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Rightmove reports strong performance

Rightmove has released its half-year results for the six months ending 30 June 2010 – and it’s looking good! More...

PROPERTYdrum Magazine - your digital edition!

Take a look at our latest online edition of PROPERTYdrum magazine. More...

Labour’s response to the housing crisis

Ken Livingstone joins Ed Balls and John Healey to sort out our biggest problem. Er, bit late lads... More...

More gloom on house prices

Home values dropped in August by the most in 16 months as the housing market endured a “modest re-pricing” that is likely to last as long as a year, according to Hometrack. More...

Where’s Phil & Kirstie when you need them?

A cry for help from someone wanting to move. Come on! It’s what you’ve all been waiting for! More...

Zoopla bucks the trend

Amongst the leading property portal businesses, Zoopla.co.uk was the only one to buck the trend and show any growth in unique visitors in July. More...

Landowners benefit from appeal decision

Inheritance tax relief on estates appeal by HMRC rejected. More...

Mortgage fraud affecting the whole conveyancing industry

Jump in identity fraud causes hits industry – and insurance premiums. More...

Jobs, vacancies, recruitment

Latest jobs! Check out our new online job vacancies section. Click here for a new career! Updated every issue. More...

The state of UK estate agency

Plimsoll forecasts wave of takeovers in the next twelve months as the performance gaps widens among estate agents. More...

Bradford & Bingley buy-to-let claim could amount to billions

The Government is mounting a giant legal negligence claim against law firms who advised Bradford & Bingley on hundreds of loss-making buy-to-let loans. More...

Squatting on the rise

Online advice on squatters’ rights adds to every landlord’s nightmare. More...

The Boveys bounce back

More fury for creditors of Grant Bovey, who was made bankrupt in March, this year after his empire collapsed with debts of £50 million. More...

Leading house builder spreads gloom

Bovis express concerns for UK property market in its half-yearly financial report. More...

Is Grant Shapps about to wreck the countryside?

Grant Shapps’ referendums could destroy Government’s Community Right To Build proposals. More...

Sun shines on holiday home market

New build second home developments are enjoying record sales. More...

Agents reduce voids on rentals

Letting agents are more successful at keeping rental properties occupied than individual landlords. More...

Free training on referencing

FCC Paragon has devised a free training programme specifically designed for lettings agents. More...

Surrey agent floats new networking idea

We’re all in the same boat, says, NAEA Branch Chairman, James Wyatt – quite literally. More...

Adam’s Apple

In the June issue of PROPERTYdrum, we held a competition, in association with Primelocation, for readers to win their very own iPad. More...

TDS announces new CEO

A new Chief Executive Officer has been appointed for The Dispute Service, the not-for-profit organisation responsible for the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS). More...

Demand dips in July

RICS have reported a worrying drop in demand for properties in July. More...

PROPERTYdrum Magazine - your digital edition!

Take a look at our latest online edition of PROPERTYdrum magazine. More...

“Cameron’s speaking sense,” says Knight Frank

Support is voiced for the PM’s comments on lifelong tenancies. More...

UK housing assets double in a decade to £3,755bn

Halifax research shows true extent of property boom. More...

New Homes Bonus announced – will it work?

Grant Shapps announces his initiative to reverse the housing shortage. More...

“Bring empty homes back to life” says BPF

Three quarters of a million homes lie empty, just waiting for Government action. More...

New search for Suzy Lamplugh

Detectives are back on the trail in the unsolved murder case. More...

Moves at Your Move

New appointment to the LSL Board of Directors and new MD at Your Move announced. More...

Mortgage fraud up nearly four-fold, says KPMG

Mortgage fraud has nearly quadrupled in value during the first six months of 2010, according to KPMG's Fraud Barometer. More...

Coalition clobbers Housing Benefit

Limits are to be slashed as coalition seeks savings on £20 billion budget More...

“Conveyancing? What does that mean?” say UK homebuyers

Research by reallymoving.com reveals widespread misunderstanding about the legal requirements when buying a home. More...

Average rents increasing

New stats show rents are on the up for first half of 2010. More...

For sale – Lord Sugar's hot properties

Lord Sugar seems to be expecting a return to the boom years with the proposed sale of three of his prized Mayfair properties, at pre-credit crunch prices. More...

First agent to use new social media technology

An estate agent in Manchester is using a new digital tool (talesofthings.com) to creatively market its properties. More...

