Eviction ban backlash | Staff fraud | Benefits reform

Radical benefits reform needed to protect both agents, tenants and landlords, says trade body<br />

Accreditation body Safeagent has suggested half a dozen or so well-argued ideas to stop a tsunami of evictions after the latest ban ends.

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Daily Telegraph gives Zoopla a £50,000 prize for its saucy advertising

The newspaper has decided Zoopla's 'We know what a home is really worth’ campaign is so good it's given the portal free advertising on its website.

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Shambolic evictions ban U-turn 'not acceptable' say landlords and agents<br />

The Government's decision to ignore its own advice and extend the stay on possession hearings has angered almost the entire private rental sector in one go.

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Are there reasons to be cheerful?

Amid the worst set of economic conditions since the Middle Ages, Anthony Codling’s pint looks half empty. Could anything change his view? 

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Minister backs plans to get rid of private gardens for new-build homes<br />

Agents may soon have one less item to include in their property details for homes – a patch of greenery at the back.

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Two Countrywide staff avoid jail after £70k invoice and mileage fraud

Admin workers at Miller Countrywide used fake invoices and false mileage claims through the company to complete the frauds.

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