The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents or CIELA has revealed that it will launch on 2nd April 2018 despite several false starts. Soft launched in March to gauge levels of…

The provision of redress schemes within the industry looks to be in trouble after one of the three government-approved ombudsman services announced today that it would be pulling out of the property…

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) was hoping to spend this year celebrating its 150th anniversary, but instead it is now busy dealing with the consequences of last month’s The Presidents…

Campaigning group Generation Rent is worried that Theresa May’s manifesto promise of a letting fees ban is likely to be ‘kicked into the long grass’ by the hung parliament and the pressures…

Leading proptech consultant James Dearsley (pictured, below) says he doubts the Guild of Property Professionals merger with online agent easyProperty will deliver the result that the two organisations are hoping for. The…

The value of awards that The Property Ombudsman (TPO) told agents to pay disgruntled customers tripped over £1 million for the first time last year, its annual report reveals, along with details…

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have revealed who won their recent leadership elections following a secret four-week hustings. Billed as an opportunity that “allows you to shape your organisation and to have your…

The Guild of Property Professionals has struck a £60m deal with online agent easyProperty.com to enable its 5,000 members to use the website’s online sales and lettings packages. The deal, which will…

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents (CIELA) says it is unlikely to launch on October 1st as planned. The announcement comes after just 5% of agents who pre-registered with the…

The Guild of Property Professionals’ CEO Ian McKenzie, fresh from announcing the landmark deal between his organisation and online agent easyProperty, has voiced his doubts about the new housing minister Alok Sharma…