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"Cowboy" letting agents who behave badly and charge rip-off fees must face tougher sanctions so they are put out of business, MPs say.

18 July 2013

UK house sales reached their highest level in more than two and-a-half years last month as confidence continued to return to the market, surveyors said today.

12 March 2013

A clampdown on the lettings sector is needed to stop rogue agents turning it into "the property industry's Wild West", the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) warns today.

22 November 2012

House sales have plummeted by almost 40% since the peak of the boom five years ago, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said today.

12 June 2012

A rush of first-time buyers trying to beat a stamp duty deadline gave the housing market a boost last month, a report says.

10 April 2012

House prices are falling, but more homes are being sold, property professionals say in a new report.

13 March 2012

Lenders have slashed interest on fixed rate mortgages, while the number of mortgages available to those with small deposits has also risen, new figures show.

9 June 2011

House prices will fall 2% in 2011 but a shortage of homes on the market should prevent bigger price slides, it was predicted today.

22 December 2010

16 August 2010

Property professionals saw house prices fall for the first time in a year last month and expect further declines as demand weakens, according to research today.

10 August 2010

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