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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...

It's the lettings conference to top them all – book now, places limited!

'New Opportunities In Lettings – The View From The Top' – NALS and PROPERTYdrum partner to bring you the lettings conference from high above London. More...

FOR SALE/TO LET boards – is the end nigh?

The Government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards. 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...

Record 50,000 new tenants enter the UK rental market

Record demand saw 50,480 new tenants registered for rental accommodation in the second quarter of the year. 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...

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...

Oh we still like to be beside the seaside

Halifax review reveals which coastal towns have the highest living standards. Come on Cleethorpes! More...

More letting agents going bust says The Times

ARLA admits that several of their members went bust last year owing collectively, around £600,000 in rent money to their landlord clients. More...

Bankrupt agent claimed NALS membership

A letting agency which folded leaving landlords out of pocket was falsely claiming to be a member of an industry body. 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...

Revenge of the killer ovens

You don't even have to put your head in them – dirty ovens are potentially lethal, student landlords are warned. 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...

Rents will be higher next year – say tenants

Miles Shipside talks of tenants caught in "rental market crossfire" as Rightmove reveals results of a new market survey. More...

Olympic property boom starts today!

The Olympics starts in exactly two years today and property is set to make millions! More...

Coalition clobbers Housing Benefit

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

Rent arrears continue

A fifth of private sector residential landlords have had tenants in rent arrears over the last three months, according to new research published by the National Landlords Association (NLA). 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...

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...

50,000 new tenants enter UK rental market

Countrywide’s rental market report shows record demand. More...

London’s back on board!

15-year ban on ‘For Sale’ boards in central London expires. 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 job for Jon Hunt

Foxtons founder, Jon Hunt has agreed to become the founding member of the Clarmond Advisory Board. More...

Zoopla gives UK agency groups seats on board

Zoopla.co.uk has announced that it has signed long term strategic partnerships with the UK’s three largest estate agent groups 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...

Wives could sidestep mortgage liability

A recent Court of Appeal decision may mean that lenders may have to go further when assessing whether to lend to a borrower who is offering up a jointly owned home as security for their debts. More...

Two good reasons to leave Somalia.

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

Make a connection with HomeLet

HomeLet is launching a new online facility which will enable letting agents to post feedback, suggest ideas for new products and services and share best practice. 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...

Britain’s fastest growing farming sector? Cannabis!

Landlords are in danger of being inadvertently caught up in drug rings. 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...

GMG Property Services links up with Facebook

A new social media service gives its property agents’ listings automatic access to the key social media channels, including to Facebook Marketplace, as a way of reaching more home movers. 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...

Lenwell still celebrating its award hat-trick

Lenwell Property Services scored a hat-trick of awards at this year’s Lettings Agency of the Year Awards, and to them it feels like they’ve won the World Cup! 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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NLA Property Women Awards

“Cinderella” did go to the ball, or at least she went to the National Landlords Association Property Women Awards Dinner. And she won the top award – Property Woman of the Year 2010. More...

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...

Flat out on housing costs

It’s true, the UK is the most expensive European country for flatsharers, at £348 per month according to a new study. 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...

Call to relax rules on letting advice

Expert highlights need for more rent protection advice for landlords in high risk times. More...

Silly season news

What's in a name? Lots of money, according to Zoopla. 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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Specialist rentals website launches

The appetite for niche portals continues with the launch of www.rentright.co.uk.
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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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‘Lets With Pets’ – sniff out the opportunity

The recently launched Dogs Trust ‘Lets With Pets’ campaign has proven a success with the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) licensed firms embracing the initiative. More...

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...

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...

Smug or mugged?

Knight Frank’s Wealth Report 2010 shows the winners and losers in the tricky world of international investment. 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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Housing market: a disastrous May

Lack of stock, lack of buyers, lack of finance – it's not a pretty sight, says Richard O'Donnell of Hometrack.
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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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NLA accreditation rolls out

173 local authorities have expressed a strong interest in NLA Accreditation.
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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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CFP Software wins in Cornwall

CFP Software has been presented with Silver award in two categories: Best Website and Best Marketing Strategy at last week’s Cornwall Business Awards.
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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...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme – it’s good to talk!

The silent times at TDS are over. A serious lack of communication between the Dispute Service and its letting agent clients – and indeed the property press, has resulted in major changes at TDS.
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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...

PROPERTYdrum needs you!

PROPERTYdrum is publishing a feature on estate agents' company magazines. Want to be in it? 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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NEWS FLASH! TDS boss steps down

Lawrence Greenberg, the Independent Case Examiner, is stepping down from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme as from June 1. More...

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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James Caan backs the sellers

Dragons' Den star James Caan has launched a second major initiative to pump life into the UK housing market. This time it's for sellers…
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Roux opens at the RICS in London

Michelin stars come to Parliament Square. Right! Who’s on expenses?!
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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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Property is better than gold – it's official!

Worldwide Property Group survey says 88 per cent of respondents named property as the best option for investment.
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We do like to be beside the (very posh) seaside

£3.8m holiday home comes on to the market – and it’s nowhere near London!
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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...

U.K. house prices set to rise by 5% in 2010

House prices in the UK will rise as low borrowing costs and the shortage of homes support the property market, the Centre for Economics and Business Research reports. 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...

