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Minimum qualifications proposals to take ‘at least’ three years to become law
ARLA Propertymark has confirmed that the introduction of a minimum qualifications standard for estate agents is unlikely to see the light of day until 2023 at the earliest and possibly not until the...
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Countrywide share price leaps by 23% following ‘predator’ rumours
Shares in Countrywide jumped in price by 23% yesterday following rumours that an unnamed ‘predator’ fund or company is circling the beleaguered estate agency group. The rumours were highlighted in an...
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Prince Harry’s former girlfriend to marry a Savills estate agent
Prince Harry’s former girlfriend and film actress Cressida Bonas has announced she is getting married to a qualified surveyor and estate agent who works for Savills. The 30-year-old Bonas posted a...
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Huge exodus of landlords predicted as extra time, cost and red tape take...
Some 600,000 or 41% of landlords are considering selling up and exiting the market while 10% are ‘definitely’ mulling such a move, a report from insurer LV= has concluded. The key reasons for the...
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Industry warns hard line on EU immigration will cause ‘distress’ for renters,...
The property industry has warned Home Secretary Priti Patel that her proposed plans to close the borders to EU citizens and end their right to free movement into and out of the UK will cause...
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Purplebricks gambles on the smartphone as the future of estate agency
Purplebricks is to spend some of its £63 million cash reserves on further developing its tech in a bid to become the UK’s first ‘real-time, mobile-enabled’ hybrid estate agent, it has revealed. Three...
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Exclusive: Who is responsible for accuracy of ‘unregulated’ online lettings...
When The Negotiator recently reported that medium-term lettings platform Spotahome had advertised a property that was clearly an unregistered HMO, it raised important questions about who is...
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The keys to success in the ‘feedback economy’
Businesses have always been able to control the narrative of their brand. By following brand guidelines, tone of language, marketing campaign activity and so on, a brand was able to heavily...
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Will Boris’s Stamp Duty changes resolve the ‘broken’ market in London?
Last Friday’s news, that Boris Johnson had said that (if he succeeds in his Tory leadership battle) one of his key moves will be to slash Stamp Duty, caused significant noise in property circles. In...
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Use of fake ID documents surges after fees banned for tenant referencing
London prime estate agency Benham & Reeves says fraudulent attempts to rent houses using fake documents are on the rise in the capital as criminals attempt to defraud Airbnb, run temporary...
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Change tack on rental sector or face severe shortages, landlords warn Boris...
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has claimed that the government’s private rental sector policies are reducing the number of properties available in the market, squeezing choice and forcing...
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11% of new homes buyers reject living next to affordable homes neighbours
Eleven percent of new homes buyers would prefer not to live in developments that include both affordable homes and open-market units, new research has revealed, underlining how a sizeable minority of...
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How long should tenant deposits take to return? Minister asks for your views
The Government is asking for the views of letting agents on whether it should introduce a time limit for tenants to receive their tenant deposits back after ending a tenancy. Housing secretary James...
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Few local authorities are prosecuting rogue letting agents, research shows
Local authorities are failing to prosecute rogue letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has claimed. It submitted 20 freedom of information requests to local authorities around the...
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Will homes be next? Rightmove trials online offers and contract exchange for...
Rightmove has for the first time enabled buyers to make direct offers for properties and digitally exchange contracts via its website. But the portal is only trialling the service among a selected few...
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Yopa founder Daniel Attia and LSL’s Ian Crabb step down from agency’s board
Two key directors of hybrid estate agency Yopa have stepped down from its board including founder Daniel Attia and LSL’s CEO Ian Crabb (pictured, above). Attia has resigned his position as chairman to...
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Letting agency fined £3,000 after admitting three offences relating to HMO
An estate agency in Bolton has admitted three offences in relation to breaches of safety standards at an HMO in the town centre and has been fined £3,000 in addition to costs and a victim surcharge...
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Acquaint CRM
Bright Logic’s Acquaint CRM is a fully integrated software package for Letting Agents and Estate Agents. Robustly designed using the latest technologies Acquaint seamlessly handles your Residential...
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Tenancy deposit dilemmas
We’re all on board (now) with the idea that tenancy deposits can’t be stuffed under a mattress or for safekeeping or, indeed, in a rather nice little yacht. That’s why the TDS (Tenancy Deposit...
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The Tenant Fees Act 2019
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 (“the Act”) introduces fundamental and extensive changes to the fees which landlords or letting agents can seek to recover from the tenant of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy...
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