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Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has acquired the book of business of the Boococks agency as part of its West Yorkshire growth...

An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency.  Preston Baker...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate.  Savills, and...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR. HLR was established in 1986, growing...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...

It's reported that the Lomond estate agency group, which is heavily backed by private equity and which has expanded through serial...

Claire Williams, the former team principal of the legendary Williams Formula One Team , has been named as one of the...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Fine & Country says it’s staging so-called Masterclass sessions with experts creating strategies “to help agents dominate the prime property market...

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...

Winkworth has appointed an ex-Chestertons and ex-Strutt and Parker industry figure to recruit new offices to the agency’s network. Chris Brand, who...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...

Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

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...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...

Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...