New Chairman for TDS

Martin Partington CBE QC has been appointed Chairman of The Dispute Service, the organisation that runs the Tenancy Deposit Scheme. More...

Police investigate Huntingdon-based Price Properties

A police investigation has been launched after a Huntingdon-based letting agent ceased trading, owing landlords and tenants more than £50,000. 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...

Do you have an IT horror story? It could win you a website!

Free to enter competition which could win your agency a £10,000 website build from agency software specialists, Evolvin Software. 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...

Letting agents at risk

The majority of the letting agents say non-payment of rent is the biggest single risk for landlords in the PRS, yet only a third offer insurance, says Michael Portman of LIS. More...

Now agents can pass on property details by Bluetooth

Textboards introduce Bluetooth technology in a new service to pass property details from agents to customers' mobile phones. More...

Zero cars for zero carbon

Now the UK's greenest housing development does away with car ownership (but not cars...) More...

Record number of tenant applications for Countrywide

A record 48,332 new tenants registered for rental accommodation in the first three months of the year, according to Countrywide. 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...

NIMBYs challenge estate agent’s plans for campsite

Neighbours up in arms as an estate agent gears up for a Summer Solstice rally. 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...

Colliers CRE results

Chairman of Colliers CRE plc optimistic despite posting an operating loss of £10.1m. 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...

£9.5m raised at Andrews and Robertson’s March auction

Andrews and Robertson’s first-ever March sale sees 60 per cent of the 76 lot catalogue sold in the room. 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...

Leaders gets acquisitive

Leaders is on the acquisition trail after a £48 million management buy-out. 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...

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...

Inventory Clerk Of The Year Award – the winner!!

It's the most prestigious of awards for the Inventory industry and for 2010 the winner is... 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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Foxtons - the legal fallout for letting agents

Lawyer Rosemary Herbert at Howard Kennedy has reviewed the case for us and distilled the fact from the furore. More...

iSold (estate agency down the river!)

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

TDS stays tight-lipped

They've knocked some off some bills, but there is still little being said. 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...

Letting agents get cream on top!

A new package of customer benefits loads up Homelet appeal. 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...

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...

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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...

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...

Sex and drugs and loser landlords

Landlords’ properties are being targeted by criminal gangs as a cover for illegal activity, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA) 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...

Judge lets property to 'head shop'

The dangers of letting your property out to the wrong kind of people. 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...

Lettings Agents "irate and abusive" over TDS price hike.

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has admitted that it has received mixed reactions to its subscription invoices for the first half of 2010-11. More...

Do you work in Oxford? PROPERTYdrum needs you!

Is Oxford a great place to live and work? Is it worth us dreaming about the spires? Is it cutting edge or is it crumbly? Let us know! More...

Estate agents on film – now in HD!

New service allows you to show your properties on your site in TV-quality high definition video. 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...

Australia beckons, says Phil, but is it cheaper?

Is moving Down-Under such a brilliant idea as Phil Spencer seems to think? More...

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

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

House values affect birth rate

Lack of affordable housing keeps babies at bay. More...

Foxtons comes out fighting

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

Chesterton Humbert's major rebrand

MPL Interiors have undertaken a major rebranding of Chesterton Humberts to bring the UK branch network under one identity. More...

Tweet this property!

PropertyADD has announced the release of a new function enabling agents to send Twitter updates straight from their desktops to their community of followers. 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...

Darling clamps down on buy-to-let

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling proposes to extend the FSA’s powers to oversee buy-to-let loans and second mortgages. More...

Dogs allowed

Residential lettings | Commercial sales and/or lettings | Landlord | Inventories

A dog isn't just for Christmas, it's for rented accommodation too. 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...

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...

Landlords - thinking of selling up?

A new way of selling a property portfolio – the Property Divestment Scheme - has been developed for landlords who want to dispose of tenanted properties (quickly!). More...

Virtual tours for the masses

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

Auction turns over £83m of properties in a day

Allsop's October Commercial Auction was its most successful auction in 3 years. 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...

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...

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...

Rents rise, but so do arrears

Rents rose sharply in August, up 1.4%, the third consecutive monthly increase and the fastest growth since July 2008. 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...

NALS members now 'licensed' to let

Residential lettings | Commercial sales and/or lettings | Landlord

Letting agents bearing the NALS kitemark are now fully licensed to let under the NALS scheme. More...

New property auction website goes live

A new website – Bidprop.co.uk – has just been launched, with a new angle on auctioning property online with particular appeal to estate agents and professional sellers. More...

Falling rents slow as property supply dwindles

The rental market saw the rate at which rents decreased ease slightly in the three months to July, says the latest RICS Lettings Survey. More...

Software reveals the seven deadly sins of estate agency

New software highlights the seven warning signs of poor performers in the portfolio. More...

NAEA members "want their association back!"

Following Stewart Lilly’s dramatic resignation two weeks ago from the NFOPP and NAEA boards, rumblings of discontent continue through the organisation. More...

Letsure launches combined rent guarantee product

Residential lettings | Financial services | Commercial sales and/or lettings | Property management | Landlord

A new combined reference and rent guarantee insurance product has just been launched to the landlord market. More...

Scotland ends right-to-buy scheme

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has outlined plans to end the right to buy for council tenants as part of its new legislative programme for 2009-10. 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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