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Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...

National property services group, Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Purplebricks’ lettings chief to become a director in its property management...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

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

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...

Although Purplebricks’s Scottish lettings book was sold in a deal over the Bank Holiday weekend, there remains uncertainty over the rest...

A buyer has been announced for part of the lettings portfolio of Purplebricks, it has been announced today. The deal, finalised for...

A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...

Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...

Agents Together, set up by Purplebricks founders the Bruce Brothers, has reached the milestone of arranging 800 mentorships. Agents Together is a...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

The chief executive of Purplebricks - chastened after a major split amongst the firm’s shareholders - claims there is a “big...

Purplebricks chairman Paul Pindar has survived a challenge from a rebel investor - but shareholders appear split.  A company general meeting -...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

Purplebricks is to reveal its latest trading figures next week in a crucial test for the turnaround strategy of new chief...

Purplebricks’ board has announced that a general meeting of shareholders will be held on December 19 - and it involves a...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

Rebel shareholders at Purplebricks want the current chairman to be replaced by industry veteran Harry Hill. Lecram Holdings Limited - which has...

Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...

Activist shareholders and agency industry analysts alike appear mystified at the latest high-flyer to depart suddenly from Purplebricks Yesterday the troubled agency...

Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...

What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...

An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

Purplebricks has announced a new director of risk and compliance, following its lettings division’s high profile compliance error last year.  In Decvember...

Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies.  It has...

A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...

A Purplebricks divisional lettings director has quit the troubled online agency and is returning to Spicerhaart, where she worked until a...

PropTech operator Lettingaproperty has won £750,000 to build a new rental platform of landlords and tenants. The cash boost, from the MEIF...

Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...

A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace.  Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...

Purplebricks has announced that its lettings division is to follow the pattern of its sales side, and no longer have self-employed...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

Purplebricks says its head of lettings has left after just eight months - and just days after a crisis involving tenant deposits. A Purplebricks...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many tenants and landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring deposits...

A marketing firm says super-speedy virtual tours - similar in duration to many videos on the TikTok social network - are...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

A new partnership with a PropTech supplier means Purplebricks is now offering landlord clients improved compliance over energy efficiency and other...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

Leeds agency HOP - previously well known as Let Leeds - is expanding its office network with the launch of a...

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...

A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...

Agents Together, the agency charity set up by Purplebricks and Boomin founders Michael and Kenny Bruce, says it’s hit an important...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

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

First, he was trying his hand in lettings, then he devised a 2.5% commission to take on Purplebricks. Now, after nine months...

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

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

Over half of the Millennials consulted in a survey say they want to get away from renting so badly they would...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

The death of the high street agency is a familiar headline, but PropTech can lower costs for bricks-and-mortar agencies and help...

Chris Wood, the Cornish agent who was recently the centre of a dispute with the Advertising Standards Authority, has announced that...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

One of Britain’s best known lettings agents has hit back at a journalist’s claims that the industry is in danger of...

Lavanda, a platform for short-lets backed by Purplebricks’ co-founder Kenny Bruce, says it is to roll-out across the UK from later...

New figures appear to show that younger people may prefer investing in property over pensions - giving new hope to the...

Purplebricks has announced that its lettings director, Richard Jacques, has sold a total of 60,000 shares in the hybrid agency.   Jacques sold...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...

A survey of students in Birmingham has discovered that over 44 per cent of respondents claim to have paid what the...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Hybrid letting and sales agency Purplebricks is ramping up its attack on high street agents with a claim that prospective tenants...

The Thames Valley Police says it wants to speak to a man in connection with an investigation in which a number of...

An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...

Purplebricks needs to expand its lettings activities to boost the volume of business it has and increase cash flow, according to...

The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...

The popularity of buy to let continues to soar according to data analysts Moneyfacts, despite a raft of new regulations coming...

One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on George Osborne's...

A lettings and sales agent in the Midlands has renewed his appeal for help following an apparent arson attack on his...

Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...