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A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...

Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

PropTech service The Lettings Hub has announced a new strategic partnership with client accounting platform LettsPay.  This follows on from four additional...

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

Agency group My Property Box is continuing its long-term partnership with Darlington FC as sleeve sponsors for the 2023/24 season. The Darlington-headquartered...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...

A lettings guru is calling on agents to embrace social media trends in order to reach new audiences. Agent Rainmaker uses Reels...

A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

A new PropTech integration with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s API will help streamline deposit protection, it’s claimed. According to Debbie Davies of...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...

The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has issued this guidance for agents to pass to landlords. It coincides with Gas Safety Week,...

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - but at this stage it’s...

A PropTech supplier says streamlining processes in the lettings sector could benefit agents, landlords and tenants alike, by producing a simpler...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a tenant referencing service that it claims allows letting agents to conduct their own...

Build To Rent operator Avanton has pledged to build hundreds of new homes in two London hotspots under its A:Living brand. They...

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX.  The Lettings Hub says...

Gary Barker - the ex-Reapit supremo who controversially did not take up the role of chief executive at Boomin - is...

The team at Letting Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

Letting Agent Today would like to wish all agents and their families, staff and colleagues a wonderful Christmas 2021. It’s been an...

North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has announced a new integration with deposit alternative service Reposit.  Agents were already able to offer their...

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

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

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

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

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

Industry supplier The Lettings Hub has launched what it calls a free to use pre-tenancy management platform for agents. Called BOX it...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

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

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

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

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...

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

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

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

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

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

A rental activist who runs the Generation Rent pressure group has told landlords that if they are “serious” about providing long-term...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

A PropTech tool wants landlords to manage their own properties and is accusing agents of being likely to increase charges to...

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...

Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...

Darlington lettings agency My Property Box has signed a new deal to let properties in the area on behalf of developer...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...