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17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
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The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods. The four...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets. The new logbooks...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence. The local portal...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit. Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...
31 January 2024
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A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
The ValPal Network - a lead generation product from Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today and other Today titles -...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
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A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lomond has acquired the rental portfolio of a lettings agency operating in Greater Manchester. Lomond snapped up the lettings book of Harvey...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...
11 September 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...
07 September 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims. This...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...
16 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
HM Treasury has published a consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering supervisory system, giving four options. Currently the supervisory system is...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A property company director who admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Anti-money laundering consultancy FCS Compliance has announced its latest Webinar for agents using Rightmove. And with it comes a warning that the...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Cloud-based software system Alto and repairs and maintenance management system Fixflo are to unveil an integration in the next fortnight. This will...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Online lettings agency Hortons has launched an Investors Club search portal, aimed at property investors and developers. The agency describes this as...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...
24 April 2023
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New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...
18 April 2023
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A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced its integration with lettings software provider Proman Technology Solutions to automate deposit registrations. The integration is available...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A company in the identity verification sector is warning that anti-money laundering checks are set to reach a new intensity in...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
ChatGTP and AI are of huge interest right now and the industry is assessing their potential impact on how we do...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...
10 February 2023
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Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti. Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Fines issued to agents for anti-money laundering non-compliance are getting bigger, reversing a downward trend seen throughout the pandemic, according to...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Crime Agency has the starring role at the first Rightmove Anti-Money Laundering webinar of the year, to be held next...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents. The trade body...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...
03 January 2023
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Propertymark wants the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to widen access to cash help to those that need it...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...
01 December 2022
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A new PropTech integration with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s API will help streamline deposit protection, it’s claimed. According to Debbie Davies of...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Over 1,000 agents attended an online launch event for a new lettings platform product from PropTech supplier Street Group. Some 150 agents...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Property professionals need to be more vigilant when it comes to their anti-money laundering processes. That’s the view of the manager of an...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The average Anti-Money Laundering fine handed to agents has soared by two thirds. An analysis of five industries - Accountancy, Estate/Lettings Agency,...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings platform Vouch and cloud-based software service Alto are teaming up for a webinar. The aim is to offer agents a route...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says it’s opened compliance cases against five member agencies following the latest HMRC publication of businesses who have failed to...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s good news and bad news for letting agents on the anti-money laundering front. The good news is that the overall number...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Households living in rental properties across the North of England face the biggest financial headache from soaring fuel price rises, according...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier says streamlining processes in the lettings sector could benefit agents, landlords and tenants alike, by producing a simpler...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
teclet, part of the OnTheMarket Group, has completed the integration of Muuvo into its lettings and management platform. The Muuvo platform uses...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...