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Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...
03 May 2023
From: Features
With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...
09 November 2022
From: Features
It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...
19 March 2022
From: Features
A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...
11 December 2021
From: Features
A family is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of a motorhome stolen from outside their house at Whitstable in Kent...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent has told a court she was 'heartbroken' to discover her accountant had stolen cash from her business, which then...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...
14 November 2020
From: Features
Over £73,000 has been stolen from a Countrywide branch by two admin staff making false travel claims and issuing fake invoices. The crimes...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A fraudster who claimed to be an estate agent has been jailed for four years after conning vulnerable women into giving...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The police have opened an investigation after a number of complaints have been made about the financial affairs of a sales...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agency has contacted the police after 26 of its boards disappeared since September 2018. Manor Estate Agents, an all-female agency...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Mystery surrounds the details of an apparent theft of thousands of pounds by three men who walked into an estate agency...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News
21 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation. It is providing a consistent approach, reliable outcomes...
05 September 2018
From: Features
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A US technology company is warning that estate agency websites with log-in pages are “at risk of data theft, account takeover...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News
An estate agent will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to 76 fraud offences. The Get Surrey website reports that Ayodele...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News
An estate agent in Newcastle upon Tyne, whose office was the target of arsonists, has resuscitated his business after the kindness...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team based in Powys has revealed that its cases under investigation include apparent offences of...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Despite storms in the North and September sun in the South, estate agents haven't been deterred from giving their all for charity this...
16 September 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
Just a third of conveyancers are carrying out the most thorough electronic anti-money laundering checks for all transactions, it is being...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News
An employee of an estate agency in Newcastle has been accused of stealing nearly £400,000 from the company over the course...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News
An estate agent accused of an alleged £300,000 fraud charge has appeared in a magistrates court, ahead of an expected Crown...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News
A sales director of a branch of Humberts has resigned after being found guilty of stealing £2,500 from a charity. Jane Hale...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The police are investigating a theft from an independently run franchise in Northampton, according to a report in The Northampton Chronicle &...