Property tycoon who bought 'Little Britain' is jailed

A British property tycoon who bought a £43 million Dubai island in the shape of Great Britain has been jailed for seven years for writing cheques that bounced. More...

Labour’s phantom landlord register

Housing Minister Grant Shapps claims Labour’s policy and plans amounted to no more than a press release. More...

Tenants’ mail targeted by identity thieves

Leaving no forwarding address opens the door to theft identity, warns letting agent. More...

Mortgage market snapshot

Lastest data from Council of Mortgage Lenders shows mortgagors have never had it so good. More...

Could this idea replace estate agents?

American-style home-buying service to open in the UK. More...

Are ‘get rich quick’ property schemes back?

Agent warns of irresponsible advice given at property investor workshop. More...

Auction action at Allsop

Tech college sells for £1/4 million over guide at Allsop auction. More...

ARMA gathers strength

The Association of Residential Managing Agents has welcomed its 250th corporate member. More...

Estate agent dies trying to save his dog on a level crossing

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KF gears up

Team moves at Knight Frank reflect strong lettings market. More...

Lets go to Chelsea

Corporate buyers check into the new letting hotspot in London. More...

Small dog will sell houses

A small dog called Wilfi is the latest entrant to UK property portal battle for supremacy. More...

New Opportunities In Letting – The View From The Top: conference sponsors announced

The world of Residential Lettings and Property Management is hitting new heights with the launch of an exciting new conference at one of London’s top venues: Altitude 360 on the 29th Floor of London’s Millbank Tower. More...

Two good reasons to leave Somalia.

One is a civil war, the other is an £8000 pcm ‘des-rez’ in Kensington. More...

Has the coalition abandoned leaseholders?

Grant Shapps has now announced he will not be introducing the long awaited new accounting requirements that would have protected lessee service charge funds. More...

IKEA – flat out building homes

The Swedish flat pack furniture specialist has made its first major foray into the UK property market. More...

The rise of the Zombie estate agents

There are now 202 companies in the UK estate agents industry that are ‘zombie’ businesses. More...

Help your sellers achieve £100,000 more for their home

A new survey has revealed how homeowners can add over £100,000 to their home and make it easier to sell, by adding the improvements that buyers really want. More...

Countrywide acquires Letmore Group

Countrywide continues its quest for national growth with the purchase of The Letmore Group, the largest independent specialist lettings agency in East London and Essex. More...

FastTrak wins Business of the Year Award

FastTrak Solutions, a company only 18 months old, has just been announced as Dartford’s Business of the Year beating dozens of other companies for the award. More...

Your chance to have your say in legislation!

The Government is asking UK businesses, “Which laws shall we repeal?” So which do you think should go? More...

Leading NAEA member in shock resignation

Chris Wood, one of the NAEA’s most respected members has resigned from the Association saying that the “Association has lost touch with its core purpose and is failing to uphold the very standards it has so long espoused”. More...

BTL tax hike plan comes from HMRC success

The Chancellor’s interest in Buy to Let investors and CGT they pay, stems from huge revenues raised by tax investigations in 2009.
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How many people visited your website last week? Any idea?

Recent research conducted by movewithus has revealed that 49 per cent of the estate agents surveyed have no idea how many customers visit their websites. More...

House prices drop for first time since March 2009 says Land Registry

Land Registry’s latest data set, reporting on the May property sales, shows an annual house price change of 8.2 per cent. More...

It’s not a joke, it’s a negative equity mortgage

There were three Irish lenders in a bar. They were talking about launching negative equity mortgages. The first lender says More...

Silly season news

What's in a name? Lots of money, according to Zoopla. More...

Buy a pub… and a village… in New Zealand

If the World Cup was all too distressing and business is bleak, here’s an idea. Otira, a hamlet on the rainy west coast of New Zealand's South Island, is on the market for $NZ1 million (£475,645). More...

Emergency Budget report!

Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Emergency Budget – how will affect property? You can also download the entire Budget text here. More...

Who will be the winners on Google Property?

There has been a mixed response from agents and property portals following the launch of Google property search facility.
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Countrywide acquires Hamptons International

Countrywide has announced the acquisition of Hamptons International, and rights to expand across key locations including the UK, Europe and Asia.
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Five fat blokes set to climb Mont Blanc

Property and agribusiness consultants, Bidwells, has put together a team of five men to raise money for charity by climbing Mont Blanc.
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TDS ‘Snapshot Day’

The TDS members deadline for tenancy records is next week! More...

