Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...
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10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Future complaints about property raffles by individual home owners seeking to avoid estate agency fees will in future be handled by...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather. Yet...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A company which promotes property raffles have been told that it cannot repeat certain elements of its advertisements on Facebook and...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Another property raffle - this time with what appeared to be a castle as its main prize - has hit trouble...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, our round-up of great work done by our industry to raise funds for...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the spate of property raffle competitions has been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry. If...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Readers of a certain age may remember the spoon-bending eccentric Uri Geller, self-proclaimed friend of Michael Jackson and an almost permanent...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

There's just a week to go to Children In Need, the UK's largest fund-raising event of the year - as we...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Winter really is the time for fund-raising - and thanks for letting us know exactly what you are up to to...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A new online property competition platform has launched that gives entrants the opportunity to win a home for £2 - but...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The controversial raffle of a home reportedly purchased in 2014 under the Right To Buy scheme for just £360,000 is back...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

We take a break from the relentless election coverage to look at the great fundraising work being carried out by our industry. Once...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An attempt to raffle a property - like the much-publicised case of an owner in south east London, which reached some...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s always a privilege to publicise fund-raising work by our industry, to show the caring nature of a profession that is...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Bonfire Night is upon us but the brightest lights this weekend are those from our industry tirelessly working for good causes. As ever, those...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s been another very busy week for the excellent fund-raising champions of our industry - and the good causes are encouraging...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Charity knows no geographical boundaries and we’re always pleased to support fundraising across the country and beyond. If you want to publicise...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s a familiar theme – kids doing charity trips and needing sponsorship or raffle prizes to help fund their fares. If we...
29 July 2016
From: Features

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been a glut of fundraising events surrounding the 90th birthday celebrations for HM The Queen - and we salute those...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

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