Estate Agency News
Vingt Paris partnership gives Rokstone a European network
Super-prime property agencies agree to work together in London, Paris and Ibiza
Government moves to ‘end the unjustified selling of new houses as leasehold’
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has launched a technical consultation into leasehold reforms, proposing that new lease ground rents be capped at just £10
Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications
Government follows up on plans "to raise standards across the property agent sector" with a new Working Group of industry experts
Savills predicts 6% house price ‘bounce’ for post-Brexit PCL
"Our five-year projection may look ambitious at this moment of peak uncertainty," says Savills' research chief Lucian Cook, "but it looks pretty modest when viewed against history
Strutt & Parker moves into Windsor
Estate agency opens its 67th branch with a VR giveaway
Property ads should not feature estimated yields without ‘adequate evidence’, rules watchdog
Advertising Standards Authority bans property development factsheet for estimating investor returns without backing up the numbers
Online agents’ market share dips (despite increased deal numbers)
Online estate agencies accounted for 7.2% of all resi exchanges in Q3, says TwentyCi
MyHomeGroup recruits Countrywide’s former Chief Economist
Fionnuala Earley has joined the owner of online estate agency Sellmyhome to lead property market research unit on a consultancy basis
‘Mystery shopper’ service launched for estate agencies
Yomdel's "Blind Spot" package allows agency owners to surveil their staff and processes - and check out competitors
Knight Frank profits climb despite London’s cooling market
Pre-tax profits at the global property partnership are 14% higher than last year, while turnover has increased by 10%
CMA confirms investigation into another estate agency cartel
Four investigators from the Competition & Markets Authority are looking into another case of alleged market-rigging by property agents
Industry Reactions: How might the Tory foreign buyer tax affect the UK property market?
Top prime resi experts and business leaders weigh in on what Theresa May's plan for an additional SDLT levy on non-UK buyers might mean for the property sector