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Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...

A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...

A north of England agency is going green as it replaces its existing car fleet electric vehicles. The purchase of two Volkswagen...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

Volume developer Crest Nicholson has announced its biggest Build To Rent deal, worth £120m, organised in tandem with financial firm Oaktree. The...

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

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

A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...

A new PropTech platform has launched today linking tenants’ rental payments with their Experian credit histories, as well as providing reports...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

A letting agency in London has announced that it has dropped all fees it charges to tenants.  STANLEY Chelsea, a one branch...

The Liberal Democrats are following in the footsteps of some Green and Labour politicians in calling for a ban on letting...

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...

Two rogue landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street have...

The Green Party candidate for London Mayor says protests outside the MIPIM property conference have her backing as they highlight that...

Rents in the private sector have been falling in real terms according to an independent study just published.   The research, commissioned by...

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...

An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...

Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...

Leaders has acquired Home Counties estate agency Aston Mead in a deal which brings it additional branches in two new areas,...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

Could this happen here? Airbnb, the hugely successful online rental platform, has linked with a US property portal to give prospective...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...