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The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
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The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...
03 April 2024
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Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...
21 February 2024
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A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
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Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
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The fast-growing Lomond Group has announced two lettings book acquisitions in the central belt of Scotland. Lomond, which has made nearly 50...
22 November 2023
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Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...
16 November 2023
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Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...
07 August 2023
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Lettings agents within The Guild of Property Professionals think that the Renters Reform Bill could cause many landlords to quit. Graham Wood,...
01 June 2023
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Upmarket lettings agency Savills has moved its 30-strong team in Reading into a prominent new office in the town centre. The firm’s...
20 March 2023
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The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out. Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...
07 March 2023
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Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...
01 February 2023
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The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...
21 December 2022
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Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...
09 November 2022
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One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 2022
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Changes to Right to Rent checks will be explained in detail in the latest free webinar to be organised by Propertymark...
17 October 2022
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The Lettings Candidate of the Year has been named by Propertymark Qualifications, at an awards event at the British Museum. The successful...
14 October 2022
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The shortlists for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards have been announced, with four vying for Lettings Candidate of the Year. The awarding...
28 September 2022
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A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...
16 August 2022
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Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...
09 June 2022
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A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
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An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...
28 April 2022
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Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...
01 March 2022
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
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A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...
14 January 2022
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Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
10 January 2022
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The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...
05 October 2021
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A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...
15 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...
22 June 2021
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TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...
10 May 2021
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Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony. Traditionally...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Brown & Co’s new regional hub has opened in Lincoln, which will be the new base for the company’s team relocated...
05 January 2021
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Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...
04 January 2021
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Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...
23 December 2020
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A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...
15 April 2020
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Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...
14 April 2020
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The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...
02 April 2020
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Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...
18 December 2019
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ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents, conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...
14 November 2019
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The letting and estate agencies which have provided the most consistent levels of high customer service are to be recognised with...
10 October 2019
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Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...
24 September 2019
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The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...
14 May 2019
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HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...
07 May 2019
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Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...
11 April 2019
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Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
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The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...
14 March 2019
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East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...
17 January 2019
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Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch. The agency being...
12 October 2018
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New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...
01 October 2018
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The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...
27 September 2018
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Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...
05 July 2018
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Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...
22 June 2018
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The ESTAS has announced its final and, to many, its most prestigious shortlist for this year’s awards - a special category...
26 March 2018
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Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...
15 March 2018
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. In...
22 February 2018
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Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...
09 February 2018
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Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...
24 January 2018
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The ESTAS Group has just announced record entries for its 2018 letting and estate agents awards. The national award scheme - which...
24 January 2018
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Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...
16 January 2018
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It’s that time of the year again - when the race begins to find out who will win The ESTAS Supplier...
24 November 2017
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Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed joint agent and sole lettings manager for Britannia Point, a 182 unit Build To Rent...
10 November 2017
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A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
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Letting agency Saxons has been fined more than £3,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of displaying an unauthorised To Let...
03 October 2017
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A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
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William H Brown, part of Sequence UK, has revealed it has snapped up another small independent - just days after its...
09 August 2017
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Two independent agencies in Newbury are merging. After a 40 year career in agency, Jeffery Brown from Atkinson Keene decided to retire...
25 July 2017
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Two board members of Shelter who have links with the Grenfell Towers fire tragedy have resigned, according to a report in...
26 June 2017
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A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...
02 June 2017
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Two letting agents who have run their town centre business for 24 years are starting well-earned retirements. Nicky Nettelfield and Irene Brown...
31 May 2017
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Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...
11 November 2016
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Labour’s respected housing expert, John Healey, is now back on the front bench as the party’s housing spokesman after a spat...
11 October 2016
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A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that letting agents are “completely unregulated” and that tenants are being “held...
09 June 2016
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Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...
12 May 2016
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As we reported yesterday, The Property Ombudsman has expelled two letting agencies and is warning consumers about the firms, which are...
05 May 2016
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Consumers are being warned by The Property Ombudsman redress scheme about the actions of two lettings agents based in Southampton. Both agencies,...
04 May 2016
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Connells Residential Lettings has announced three new lettings area managers to grow its central division offering, covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire...
03 May 2016
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Statistics revealed by ESTAS founder Simon Brown reveal just how important the awards are in terms of showing public support for...
22 April 2016
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The complete list of this year’s ESTAS award winners has now been released after a hugely successful ceremony in London hosted...
19 April 2016
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This week the ESTAS has announced the shortlist for one of its most prestigious awards categories, The People Awards. Twenty members of...
17 March 2016
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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
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New partners have been announced for The ESTAS Group's annual awards event taking place in London in April. The headline sponsor remains...
10 February 2016
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An automated rental transaction processing that has high-profile agency users around the world is set to launch in the UK later...
09 February 2016
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The man behind a new competition for agents says he has taken the initiative to try to redress the negative press...
03 November 2015
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Connells Residential is launching its first ever event for property investors - Invest Fest, in Birmingham next week. The agency chain has...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The Build To Rent movement, whereby financial and other institutions fund the construction of purpose-built rental accommodation and go on to...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS, the longest and largest awards ceremony in the residential agency industry, has outgrown its old venue and is moving...
24 July 2015
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Connells Group has acquired another lettings independent - Selective Lets in Dunstable - following a series of recent purchases and takeovers. Selective...