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According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...

Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...

It may be blowing a gale outside but we’re safe and warm here reading about our industry’s great work for good...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

Some two thirds of agents and other property professionals who have worked alone have suffered an incident endangering their safety, according to...

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...

A businessman with links to serious criminals has lost his vast investment property empire worth nearly £10m after a National Crime...

The ban on evictions was due to end earlier this month, but following a last-minute U-turn from the government, it has...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...

In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to tenancy rules, government consultations and more than a few scare stories. Landlords...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

A man who is accused of assaulting an estate agent is to face trial. The Bournemouth Daily Echo reports that Marc Skelton,...

It’s spring at last! Although we’ve only just finished wiping the snow off our boots, it’s great news that the clocks...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

There’s no shortage of acting and video skill in our industry is there? At least if your terrific Mannequin Challenge performances...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team based in Powys has revealed that its cases under investigation include apparent offences of...

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...

As we approach another Bank Holiday weekend, estate and letting agents across the country have again been raising thousands of pounds...

Forget the gloomy stamp duty news, or the prospect that a new house price index might revalue house prices downwards, or...

We’re always happy to publicise your agency’s efforts to help those who cannot help themselves, and we’re delighted that this week’s...

Vandals seeking to ‘reclaim Brixton’ have used a road sign to smash the windows of a Foxtons branch on the high...