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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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