REPORT HEADLINES Rightmove: “House prices close to all-time high – will ‘granlords’ drive them higher?” Home.co.uk: “Home prices take a spring leap.” NAEA: “A third of all house sales made to first…

HOUSING PRICES RISE MORE UNDER TORIES… GENERALLY Home prices have increased twice as fast under a Conservative Government since 1970, at an average of 19 per cent per year compared to Labour’s…

Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC Alternative Dispute…

Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Too many agents are chasing too few properties… so who will survive the fall out?”

Buy-to-let landlords have earned returns of up to 1,400 per cent since 1996, outstripping those returns from investment in shares, bonds and cash. The research by the Wriglesworth Consultancy, on behalf of…

In the beautiful game that is estate agency, do you see your business as Preston North End or Manchester United? What are the advantages and disadvantages large agency groups have, versus a…

The Complainant (the potential buyer) was initially shown around the property (a flat) by the Seller following the Agent failing to attend the appointment. Shortly after, she made an offer via the…

Christopher Hamer, the Property Ombudsman, says agents need to verify a cash buyer’s status.