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Barratt London is extending its deposit contribution scheme to thousands more key workers. The Key Worker Deposit Contribution Scheme has been extended...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents were fined a total of more than £3m in the nine months to September 2023 for failing to register...
22 May 2024
From: Features
High-end estate agent Tyron Ash has hit out at the “sense of entitlement” at corporate estate agencies who he said don’t...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Digital compliance specialist SmartSearch can help estate agents comply quickly and efficiently Around one in five estate agents are not registered for...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Three men who set fire to an estate agency branch in Luton while residents of upstairs flat were home have been...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A man has been jailed for fraud after conning potential property buyers out of nearly £16,000. Jaspal Singh Juttla, 64 of Northwood...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...
08 April 2023
From: Features
AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...
11 February 2023
From: Features
In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...
26 November 2022
From: Features
Dozens of estate agents have been fined a combined total of £519,645 for failing to meet their obligations under anti-money laundering...
02 November 2022
From: Features
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents and other property businesses need to ensure their customer screening processes are robust and up to date following extensive...
02 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content
It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
We doff our caps to the brilliant folk at Haslams agency in Reading for their extremely attractive and clever Christmas decorations...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A Connells senior negotiator has received a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of wounding following an attack at a...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The convicted murderer and rapist John Cannan, who is the prime suspect in the still-unsolved murder of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh,...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A soap star has swapped scripts for property sales. Actor Marc Silcock was involved in one of ITV soap Emmerdale’s biggest storylines,...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Better AML solutions needed amid warnings of possible impacts of Afghanistan exit on financial crime
Regulators are warning the UK’s property, finance and legal sectors to be aware of the possible impacts of the exit from...
09 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
An estate agent with stomach cancer faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty of defrauding an 80 year old pensioner out...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The Crown Prosecution Service has joined in the criticism of unemployed estate agent Lewis Hughes, who last week admitted a count...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...
01 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...
22 May 2021
From: Features
Purplebricks has pulled off another publicity coup - it’s to sell the Rovers Return in Coronation Street. The hybrid agency, which already...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Ed Mead has joined a growing chorus demanding government action on the cladding crisis. He is one of the industry’s leading figures from...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Over £73,000 has been stolen from a Countrywide branch by two admin staff making false travel claims and issuing fake invoices. The crimes...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...
20 June 2020
From: Features
Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...
08 February 2020
From: Features
The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote. “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
There’s been a five per cent rise in the cases of mortgage fraud as increasing numbers of house buyers appear to...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...
08 June 2019
From: Features
An estate agent in the north east of England has been told he will face prison after admitting two counts of...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week. While it may...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News
When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...
26 January 2019
From: Features
A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive. The...
26 January 2019
From: Features
There’s been a warm welcome from the property and consumer sectors for a suggestion that the Financial Conduct Authority may be...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority is stepping up its campaign to identify and prosecute companies behind cartels - and it’s offering...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A pensioner who committed sexual assaults on two women - one of them an estate agent - has been sent to...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The Financial Conduct Authority says house buyers need more help to find the best priced and most appropriate mortgage deal for their...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features
An estate agent who ‘glassed’ a man who rejected her advances in a pub has escaped a prison sentence. Sarah Brown, 27,...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...
03 February 2018
From: Features
An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News
As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...
30 September 2017
From: Features
A campaigning estate agency has taken the distinctly unusual route of exposing what it calls the ‘Top Ten Dirty Tricks’ which...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Local media in Scotland suggest an agency in Motherwell is continuing as normal despite the owner of the business having been...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace. I have three...
18 March 2017
From: Features
It has been revealed that an estate agent who is serving a five year prison sentence for fraud is to return...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Over 50,000 have signed up to the Land Registry’s property fraud alert service following a series of high-profile stories on the...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
As we approach another Bank Holiday weekend, estate and letting agents across the country have again been raising thousands of pounds...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Forget the gloomy stamp duty news, or the prospect that a new house price index might revalue house prices downwards, or...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News
An estate agent who has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of fraud involving around £450,000 has been warned he is likely...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News
An insurance company claims that around 60 per cent of estate agents do not check with their vendor clients about disputes...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News
There was a recent article in Estate Agent Today titled: Agents 'missing out on income by not charging for referrals'. A study...
30 October 2015
From: Features
An estate agent who was jilted by his girlfriend has been jailed for sending explicit sexual images of her to another...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News
Three prisoners have been convicted of a prison attack on Jeremy Green, the former army lieutenant jailed for life for the...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...
09 October 2015
From: Features
Stories of migrants attempting to make their way to the UK are now a daily feature in our news bulletins and...