above last year's levels despite concerns about the health of the housing market. There were 66,185 mortgage applications...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 41 per cent of parents are not in a position to provide any financial support towards helping their child get...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

An online platform has been launched with the aim of allowing first time buyers to seek crowdfunding to raise enough cash...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...
02 September 2017
From: Features

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...
19 August 2017
From: Features
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...
27 May 2017
From: Features

The overall mortgage market has grown in the past month according to e.surv - bringing to an end months of decline...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

First time buyers who were supposed to be helped by the high-profile Help To Buy ISA have in fact found it...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Over 250,000 non-homeowners appear to have given up on the dream of owning their own property in the past year alone,...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

More than one in three first time buyers have missed out on potential home deals because their deposit was too small...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales. You need to go a...
08 April 2017
From: Features

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...
01 April 2017
From: Features

Buyers with deposits of 15 per cent or less of the purchase price now make up more than a fifth of...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Research from the consumer organisation Which? claims that first time buyers are typically saving for anything up to a decade for...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has reiterated its new guidance in relation to agents accepting pre-contract deposits in certain circumstances. Estate Agent Today reported...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Moneyfacts, the independent financial products monitoring service, says first time buyer have a lot to thank Help To Buy for -...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A remarkable survey conducted by a crowdfunding platform suggests that young Londoners on an average annual salary of £34,320 may have to...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Research from the consumer organisation Which? suggests that the number of mortgages on the market has increased by 13 per cent...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...
26 August 2016
From: Features

An influential backbench Conservative MP is the latest to speak out, urging the government to resolve the growing argument over the...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has waded into the row created by the revelation that the government’s Help To Buy...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph appears to have exposed the government’s much-vaunted Buy To Let ISA scheme - billed as helping first time...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever. However, being able to obtain access to the...
12 August 2016
From: Features

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...
08 July 2016
From: Features

No fewer than 44 per cent of ‘second time’ buyers have no plans to save for a deposit to buy their...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A developer is making an offer to buyers of selected units at his new scheme in Slough - buy now but...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...
20 May 2016
From: Features

Conveyancing firm My Home Move has come up with an interesting view of how the housing market could look if -...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News

First time buyers with small deposits are among those likely to suffer as a result of new regulations on credit risk...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The average deposit paid for a Greater London property is over two and a half times larger than a home outside...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Hamptons International says single first time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...
15 April 2016
From: Features

The Haart agency claims the number of first-time buyers looking to enter the market saw a 22.7 per cent increase on...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The average deposit for a property has risen 15 per cent in the past year and now stands at over £80,000...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of first time buyers is estimated to have totalled 310,000 in 2015, virtually unchanged over the past year despite...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...
23 December 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Over one in 20 home buyers this year used a gift for all or part of their deposit, helping to fund...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of first time buyer transactions in October stood at 28,100 - a drop on previous months despite the fact...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of house purchase mortgage approvals has risen by 19.8 per cent over the last 12 months. Data from eSurv suggests...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Agents' Giving: No less than £20,000 has been raised at the Agents Giving Ball where Phil Spencer and 240 of the...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Agency chain Haart says UK-wide property prices have risen 7.3 per cent annually and 0.9 per cent in the past month. It...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Over 64,000 property purchases over the last year involved the buyer relying on a gift of cash for all or part...
14 September 2015
From: Breaking News
21 August 2015
From: Features

An out-spoken estate agent has claimed that first-time buyers in the North East of England will need to save deposits of...
21 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Young prospective buyers will be able to pay the equivalent of rent on a property which they then go on to...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News

First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...
26 June 2015
From: Features

A north of England firm that claims to offer a more affordable route into home ownership than available with a conventional...
26 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their...
19 June 2015
From: Breaking News

An estate agency has been criticised for taking fees from buyers and vendors, known as ‘double-charging’. Over the weekend The Guardian published...
08 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of...
29 May 2015
From: Features

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...
22 May 2015
From: Features

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...
15 May 2015
From: Features

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on a London...
15 May 2015
From: Video Articles

The Brian Cox estate agency, at the centre of a weekend newspaper allegation about £2,000 deposits from buyers, has strongly defended...
12 May 2015
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says it is returning money to buyers after a newspaper revealed it was demanding would-be purchasers paid the...
11 May 2015
From: Breaking News

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...
08 May 2015
From: Features

A scam property fund has been wound up on the recommendation of the Financial Conduct Authority after glaiming to offer guaranteed...