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Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

Future complaints about property raffles by individual home owners seeking to avoid estate agency fees will in future be handled by...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

A company which promotes property raffles have been told that it cannot repeat certain elements of its advertisements on Facebook and...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

Another property raffle - this time with what appeared to be a castle as its main prize - has hit trouble...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, our round-up of great work done by our industry to raise funds for...

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

One of the spate of property raffle competitions has been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...

Readers of a certain age may remember the spoon-bending eccentric Uri Geller, self-proclaimed friend of Michael Jackson and an almost permanent...

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...

The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...

There's just a week to go to Children In Need, the UK's largest fund-raising event of the year - as we...

The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...

Winter really is the time for fund-raising - and thanks for letting us know exactly what you are up to to...

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...

A new online property competition platform has launched that gives entrants the opportunity to win a home for £2 - but...

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......

The controversial raffle of a home reportedly purchased in 2014 under the Right To Buy scheme for just £360,000 is back...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

We take a break from the relentless election coverage to look at the great fundraising work being carried out by our industry. Once...

This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...

An attempt to raffle a property - like the much-publicised case of an owner in south east London, which reached some...

It’s always a privilege to publicise fund-raising work by our industry, to show the caring nature of a profession that is...

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...

Bonfire Night is upon us but the brightest lights this weekend are those from our industry tirelessly working for good causes. As ever, those...

It’s been another very busy week for the excellent fund-raising champions of our industry - and the good causes are encouraging...

Charity knows no geographical boundaries and we’re always pleased to support fundraising across the country and beyond. If you want to publicise...

It’s a familiar theme – kids doing charity trips and needing sponsorship or raffle prizes to help fund their fares. If we...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

There’s been a glut of fundraising events surrounding the 90th birthday celebrations for HM The Queen - and we salute those...

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...

Don’t forget there’s an extra hour in bed on Saturday night - a chance to get some extra stamina for your...

You know the drill by now - send us details of events on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we are more than happy to...