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Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...

One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...

Part of the fast-growing Lomond Group of lettings agencies has signed a new partnership deal with a major football club. Stonehouse in...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

A guide has been launched to help letting agents put empathy at the heart of customer care and ensure customers benefit...

Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...

A PropTech supplier says it’s created a solution to letting agents and landlords who must remain compliant and who want to...

The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...

A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...

A PropTech supplier which helps agents and landlords identify private rental sector licensing issues has announced a new partnership. Geospatial technology firm...

The appetite for qualifications in the lettings  sector is at a five-year high, says Propertymark Qualifications. The organisation - which is the...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

Online agency Hortons, which operates its sales activities across five countries, has opened a lettings department. The new service will initially be...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...

A lettings agency has gone on the offensive and is publishing landlords who switch from rivals because of allegedly poor service. And...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

Two agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay compensation awards. Thamlet Estates, based in east London,...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

A leading figure in the agency training and qualifications sector is predicting that as agents have increasingly adapted to ‘the new...

A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...

A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Zero Deposit has outlined three top tips for letting agents - with a focus on what the Proptech firm calls “customer...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

Leeds property investment agency ERE Property has undergone a company-wide rebrand in the UK and Hong Kong. No images have been released...

The Letting Partnership has been recognised for its excellence in Innovation, winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The supplier’s HealthChecks are widely...

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.”  Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

A lettings agent who wants tenants to take out policies to fund complaints against agencies and landlords has branded the social...

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

Keller Williams UK - one of the growing number of agencies to operate with self-employed agents working from a central hub...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

An industry partner has donated more than £10,000 to local charities and community good causes over the past 18 months. Former journalist...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...

Propertymark is reminding all agents and suppliers, including sole traders, that they must register with the Information Commissioner’s Office if they...

A lettings agency in central London has been issued with a fine for not belonging to a Client Money Protection scheme. The...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil.  Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

An online lettings agency that claims to have analysed the costs of “a selection” of 12 High Street agencies has accused...

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A London agency says it’s doubled its rental deals over an eight week period, helped by adopting a virtual tours app. Paramount,...

Chris Hope, senior partner at Dawsons and Fine & Country agencies, will be one of the main speakers at a prestigious...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...

A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office.  Bonds, which...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

Henry Adams Lettings in Bognor Regis has joined forces with AC Lettings, one of the largest and most successful independent lettings...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

Ten estate agencies have signed up to a partnership programme with the easyStorage company, which allows lettings and sales firms to...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

A heroic lettings agency in the south west of England has stepped up to the plate this half-term week by offering...

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus.  The cloud-based...

A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence.  Mishon Mackay,...

Most tenants claim they are “intimidated” when agents or landlords telephone them about arrears - and they would much prefer a text. A small...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...

The acquisition of a Newcastle independents has allowed Northwood to become one of the city’s largest lettings agencies. Inderpal Dhillon and Aman Singh of...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units.  Linley &...

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...

Belvoir says it is on the lookout for agencies wanting to sell or join a franchise operation as they come out...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

Two estate agencies in the same city have merged - but it means one long-standing agency’s name will disappear. The Leicester firm...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary.  Home Made, which operates...

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford.  This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

The majority of letting agents have lost up to 20 per cent of their revenue because of the fees ban -...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...

Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today -...

Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...

One of West Sussex’s largest agencies, Michael Jones & Company, has acquired an independent rival as part of a move to...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

The online lettings agency Upad has this weekend published an immediate closure announcement on its website. It reads: “We regret to inform...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

The letting and estate agencies which have provided the most consistent levels of high customer service are to be recognised with...

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...