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Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News
House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Future complaints about property raffles by individual home owners seeking to avoid estate agency fees will in future be handled by...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A company which promotes property raffles have been told that it cannot repeat certain elements of its advertisements on Facebook and...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...
17 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 perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the spate of property raffle competitions has been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News
It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
A new online property competition platform has launched that gives entrants the opportunity to win a home for £2 - but...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The controversial raffle of a home reportedly purchased in 2014 under the Right To Buy scheme for just £360,000 is back...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
We take a break from the relentless election coverage to look at the great fundraising work being carried out by our industry. Once...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News
This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
An attempt to raffle a property - like the much-publicised case of an owner in south east London, which reached some...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Charity knows no geographical boundaries and we’re always pleased to support fundraising across the country and beyond. If you want to publicise...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features
Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...