Agents fear Tesco’s iSold

Research reveals that two-thirds of estate agents believe that Tesco’s iSold will have an impact if rolled out nationally.
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US and Ireland set for spike in distressed sales

Ireland and the US are expected to see a significant increase in distressed real estate sales in the short term, according to research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Court shuts down swindling property management company

A company which deliberately misled potential investors in order to induce them to buy shares, has been wound up in the High Court.
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Zoopla to list on eBay and Gumtree

Property portal Zoopla.co.uk has partnered with two of the UK’s largest websites, eBay and Gumtree, to provide even wider distribution of its agent members’ listings.
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Police close down Gravesend agency

A police car on a 999 call has ploughed into shop front, wrecking an estate and lettings agency.
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Free EPCs for estate agents

Property information company Ipacks2go have launched Partner Property (www.partner-property.com) a new proposition aimed at filling the revenue void left by the demise of HIPs.
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Successful roadshows for Vebralive

VebraLive, the estate agency software from market leader, Vebra, has been previewed at a series of roadshow events across the UK.
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£18 million for Acuitus first sale

Former Jones Lang LaSalle auctions team raised £18m in first auction.
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Last chance to win an iPad!

...in an easy-to-enter competition, brought to you by PRIMELOCATION.COM and PROPERTYdrum More...

So did scrapping HIPs boost the housing market?

The latest Agency Express Property Activity Index has the evidence… More...

TDS seeks new CEO

The Dispute Service, which runs the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has launched its quest to find a Chief Executive. More...

Foxtons again?

Hamptons International has been accused of “entrapping” landlords with an undisclosed commission charge. More...

Housing Benefit - you couldn’t make it up!

3400 people are receiving Housing Benefit payments in excess of £26,000 per year! More...

£2.2million interest free loans go to landlords

Kent landlords are seizing a valuable opportunity to access improvement funds. More...

Need more income? Add in some ‘add-ons’

HIPs may have provided a reasonable extra income stream for agents during the recent grim months, but there are other opportunities to make up the shortfall. More...

Housing expenses herald first scandal for new Government

David Laws, chief secretary to the Treasury has resigned from the Cabinet as admitting to allegations that he claimed £40,000 in expenses to pay rent for rooms used by his male partner. More...

It's all Appening!

Everyone wants a bite of the ever growing Apple, with portals and agents battling to be the first to launch their iPad apps in the UK.
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Sir Bryan Carsberg becomes President of the E-Homebuying Forum

The Former Director General of OFT and Oftel, Sir Bryan Carsberg, has joined the E-Homebuying Forum as its first President.
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Busy times for floorplan providers

Floor plan usage by estate agents doubles in 18-months, according to research.
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Mason Owen backs Liverpool Pageant of Power

Commercial agent helps brings motorsport to the masses with a high-octane celebration of power.
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LetMC clinches major multi-branch contract

LetMC has signed up Peter Alan Estate Agents as the newest addition to their customer base.
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Could you be the next ‘Phil’ or ‘Kirstie’?

Check out this once in a lifetime job opportunity which could catapult you into fame, fortune and celebrity. More...

HIPs are scrapped – cheers all round

New Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, announces the end to "needless red tape" in house selling. More...

HIPs providers look to Plan B

So what about all the companies for whom HIPs was their bread and butter? PROPERTYdrum asked one man with this problem, Stuart Pearce, what is he going to do now?
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UK property industry faces more taxing times

The new coalition government’s taxation plans are likely to impact much harder on the property industry than some more hopeful commentators have suggested. More...

New SEO service for agents

movewithus has launched Online Marketing Services (OMS) to help independent estate agents attract more customers through search engines.
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Send in the bailiffs – online!

Agents and landlords who need to evict tenants and recoup unpaid debts can now instruct a leading High Court enforcement agency online.
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Inverness is the UK’s most popular destination for relocation

Inverness has been named as the UK’s most popular destination for people moving home, even though it is the most northern city in Britain. More...

Best National Estate Agent

SPONSORED BY PROPERTYdrum
The nominations were:

Arun Estates, Chesterton Humberts, Countrywide Estate Agents, Connells
Jackson Stops & Staff, Knight Frank, Reeds Rains, Savills, Spicerhaart, Strutt & Parker, Your Move.

