Agency launch | Connells claim | Post-Purplebricks re-start TDS 'founding father' Mike Morgan joins rival Hamilton Fraser<br /> 52-year-old solicitor's duties will include heading up Hamilton Fraser's two new dispute resolution and letting agent support services.Click here to read TDS 'founding father' Mike Morgan joins rival Hamilton Fraser<br />. We're back! Liverpool estate agency re-launches lettings after £3.5m Purplebricks deal After selling its lettings operation to the hybrid agency in 2017, The Venmore Group is now free to re-establish its property management division.Click here to read We're back! Liverpool estate agency re-launches lettings after £3.5m Purplebricks deal. Leading regional agent launches 'new model' sales firm<br /> Hull-based Rezee charges buyers a 1.5% fee and vendors 0% and claims that its business model is the future of the industry.Click here to read Leading regional agent launches 'new model' sales firm<br />. The Ombudsman Files: Where’s the garden gone? The Property Ombudsman (TPO) received a complaint about a property being not quite as advertised, with a very late change of particulars. Katrine Sporle adjudicates.Click here to read The Ombudsman Files: Where’s the garden gone?. UK's only free trade mag for estate and letting agents – <br />read it now! Packed with expert advice, opinion and information to help you navigate through the crisis and get your business ship-shape. Click here to read UK's only free trade mag for estate and letting agents – <br />read it now!. Agents report 'astonishing' house price growth as mini-boom continues<br /> Data from LSL shows double digit growth in some areas including Bristol where homes are selling for 12.6% more than a year ago.Click here to read Agents report 'astonishing' house price growth as mini-boom continues<br />. 'We looked after our staff during Covid', says Connells' CEO Agency giant says furloughed staff had their salaries topped up to 100% until they returned to work following the lockdown.Click here to read 'We looked after our staff during Covid', says Connells' CEO. 2017-05-17 Grant Leonard