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KEYWORD "Protest" - 33 RESULTS
JONATHAN ROLANDE: If your social media feed is anything like mine, it's now full of cries for help from tenants

Amid the frenetic news agenda of recent weeks, a story broke that may have easily passed you by. It revealed how tenant...

31 May 2024

From: Breaking News

ALEP welcomes ground rents action as Countryside scraps unfair lease terms 

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

17 September 2021

From: Breaking News

National Leasehold Campaign backs latest CMA action on ground rents

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

16 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Will Facebook act after agency is victim of “vile” Prince Philip slur?

An estate agency has apologised after a bogus employee posted offensive comments about Prince Philip on a newly-created fake Facebook account. This...

13 April 2021

From: Breaking News

You guessed it…10 things to watch for in 2021

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

02 January 2021

From: Features

Buyer sues conveyancer for £4.6m eight years after purchase

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...

05 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Shareholders say yes to Rightmove despite ongoing agency criticism

Rightmove’s shareholders appear to have been generally unmoved by the string of protests against the portal in recent weeks. At the portal’s...

05 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Labour housing supremo moves to new role - replacement named

Labour’s long-standing housing spokesman, John Healey, has been moved to become shadow defence secretary on the front bench of new leader...

07 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Would a Berlin-style rental price freeze work in the UK?

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

24 August 2019

From: Features

Property Natter - homes of the future

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

04 May 2019

From: Features

Maverick agent threatens ‘yellow vest’ civil protest over Brexit

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

16 January 2019

From: Breaking News

He’s back: Emoov’s Russell Quirk is now PR man and pro-Brexit pundit

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

09 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Queer kiss-in held outside agency branch by LGBT campaigners

Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement are reported to have staged what they called a “queer kiss-in" outside...

12 October 2018

From: Breaking News

NAEA vice-president election continues as scheduled despite protest

The National Association of Estate Agents says its election for a new vice president is to go ahead as scheduled despite...

05 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

11 March 2017

From: Features

Former Foxtons boss invests in Viewber outsourced viewing service

Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service.  Viewber allows...

12 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Foxtons protest: nearby activists fined for disrupting wedding

Activists who stormed a wedding as part of a protest event in which a Foxtons office was damaged have been fined...

04 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Another high-end agency opens office near Foxtons 'protest' branch

Marsh & Parsons is the latest high-end agency to open in Brixton, a stone’s throw from the controversial Foxtons office targetted...

03 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Fracking row: agency group responds to protest organisation

The Fisher German group has responded to a protest body which accused the firm of conflicts of interests in representing sellers...

19 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Industry protests work – so keep them up

It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...

09 September 2016

From: Features

Activists plan decisive protest against Foxtons next month

Anarchist activists are organising what they call “the decisive battle against gentrification” - and it appears Foxtons is in the firing...

09 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Should estate agents vote In or Out?

I pride myself as a logical person, so much so that it amazes me how most people seem to struggle to...

17 June 2016

From: Features

Time to stick it up: Agents still not complying with transparency law

Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...

20 May 2016

From: Features

Stamp duty surcharge will force London new-build price falls warning

JLL says the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and second homes has obliged it to downgrade its forecast...

01 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Possible Land Registry sell-off prompts concern over searches

The possibility of the Land Registry being amongst £4.6 billion of public assets earmarked for privatisation has provoked protests across the...

27 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Caught on video - THAT funeral march provoking a complaint to Sir Stelios

We've caught the apparent death of the high street estate agent on video - or at least that's what online estate...

30 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Agents' windows are damaged in separate protest incidents

A protest march in London's fashionable Shoreditch area turned nasty when the windows of a Marsh & Parsons estate agency branch...

28 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Is it 'legal' for estate agents to spam an area with publicity boards?

There is controversy in the London suburb of Brixton over an estate agent which has allegedly 'spammed' the area with publicity...

24 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Labour's 'rents U-turn' shadow minister quits over Corbyn

Labour’s low profile housing spokesperson during the coalition government Emma Reynolds has resigned from the opposition front bench in protest at...

14 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Now squatters take over pub set to become Foxtons branch

In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...

22 June 2015

From: Breaking News

30,000 sign anti-Foxtons petition over homeless spikes

Another day, another story about Foxtons. This time the protest is against the London estate agency chain installing so-called ‘anti-homeless spikes’...

12 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Letter from the Publisher: Why it’s harsh to blame gentrification on Foxtons

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

06 May 2015

From: Features

Vandals trash Foxtons in anti-Yuppie protest

Vandals seeking to ‘reclaim Brixton’ have used a road sign to smash the windows of a Foxtons branch on the high...

27 April 2015

From: Breaking News

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