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Preventative measures are everything where referencing is concerned. But with so many solutions out there, promising so much, it can be difficult...

Propertymark says its Inspire programme is continuing to help agents via its small group network - and it’s taking bookings for...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

The average deposit paid by a new private tenant is now £1,299 according to a new player in the deposit alternative...

Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

The latest survey from a specialist landlord insurance firm confirms what many in the industry will have known for a long...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

The chairman of Choices letting agency says the government is wrong to say its proposed tax changes will create a level...

As estate agents, business people and just plain people for that matter, we can't help looking at the way our society...

Yesterday we heard about the letter from the CMA warning agents about anti-competitive behaviour. Today, in a scoop for Estate Agent...

This publication recently reported on Russell Quirk's latest attempt to upset the establishment, this time by attacking the hallowed ground of...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...