Eviction ban backlash | Staff fraud | Benefits reform




Radical benefits reform needed to protect both agents, tenants and landlords, says trade body

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

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

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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