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![Today - ESTAS shortlists for three top industry awards](/upload/images/shutterstock_2332847259.jpg)
The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech partnership promises lead generation for lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2336640023.jpg)
The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents must work with (not against) those wanting regulation - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lead Generation - Facebook ads far more potent than previously thought](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
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
![PropTech integration is first phase in bid to slash agent red tape](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
The ValPal Network - a lead generation product from Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today and other Today titles -...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![AI: Streamlining property particulars and saving thousands](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_638342005.jpg)
ChatGTP and AI are of huge interest right now and the industry is assessing their potential impact on how we do...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech bid to supercharge social media for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
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
![Revolutionary PropTech launch - supplier claims “phenomenal” feedback](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
A PropTech supplier claims to be shaking up the lettings market with the launch of its revolutionary Property Management software this...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/QueenMainImage400x310.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A statement from...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze “chaos” as politician cannot give details - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_Return_on_Time.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze Update - webinar next week for letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Rightmove will host...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternative firm adds traditional service to its platform](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PiggyBank-House-400x310.jpg)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Deposit alternative service...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Truss cost of living measures will impact lettings market - agency](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizTruss02-400x310.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The new Liz...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Essential to involve agents and landlords in reform - agency chief](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BridgingImage-InArticle.jpg)
Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is rental reform a distraction from government failures elsewhere?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Embrace technology or risk losing out to rivals - warning](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/SmartHome-Utilities-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures on banks’ client accounts services to agencies](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents must be more transparent to staff and customers - call](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![ARLA President lifts the lid on Propertymark and careers for agents](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark President Maxine Fothergill has lifted the lid on what is required of a letting agent holding that position in...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Wishing all our readers a Happy New Year](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
The team at Letting Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year. Thank you for your...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rewards for tenants could allow agents to boost fees - PropTech chief](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlinePropertySearch-3-400x310.jpg)
Perhaps few letting agents consider giving anything like rewards to tenants, but if they did there might be a case for...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![What’s Damp and What’s Mildew? How inventories can help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Happy New Year from Letting Agent Today and Angels Media](/img/default/lat.png)
Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Merry Christmas from Letting Agent Today and Angels Media](/img/default/lat.png)
We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Regulation chief says complaints about rental sector are common](/img/default/lat.png)
The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Quick Read Top Tips - 5 best practices for all businesses](/img/default/lat.png)
Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
![How to Reach More Landlords Part 2 - Using Innovative ‘Feet Up’ Campaign to Win Business](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Top tips for creating engaging blog content](/img/default/lat.png)
Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Top 5 tips for successful estate agent social media management](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Five top tips for lead generation](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Top things to look for in a valuation tool](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![New editor for Landlord Today from tomorrow](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s to be a new editor for Landlord Today from tomorrow, Thursday October 1. It’s to be Graham Norwood, currently editor of...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Goal! The industry’s favourite five-a-side tournament is back...](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Happy New Decade - and this is what rentals looked like in 2010](/img/default/lat.png)
Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Merry Christmas from Letting Agent Today - enjoy the festivities!](/img/default/lat.png)
This is our last edition of Letting Agent Today until Friday December 27 and everyone at Angels Media, LAT and the...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Advanced Rent Option means less work for landlords - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top Suppliers named in latest ESTAS 2019 shortlist - are YOU there?](/img/default/lat.png)
The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Action! Agency business booms thanks to cinema tickets for landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Want to give other agents (and LAT) a good kicking? It's 5-a-side time...](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lee Dahill, Director of Sales for the Today publications and The ValPal Network](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Merry Christmas from everyone at Letting Agent Today...](/img/default/lat.png)
Everyone at Letting Agent Today wishes all our readers, agents and suppliers to the industry, a peaceful and loving Christmas. If at any...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![You’ve got to be in it to win it: ESTAS 2019 deadline looms](/img/default/lat.png)
There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Everything you ever needed to know about The ESTAS 2018...](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Record entries for lettings and estate agents' awards at ESTAS 2018](/img/default/lat.png)
The ESTAS Group has just announced record entries for its 2018 letting and estate agents awards. The national award scheme - which...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Merry Christmas from LAT - and here's a card to remember...](/img/default/lat.png)
So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Letting Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents - how are you coping with digital modernisation?](/img/default/lat.png)
Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting Agent Today on shortlist for Property Trade Magazine of the Year](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting Agent Today has been named as one of five titles on the shortlist for Property Trade Magazine of the Year...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Happy Easter from everyone at Letting Agent Today](/img/default/lat.png)
All good wishes for a happy and successful Easter for everyone in the industry from Letting Agent Today, and from our publisher...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Changes to Letting Agent Today: more information, easier to navigate](/img/default/lat.png)
You may have noticed some subtle changes to Letting Agent Today in recent weeks, aimed at improving the ‘user experience’ we...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Future:PropTech2017 unveils sponsors - including Angels Media](/img/default/lat.png)
Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Happy New Year from Letting Agent Today - this is what's in store](/img/default/lat.png)
This is the final Letting Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Angels Media welcomes one of Britain's top property journalists](/img/default/lat.png)
Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...
21 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![ESTAS shortlist announced after biggest-ever number of customer surveys](/img/default/lat.png)
A record 30,000 surveys have been submitted to the organisers of The ESTAS awards on the performance of estate and letting...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![The ESTAS follow the stars to a new home](/img/default/lat.png)
The ESTAS, the longest and largest awards ceremony in the residential agency industry, has outgrown its old venue and is moving...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: The rise of agent-rating websites](/img/default/lat.png)
The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...
10 July 2015
From: Features
![Property Natter: Agents, target your websites better!](/img/default/lat.png)
OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...
19 June 2015
From: Features
![Property Natter: Networking, teamwork and a fake England captain](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...
05 June 2015
From: Features
![Polish second most popular language for reporting tenant repairs](/img/default/lat.png)
Online repair reporting system Fixflo has revealed that other than English, Polish is by far the most commonly used language by...