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New homeowners are being warned about cold calls from scammers advising them to make speculated stamp duty refund claims. The warning comes...

A former estate agent described by a judge as being “cruel and manipulative” has been jailed after attacking and attempting to...

One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

There was a time when the mere mention of the financial services industry brought with it scorn and mistrust. The issues arising...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has taken action against another six rogue agents in recent days, bringing the total number expelled this...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

The Competition and Markets Authority, which is believed to be actively investigating estate agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions Act, is...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

The war between AllAgents review website and Purplebricks has continued with the site naming the hybrid agency the “worst rated one...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has told Estate Agent Today that it WILL formally launch after all, in...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...

Money laundering and the controversies raised by the From Russia With Cash documentary will be amongst the subjects under discussion at...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...