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Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...

The majority of estate agents are in the dark about the Government’s Economic Crime Levy (ECL), when it was implemented or...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...

Future complaints about property raffles by individual home owners seeking to avoid estate agency fees will in future be handled by...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

The annual report from the Advertising Standards Authority and the Committees of Advertising Practice, out today, shows that the estate and...

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...

Readers of a certain age may remember the spoon-bending eccentric Uri Geller, self-proclaimed friend of Michael Jackson and an almost permanent...

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...

The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...

An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....

A new online property competition platform has launched that gives entrants the opportunity to win a home for £2 - but...

The controversial raffle of a home reportedly purchased in 2014 under the Right To Buy scheme for just £360,000 is back...

An attempt to raffle a property - like the much-publicised case of an owner in south east London, which reached some...

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn Ackroyd, in the hotseat. He’s been co-owner of EweMove Sales and Lettings,...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...