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An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Fine & Country says it’s staging so-called Masterclass sessions with experts creating strategies “to help agents dominate the prime property market...

Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...

Winkworth has appointed an ex-Chestertons and ex-Strutt and Parker industry figure to recruit new offices to the agency’s network. Chris Brand, who...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...

Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

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

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

Letting agents looking to boost the power of lead generation are invited to an exclusive event later this week. Agent Rainmaker is...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

The partners of high end agency and property consultancy Cluttons have announced the completion of a management buyout.  James Gray continues as...

A total of 13 franchisees from brands within the Belvoir Group have graduated from what the firm calls “a unique new...

The fast-growing Lomond Group has announced two lettings book acquisitions in the central belt of Scotland.  Lomond, which has made nearly 50...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...

The Federation of Independent Agents has selected an automated client account platform as a supplier.  The FIA was established in by Graham...

A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...

It looks as if the government is accepting that there is a problem with how banks treat Pooled Client Accounts -...

A Manchester-based company which runs what it calls “an instant booking student accommodation marketplace” has joined forces with Norwegian tech firm...

Lomond has acquired the rental portfolio of a lettings agency operating in Greater Manchester.   Lomond snapped up the lettings book of Harvey...

The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

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

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired small independent single-branch Rosedale Letting Specialists. The acquisition gives the group a new location in Lincolnshire, and...

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...

HM Treasury has published a consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering supervisory system, giving four options. Currently the supervisory system is...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

Propertymark has put forward a six-point plan to slash economic crime in the property sector. The trade body says a series of...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

The Renters (Reform) Bill rewrites many of the rules that the private rented sector has played by for decades. This may...

Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with training guru Dean Gill taking the reins. He succeeds previous...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

An independent agency with a lettings portfolio of 400 units has been snapped up by franchise holders in the Newton Fallowell...

Connells Group - which at 150,000 tenancies under management claims to be the UK’s largest lettings business - has announced a...

The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

Strathspey Capital is to become Scotland’s largest factoring business after acquiring Glasgow-based Speirs Gumley. Factoring is the term commonly used in Scotland...

Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

Chestertons - London’s oldest estate agency which is itself up for sale - has snapped up a small independent. It has acquired...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...

The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has partnered with maintenance specialist Help Me Fix to support its property client base.  Help Me Fix, widely...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

Three branches of Hunters have been acquired by a successful duo of agents with years of experience in the company. Sam Lakin...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...

Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...