An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail – and has been ordered to repay the sum to the pensioner. Claire Ainsworth’s… Read More »Online agent who swindled pensioner of £5,000 escapes jail
The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James Munro – head of the National Trading Standards… Read More »Referral Fees: No change “for a while” but reform coming
The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve transaction times. The kit, introduced at the NAEA conference… Read More »Transaction times slashed and fall-throughs cut by new agents toolkit
Rightmove has released another stonking set of results – but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive portal. Figures released to shareholders this morning relating to… Read More »Rightmove loses agents as latest figures show huge rise in fees and profits
An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer – who was in the French Alps on holiday when she saw the social… Read More »Social Media: Agent sells home off-market via Instagram teaser images
A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their business has been involved in a price fixing cartel.… Read More »Agents asked to confess if their firm has been price-fixing
A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites – especially Rightmove – are contributing to estate agencies going bust. “Property portals make money by charging to… Read More »Rightmove charges blamed for helping some agents going bust
Average house prices in the UK grew by 2.9% in February compared to last year, according to Rightmove. The latest figures from the online property website revealed that average… Read More »UK House Prices Surge to Near-Record Levels
Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short of the mark according to new mortgage data. Statistics… Read More »Death of buy to let has been greatly exaggerated, new figures show
A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers – but is that really the case? The survey by comparison site GetAgent looked at the average price… Read More »Cash is king – but does it really mean lower sale prices?
