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A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...
24 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...
14 July 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...
18 April 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us. These platforms...
17 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A new six-week online training session for lettings agents begins this week from Sally Lawson’s Agent Rainmaker service. Called ‘Achieving success by...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
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A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency that failed to pay a compensation award ordered by The Property Ombudsman has been expelled from the scheme...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation
A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus. The cloud-based...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
What is your business? Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...
15 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...
12 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The JLL lettings agency has launched a ‘virtual property manager’ for a small number of Build To Rent tenants, claiming it...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s chief executive officer, Peter Brooks-Johnson, is joining the board of an offshoot of a global classified listings operation. He is to...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News
A letting agent operating in Cambridgeshire has seemingly 'gone to ground', owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds. Frank Smart, who has...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...
11 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
There are plenty of helpful and reliable professionals in the letting industry, however it’s no secret that there are a lot...
13 April 2018
From: Sponsored Content
We’re grateful to The Property Group, an agency in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, for alerting us to an incident involving its Mayfair Town...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News
An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The Association of Residential Letting Agents and its sister organisation the National Association of Estate Agents has launched the second phase of...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
An eviction company called Remove A Tenant has been the subject of a complaint after a Facebook post which implied tenants...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...
23 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market. For the unitiated a bot is software that can...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News
A Facebook group has been set up to name and shame so-called ‘tenants from hell’. At the moment the page applies to...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News
A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News
The campaign group ACORN, which has in the past organised protests outside letting agency offices, is up in arms that a...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News
A council has scrapped its proposal to introduce a licensing campaign for private sector landlords following large-scale opposition and the formation...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News
An organisation called Somerset Property Network has organised over 50 landlords in the course of little over one month and it...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Research undertaken by one of Britain’s leading rental sector experts and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation gives perhaps the most...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News
The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News
The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Countrywide's on-going...
23 October 2015
From: Video Articles
A new service attempting to match prospective renters with available properties is emphasising its similarity to Tinder, the controversial online dating...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News
A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News
Mystery surrounds the fate of Kirby Property Management, a letting agency with offices at Cambourne, Cambridge and St Neots in the...