Estate agents: from buy it to buy me


Britain’s estate agents are in big trouble. New figures released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reveal the number of successful transactions per estate agent have reached a 30-year low, with an average of just 17.4 transactions per estate agent made in the three months to the end of May.

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

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Tory money scandals are rich and timely reminders


It seems the media has sated its appetite for condemning the Labour government, at least for the time being. Now the focus is on the Conservatives, with a couple of high-profile stories this past week focusing on flagrant abuses of power and privilege at the taxpayers’ expense.

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

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