And the winner is...
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Best Estate and Letting Agency Management Solution

The nominations were:
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Acquaint, Aspasia, CFP Software, Core Systems, dezrez, Estate Agent Pro
Estate Solutions, Eurolink Software, Evolvin, Expert Agent, LetMC, Vebra, ViewPoint. VTUK.

And the winner was…
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Best National HIP Provider

The nominations were:

Easier2move, ehips, Fridays Property Lawyers, Hip2Go , Hipag, Hip Save, HIPSLink, LMS, movewithus and Simply HIP&rs

And the winner is... More...

Best Estate and Letting Agency Technology Provider

The nominations were:

Estatecreate. Etech , Metropix, Microsoft - Bing Maps. Movewithus, propertyadd. propertyLab.net, Technicweb, thebu2iness.com, The Mobile Agent, The Property Jungle, Virtual360.

And the winner is…

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Best Property Portal

The nominations were:

Find a Property, Fish4Homes, globrix, Homes & Property, Look4aProperty.com, Primelocation, propertyindex.com, PropertyLive.co.uk, Rightmove, whitehot property, Zoopla

And the winner is…
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Best Energy Assessor Accreditation Company

SPONSORED BY ETECH
The nominations were:

BRE, CIBSE, ecmk, Elmhurst Energy (Winner, 2009), H& VCA, NHER, Northgate, Quidos, RICS and Stroma.

And the winner is... More...

Best Assessor Training Provider

The nominations were:

BRE, Elmhurst Energy (Winner, 2009), ecmk, Hips Reg, NHER/Sava, Quidos, Stroma and The Energy Foundation

And the winner is... More...

Best Assessor Technology Provider

SPONSORED BY BRE

The nominations were:

Ecmk – EPC Reporter Professional and Pocket EPC, Etech – Smart EPC, G-ISBEM
i-prophets – digitalenergy, Northgate - Energy Flow, Quest Associates, Quidos – AIRS , Sim Survey.

And the winner is…

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Gordon's going, but who's going to rule?

After the election swing-o-meter, we now have a government swing-o-meter. Will the pendulum swing left or right? More...

Property Professional Show 2010 Show Guide – it's next week, register now!

The UK's biggest property event is happening next week 17-18 May at the ICC in Birmingham. Don't miss it! Register now! More...

Eddisonwhite victorious in ‘passing off’ legal battle

Court hears how internet traffic is diverted to a porn site to damage an agent’s business.
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Buy-to-let loans are coming back!

A new report predicts Buy-To-Let lending set to rise dramatically, to £25.6bn by 2014.
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Election! It's make your mind up time!

PROPERTYdrum's final look at what your vote can mean for property. More...

PROPERTYdrum Magazine - your digital edition!

Click here to see the online version of PROPERTYdrum Magazine April edition. More...

Poet Laureate writes for London estate agent!

Andrew Motion, who last year stepped down as Poet Laureate, has written a poem for London agent Kinleigh, Folkard and Hayward. More...

FindaProperty is everywhere!

It’s not just about burgers – following the launch of the McDonald’s partnership, FindaProperty.com has now released a cross-platform £13 million marketing campaign. More...

London agent lied about NAEA membership

An estate agent in Crouch End, North London, has been fined £400 for misleading consumers. More...

NFoPP Chairman reports £1m loss for 2009

A “challenging year for everyone including your board of NFoPP” sees their Annual Report and Accounts recording an operating loss of £1,097,586. Ouch. More...

Election in 16 days! Who is the estate agent's favourite?

Here's a snapshot of housing policies - which are the vote winners among estate agents? More...

Jones Lang LaSalle transfers auctions to Acuitus.

These three chaps from Jones Lang LaSalle's auction department have set up their own new business, Acuitus. More...

Residential property outperforms commercial - again!

Investment grade residential real estate in the UK has delivered an 11 per cent return in 2009, according to International Property Databank (IPD). More...

£4.5m London pad to be won!

Win this fantastic central London pad, three-year lease. Offer ends May 6! More...

GRUMBLEdrums! The platform for seriously furious agents!

Something bugging you? This is your spot to have a moan at 26,000 other property professionals! Today's Grumbler asks, "Why are there so many estate agents?" More...

Your digital edition of PROPERTYdrum!

Here is your online digital version of PROPERTYdrum magazine. More...

Countrywide moves to Mydeposits

Countrywide Residential Lettings has ended its contract with the TDS and announced a new agreement with Mydeposits. PROPERTYdrum speaks to John Hards Co-MD. More...

