Fees bomb | Zoopla coup | Proptech launches

Estate agents face mandatory referral fee transparency rules following shock report<br />

Trading standards has concluded its officially-sanctioned into referral fees and recommended agents are forced to comply or face expulsion from industry.

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Agency behind SayNoToRightmove rejoins Zoopla, but will it now quit Rightmove?<br />

Acorn, which has four brands and 40 branches across London and the South is tight lipped about whether it will now leave Rightmove.

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Guest blog: The industry must engage with the cladding scandal – it'll soon affect us all

Former D&G senior executive and now tech leader, says agents who think  the problems faced by over 500,000 towers block flat owners will go away are mistaken.

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Challenger portal ‘pivots’ to give member agents control of business

Free-to-list platform Residential People is 14 months old and has 1,800 listing agents but says it now wants to turn into a mutual-style property portal.

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Senior industry figure launches unique compliance platform for agents

Michael Stoop has partnered with leading industry compliance figure Caroline Kenny to create a mobile resource for agents.

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"Build build build" – Boris starts the planning revolution

The Government is consulting on its radical proposals for the planning approval process in England – but, Nigel Lewis asks, will it really allow developers to build more homes?

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