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![PropTech App claims to onboard tenants and manage tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
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
![Zoopla gives Alto agents a new Marketplace product](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency celebrates quartet of qualified staff and ARLA members](/upload/images/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![ESTAS Awards shortlist - 80 agents named by group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed that over 80 of its member agents have been shortlisted for The ESTAS 2023. The...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents offered white label training and qualifications](/upload/images/shutterstock_1916934821.jpg)
Online training and qualifications provider The Able Agent is launching a new white label training platform. The ‘In-House by the Able Agent’...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chance to think faster, sharper and better](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Propertymark’s showcase event this year is to be addressed by a person who is a chartered psychologist, neuroscientist, science communicator, author...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket launches free accounting functions on lettings platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ApartmentSearch-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket Software, the tech division of the portal’s parent group, has announced the inclusion of client accounting functions in its TecLet...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major PropTech deal revealed between Zoopla’s Alto and Goodlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
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
![Early bird going cheap - massive agency event begins ticket sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Early bird tickets are now on sale for estate agent body Propertymark’s biggest event of the year at Wembley on June...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket webinar series presents suppliers to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Portal_Agents-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals. Since Jason Tebb...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket unveils latest exclusive deal for member agents](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket has agreed an exclusive deal with a training service to offer agents online courses at discounted rates. The partnership means The...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online lettings training course launched for property managers](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/WorkFromHomeDesk-400x310.jpg)
An online property training service has launched a specialist property management course, which it claims goes “beyond legislation.” The Certificate in Lettings...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![EPC pledge from new Sustainable Agents initiative](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyCarbonNeutral695x395.jpg)
Letting agencies will soon be able to calculate their carbon footprint as part of an initiative called The Sustainable Agents scheme. It’s...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – supporting smarter, more streamlined enforcement with PropTech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent writes book telling landlords - “What’s holding you back?”](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency training success for five staff with four more to come](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/Staff-Recruitment-Image-400x310.jpg)
A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency training programme launches apprenticeship scheme](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/Staff-Recruitment-Image-400x310.jpg)
Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla unveils help for agents sharing compliance docs with tenants](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents will pursue careers and not just jobs next year - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialAtWork-Tat-400x310.jpg)
A leading figure in the agency training and qualifications sector is predicting that as agents have increasingly adapted to ‘the new...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings Hub](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/The%20Lettings%20Hub/Nathan400x310px.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...
26 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![PropTech integration means anti-rental fraud help via agents’ CRM](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-400x310.png)
Agents using Reapit now have access to tenant due diligence and guarantee firm Homeppl, which will assist in combating rental fraud. Homeppl...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Free Facebook training offer for regional agents](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Lockdown is agents’ chance to plan for 2021 say training firms](/img/default/lat.png)
Two industry training firms say the lockdown beginning this week gives agents an opportunity to prepare for 2021. Agency Mentors and The Able Agent...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech and training deals announced by independent agents’ group](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Online service denies claim it helps agents avoid portal fees](/img/default/lat.png)
An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: All tenancies subject to ‘Human Habitation’ from tomorrow](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New advice on staff rights, home working, security - Conquering Corona](/img/default/lat.png)
Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Porsche-driving agent crook repays just £43,000 of missing £241,000](/img/default/lat.png)
A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![The next generation of renters has arrived. Are you ready to find them a home?](/img/default/lat.png)
You don’t need to go far for news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to proposed...
27 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Shock claim that one-in-five agents still have no Client Money Protection](/img/default/lat.png)
An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Should there be a Rogue Tenants register? Should the lettings industry fight back?](/img/default/lat.png)
The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![5 reasons landlords love PayProp](/img/default/lat.png)
Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...
05 March 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Fixflo's ARLA deal allows agents to build tenancy contracts from scratch](/img/default/lat.png)
Fixflo has teamed up with ARLA Propertymarket to launch a new Tenancy Builder tool to enable agents to easily build tenancy...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sharma told that London licensing proposal is his 'first big test'](/img/default/lat.png)
Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![More landlords using agents after buy to let taxes kick in](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent on bail after theft and fraud charges](/img/default/lat.png)
The director of a letting agency in Devon has been released on bail until June 2. In November and December, Letting Agent...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agent reported arrested on fraud and money laundering charges](/img/default/lat.png)
A local newspaper says a Plymouth lettings agent has been arrested by police on suspicion of theft, fraud and money laundering. Last...
23 December 2016
From: Breaking News
!['Missing' letting agent in police probe issues statement after stroke](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agent whose office closure prompted a police investigation has issued a statement saying she has had a stroke. The agency, Drake...