71 per cent say house prices will rise this year

Kevin Wilkes of Worldwide Property Group, says nearly three quarters of those surveyed, expect house prices to increase over the coming 12 months. More...

Property Professional Show 2010 - registration is open!

Book your ticket now. 17-18th May are the dates for your diary for the major property show of the year for Estate Agents, property professionals and energy assessors. More...

Inventories move into the 21st Century

New software package brings innovation to inventories. More...

Referencing made easy

LetMC has launches a new referencing module for the managing and storing tenant references. More...

Agent uncovers cannabis stash

An eagle-eyed letting agent helped uncover a 'huge amount' of cannabis plants at a drugs factory in Three Bridges, Sussex. More...

Guild of Letting Seminar – Last chance to book!

Don’t miss out on the Guild of Letting and Management Seminar on 22 April. More...

Grumbledrum! The platform for seriously furious agents!

Another agent lets fly, this time at the portals. More...

Findaproperty and McDonalds return to Go!

FindaProperty.com is once again a lead partner in the McDonald’s Easy Win Monopoly nationwide promotion to win a £300k house. More...

Savills profits – £13.5 million. Staff bonuses – £60 million

Believe it or not, Savills had a good year in 2009 – and CEO Jeremy Helsby has spread the joy among the staff. More...

New property search engine launched

Jasdip.com, is the UK’s first free-to-list Property Search Engine owned by property professionals. More...

Exclusive! Tory promises and policies on property

Grant Shapps MP, Shadow Minister, Housing, has given an exclusive interview to PROPERTYdrum. More...

Big banks continue to hold back lending

The UK's six biggest banks granted the fewest mortgages during the last nine months, says Bank of England More...

Agents! Get your very own branded App!

123App has launched an iPhone application which can be customised to use your own company branding and contact information as well as linking it to your estate agency software.
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Unpaid fees challenge costs agent £27,000

Don't assume, just because you're sure you're in the right, that the courts will see it that way. More...

Could you sell a slice of Madeira?

A luxury development in Madeira is being sold in fractions - and the developer is offering 8% commission to agents. More...

Agent gets two years for robbing an old lady

A Welsh estate agent has been sentenced to two years for his part in a gang who stole £270,000 life savings from an elderly, dying widow. More...

Typhoo puts the 'T' in, er, Birmingham

The old Typhoo Tea factory in Brum is about to become something new and wonderful. More...

GRUMBLEdrums! The platform for seriously furious agents!

Want to get it off your chest? Here's a bunch of people who have!
If you have an opinion on a current issue, email the Editor: sheila@propertydrum.com
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iSold (estate agency down the river!)

Spicerhaart and Tesco are back in and undercutting the market. Warning: strong views contained herein. More...

Agent voted Sunday Times Top Employer

Manning Stainton gets into the Top 100 Best Small Companies To Work For. More...

King and Queen of Buy To Let reveal all.

We look at the fall-out as Fergus and Judith Wilson sell their portfolio. More...

Landlord fined £60,000 for illegal evictions

HMO landlord with 35 properties, known as ‘Uncle Tony’, was also given a four-month suspended prison sentence. More...

Property sales surprise

According to portal Zoopla, property sales surged in the latter half of 09. No, really! More...

Floorplan uploading made easy

A new facility allows you to upload floorplans, directly to major property portals. More...

Southampton and Exeter! We need you!

Your last chance to feature in the April or May issues of PROPERTYdrum. More...

Best keynote speaker in town

The Guild of Letting and Management has announced that Lord Richard Best OBE will be the keynote speaker at its annual Seminar on April 22nd. More...

The perfect estate agent website address!

The name is up for auction and will get your site more hits than Rightmove, guaranteed!! More...

Estate agents – wake up to a shake up, says OFT

The OFT report into house buying and selling wants to see cheaper alternatives to estate agents. More...

Google: exclusive interview with PROPERTYdrum!

Ben Wood, Head of Property at Google UK, explains how Google intends to work with agents, not against them. More...

iPhone app for lettings

Lettingweb.com say they are the first letting only website to introduce an iPhone app with GPS to find rental properties nearby. More...

Sign of the times

Kremer Signs, the UK’s best known supplier of ‘for sale’ & ‘to let’ boards has acquired a nationwide sign installation and maintenance company More...

One estate agency closes every day

New figures show that business isn't getting any easier in property. More...

PROPERTYdrum needs YOU!

