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As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

 A case brought by claims firm Contractors for Justice (C4J) against Purplebricks over its agents alleged rights to certain employment benefits...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

Property buyers aiming to reduce their Stamp Duty bill with “mixed-use” purchases are being warned that HMRC is sniffing out those...

As temperatures rise and the holidays begin many of us will be looking to enjoy our gardens and make improvements to...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

HM Revenue & Customs is consulting on how it can clamp down on property professionals and buyers who allegedly try to...

The Women In Property group claims talented females are being lost to the industry due to the menopause.  It says panic attacks,...

A prominent prime London estate agent has been awarded £180,000 by a compensation panel following her victory earlier this year in...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

Propertymark has issued a warning to agents following the fines imposed on three property agencies by HM Revenue & Customs for...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

An estate agent has been awarded over £41,000 by an employment tribunal - after her offer to settle for £10,000 was...

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...

A long-standing legal dispute between OnTheMarket and the Gascogne Halman and Connells agencies has been settled. No details have been released but in...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

A Connells’ agency brand arguably best known because of legal action by OnTheMarket is to open its 21st office. Cheshire property consultancy...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to check that they are signed up with an approved redress scheme that covers...

Countrywide has named a senior businesswoman as chair of its controversial remuneration committee which was at the centre of a row...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

Here we go again - the Court of Appeal is to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling that cleared...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'.  Yesterday’s case concerned...

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...

Connells says it is still unable to comment on whether it will appeal against the Competition Appeals Tribunal verdict of last...

Connells has told Estate Agent Today that it is not making any official comment yet on the decision revealed yesterday that...

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...

The Court of Appeal Civil Division has today given Connells’ agency Gascoigne Halman the right to appeal against the verdict of...

Labour MP Justin Madders is working on a Private Members' Bill creating leasehold reform in a bid to help leaseholders who, he...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’.  Once...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

An estate agent with a career of nearly 24 years has lost his employment tribunal after a judge ruled he gave...

OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal.   The meetings - sometimes...

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

OnTheMarket is keeping its powder dry over the possible legal action against it by dissident agents who have formed an action...

The OnTheMarket Action Group of dissident agents has told Estate Agent Today it is now in a position to decide on...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgement in the case between Agents’ Mutual and the Gascoigne Halman agency - and...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

An estate agent who was offered a sex act by his boss if he hit sales targets has won a sex...

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal hearing between Agents’ Mutual and Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to be concluded on Monday - but...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing involving Agents’ Mutual and Gascoigne Halman, set to start tomorrow, has had a last-minute twist with...

This week sees the start of the Competition Appeal Tribunal court case between Agents’ Mutual Ltd and Gascoigne Halman Ltd. The case...

A health service tribunal has found that a senior paramedic tried to sexually assault an estate agent as she prepared for...

An estate agent at an office of London agency Felicity J Lord, who alleged unethical practices were taking place in the...

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

It has been revealed this morning that OnTheMarket has been ordered to pay £1m into court - three quarters of it...

A former estate agent has taken her ex-employer to a tribunal, claiming constructive dismissal. Charlotte Lloyd resigned her post at Callaways Estate...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which has been active in the estate agency industry since its inception in April 2014...

The firm which this week announced it had won a landmark money laundering appeal case says it's not all doom and...

An estate agent is suing his former employer for £500,000 after he believes he was unfairly dismissed. Abdul Samad is taking legal...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) is delighted to announce their partnership with the award winning mediation provider, Small Claims Mediation (SCM) The...