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The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

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

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

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

TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...

Tesco and Morrison supermarket chains are now selling Airbnb gift cards, which are also available from the short lets platform directly...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

Supermarket chains like John Lewis and banks like Lloyds - both entering the private rental sector as large scale landlords -...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

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

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs.  A...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...

The Tenant Fees Act coming into effect tomorrow and banning fees on tenants in England has been given a ringing endorsement...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...

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

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

The Lomond Capital acquisition bandwagon continues apace with the latest independent to be snapped up being the well known Bonett’s Estate...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

One of the UK’s largest independent letting agency chains, Leaders, has entered into a partnership with specialist energy provider Spark Energy.    Leaders...

Agencies are responding to the latest criticism of their fees on tenants, levied by the pressure group Generation Rent.    The group -...

Beresford Residential, an agency with three offices in south London, is taking over the lettings and management portfolio of smaller independent, XanderMatthew.  Beresford has...

The controversial three per cent stamp duty surcharge on buy to let and other second home purchases will cause conveyancing “mayhem”...

Chestertons has announced the launch of an exclusive partnership with reward currency Avios.  The initiative – which Chestertons says is an industry...