Want to be featured in PROPERTYdrum magazine? Just click here to find out how. More...

Tesco moving in?

UK estate agency business may be targeted by grocery giant. More...

Britain's biggest mortgage lender, isn't.

Halifax loses significant market share to the new big noise on the high street. More...

When is an offer, not an offer?

The market is throwing some googlies, as one agent has found out. More...

Farmland prices on the moove

The lastest RICS rural market survey holds some good news for country folk. More...

DEAs – opportunity knocks!

Domestic Energy Assessors - if the Tories sack HIPs, here's an offer to boost your earnings! More...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme – an extremely tedious situation

Deposits, disputes and the whole debacle - PROPERTYdrum reviews the issues. More...

Findaproperty launches new app for iPhone

Findaproperty.com has released its new free iPhone app with some excellent, original features. More...

Jobs, vacancies, recruitment

Latest jobs! Check out our new online job vacancies section. Click here for a new career! Updated every issue. More...

Your Move – in at Number One!

Your Move says that it has become the largest individual estate agency in the UK. More...

Win 3D floor plans for a year, worth £1,000

Leading floorplan supplier, Metropix is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a competition. More...

An Englishman's home can't be his castle

A DIY castle builder who hid his castle from the council has had a nasty shock... More...

Boost leads through SEO

Estatecreate has launched a new service for estate agents to drive more web traffic. More...

Low-down on lettings

The Guild of Letting and Management is holding its annual seminar on April 22. More...

Government backs tenant protection

Minister Healey offers tenants greater protection when their landlords face repossession. More...

What's on in property

Great events coming up that you should not miss. More...

100% of customers would recommend this agent!

Total customer satisfaction, according to an independent survey by The Property Ombudsman. More...

Lets support the Arsenal!

The Guild of Letting and Management’s Seminar is to be held at the Emirates. More...

Estate agency software goes multi-lingual

New functionality allows agents market both domestic and international properties using multiple languages and currencies. More...

305,000 council houses are 'non decent' says report.

National Audit Office report highlights Government failure in Decent Homes Programme. More...

Spicerhaart appoints new legal expert

Spicerhaart has appointed a Business Development Manager to oversee the growth of the company’s legal services division. More...

Foxtons comes out fighting

Foxtons battles on with new bank deal and fresh appeal against High Court ruling. More...

Do energy efficiency improvements to a property increase the selling price?

The answer may or may not be here.... More...

5,000 jobs to go in Estate Agency, says report

The latest industry analysis report from Plimsoll doesn't make good reading... More...

Smart meters to roll out soon

Government announces the commitment to deliver Smart Meters to every home in Britain. More...

Looks like a 'dead cat bounce'...

A report by the CBI suggests the recovering financial services sector is about to stall. More...

Property industry gets buried

Is snow a political problem around your way? More...

Agents panic as deadline looms

Massive fines threaten thousands of estate agents who have not yet registered with the OFT. More...

Property Professional Show 2010 - don't miss it!

The big event of 2010 is the Property Professional Show. Get it in the diary now! More...

Estate agencies - who's gone bust in ’09

So just how badly has the recession hit estate agency? The answer is here... More...

Property gets Googled

Google is about to start listing property for sale – look out portals, the Marshmallow Man is coming to get ya! More...

Property Index in administration

Lee Bramzell, MD, heads management buy-out, as millionaire backer pulls out. More...

House prices on the wrong move

The Rightmove House Price Index for December is released today. What do you think - lower or higher? More...

Pre Budget Report – bah humbug, says property industry

Alistair Darling’s Pre Budget sack gave little seasonal cheer to property people - not so much as a wrinkly satsuma. More...

Shelter shows the strain

1.3 million UK households are struggling with finances. Yes - only 1.3m! More...

Jobs for the boys!

...and girls. There are jobs out there if you look. In fact, look right here in the New Year. More...

PROPERTYdrum - new issue out now!

PROPERTYdrum, the UK's leading magazine for property professionals has published today. More...

Healey confirms more funding for more houses

Housing Minister John Healey has confirmed the release of a further £290 million that should build almost 5,500 affordable homes across the country. More...

New insurance policy promises 'unparalleled cover'

Lettings insurer HomeLet has launched a new product: Landlord’s Insurance+ which offers the most comprehensive range of risk cover, they say. More...

Top suppliers, top prizes

Gold, Silver and Bronze awards announced for the Supplier of the Year at the Estate Agency of the Year Awards 2009. More...

Harry Hill retires from Countrywide

Countrywide has announced that Harry Hill will retire from the position of Non-Executive Chairman at the end of the year. More...

"We only squat where it's posh"

The latest home for a group of serial squatters known as the Belgravia Squatters is a £3million mansion in Eaton Square. More...

LibDem 'mansion tax' is crumbling

The LibDems have thrown themselves open to much amusement across the media with their squabble over proposals for a Mansion Tax. More...

ARMA drafts in Ombudsman

The Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) has now made it a requirement that its members must belong to one of the ombudsman schemes for property. More...

Mortgage Rescue Scheme - is it working?

Residential lettings | Financial services | Residential sales | Auctions | Conveyancing/legal services

Some figures from the Government show the scheme is helping - a tiny, little bit. More...

LetSense to close

LetSense, the insurance provider, is to cease trading after its insurance company backer pulls out of the business. More...

Get your listings on Google

A new feature of Universal software now makes your property listings searchable by Google More...

New iPhone app for agents

Two new property finding iPhone 'apps' launched. Is this changing the way we look for property? More...

Surveys say house prices are rising

Surveys from Haart, Hometrack and RICS all concur that house prices are rising – but London leads the growth. More...

Portal group gets a boost

Major portal group The Digital Property Group added 895 new agents to its websites in three months. More...

Get your crystal balls out...

We're asking you for your predictions for 2010. Contribute and see if you make the Dec/Jan issue of PROPERTYdrum magazine. More...

Affordable housing – but with a 280-year wait!

Commons debate reveals that the average family is "stuffed" when it comes to house-buying. More...

Who goes where!

People on the move in property – Chesterton Humberts staff-up for a busy 2010. More...

PROPERTYdrum November issue – don't miss it!

The new issue of PROPERTYdrum magazine publishes next week - don't miss out! More...

Virtual tours for the masses

A new virtual tour product that any agent can afford is now available. More...

Estate agency closures continue as Halifax sells for £1

As Halifax offloads its estate agency business, PROPERTYdrum reveals rate of closures of agencies across the UK is slowing. More...

House prices surge in September – or do they?

Rightmove has reports sharpest average house price growth ever. More...

Zoopla clarifies position on brands

After initial confusion in the industry with agents asking, ‘Will it be just Zoopla now – are the brand names going to disappear?’, CEO Alex Chesterman clarifies for JUNGLEdrum. More...

Free seminar tickets for Property Investor Show

PROPERTYdrum has organised a free seminar ticket for every seminar ticket bought. More...

Free show tickets!

First 50 to respond get free tickets to the National Home Improvement Show and everyone gets a buy one get one free seminar ticket at the Property Investor Show! More...

Football crazy homebuyers support Arsenal!

Arsenal has now sold 445 of the 655 private apartments in its Highbury Square redevelopment of its former ground in North London scoring £172m to date. More...

Lending stabilises in August

Mortgage lending in August stabilised, with an increase in approvals for house purchases, according to British Bankers' Association. More...

Valuations: science or scam?

Complaints of undervaluing are on the rise - at the expense of the home-buyer. More...

OFT bans estate agent

For the first time, the OFT has banned an estate agent for failing to join redress scheme. More...

Agent sells a whole street!

Bridges estate agents of Farnborough have sold a whole street of houses, instructed by Ministry of Defence. More...

Working in Newcastle? PROPERTYdrum needs you!

If you are in property in Newcastle, here's a chance for you to be part of a feature in our next issue. More...

New estate agent auctions off to flying start

Network Auctions, the auctioneers who work with estate agents, saw sales of £2.5 million in their first auction at Hatfield House. More...

UK's best monthly property mag – PROPERTYdrum!

We're offering a very special subscription rate to JUNGLEdrum readers. 25% off a year's subscription to PROPERTYdrum. More...

Gordon Brown really is a man of straw!

A Gordon Brown scarecrow wonders what could have been – if he only had a brain... More...

'What's On' in property

Here's a round-up of forthcoming events in the property world, for your diary. More...

Win a copy of 'Profiting From Property In A Recession' - six copies to be won!

Just answer a simple question and you can win a book that could make you rich! More...

Property professional to professional witch!

Carole Bohanan aka Carla Calamity was an estate agent, for a spell. From Countrywide to Wookey Hole, the £50,000pa witch explains, in an exclusive interview, how the property world could use a bit of magic. More...

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