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Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...
14 March 2024
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A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...
11 March 2024
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The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
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Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...
27 February 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit. Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...
15 February 2024
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While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
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One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...
13 February 2024
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Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...
31 January 2024
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The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
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Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
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Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
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Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group. Andrews branches will be able to...
22 January 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
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The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election. It’s to be on Wednesday March...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...
07 December 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...
03 November 2023
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Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
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One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...
25 October 2023
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The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...
24 October 2023
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A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...
20 October 2023
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In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....
16 October 2023
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A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...
13 October 2023
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Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...
06 October 2023
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Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...
06 October 2023
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Thousands of pounds of landlords’ money may be lost as a result of the administration of high-profile London lettings agency Douglas...
02 October 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...
25 September 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...
07 September 2023
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New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers. So far this year...
29 August 2023
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A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...
09 August 2023
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New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...
08 August 2023
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The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...
28 July 2023
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The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
19 July 2023
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A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...
12 July 2023
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We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...
04 July 2023
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Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...
03 July 2023
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Deposit alternative service flatfair has announced that its the first to integrate with The DPS. The integration will mean flatfair can offer...
03 July 2023
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A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected. Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...
27 June 2023
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Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...
19 June 2023
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A campaign group of activists says there have been only “few reports of dodgy behaviour” by agents and landlords in the...
09 June 2023
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Rightmove has launched the first rollout phase of products for agents, described as linking the rental journey from advertising and receiving...
24 May 2023
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PropTech rental platform Goodlord has partnered with an open banking platform to enhance its tenant referencing service. Goodlord, which first integrated open...
12 May 2023
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The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
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Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...
10 May 2023
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Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...
24 April 2023
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A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...
24 April 2023
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A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...
19 April 2023
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As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...
18 April 2023
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Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...
09 March 2023
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Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...
10 February 2023
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The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...
10 February 2023
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The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...
30 January 2023
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Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...
30 January 2023
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Propertymark has beefed up its compliance team with a recruit from the lettings sector. Darren Kitchenside, who has been at My Deposits...
09 January 2023
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Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...
29 December 2022
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Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...
08 December 2022
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A new study from Rightmove reveals what aspiring first-time buyers are most likely to cut back on in a bid to...
17 November 2022
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A council’s Trading Standards team is warning letting agents of a new clampdown on compliance failures. Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards says it’s received...
09 November 2022
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An agency group in Berkshire says it has reduced tenancy deposit return times by some 80 per cent in just two...
01 November 2022
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Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...
25 October 2022
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According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...
30 September 2022
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What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...
30 September 2022
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Zero Deposit is piloting a new product that provides six weeks’ cover on every tenancy, even when the renter selects a...
27 September 2022
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Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...
27 September 2022
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More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...
15 September 2022
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* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Deposit alternative service...
09 September 2022
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There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...
06 September 2022
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A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...
30 August 2022
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Purplebricks has announced a new director of risk and compliance, following its lettings division’s high profile compliance error last year. In Decvember...
24 August 2022
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Latest figures from the Tenancy Deposit Service shows a slight reduction in typical deposits for rental properties in England and Wales. At...
23 August 2022
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TDS, the dispute service, has announced an investment in PropTech organisation OpenBrix. This involves a licensing deal that will see OpenBrix’s tlyfe...
22 August 2022
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Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies. It has...
16 August 2022
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A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...
15 August 2022
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Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...
02 August 2022
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The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...
01 August 2022
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The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...
26 July 2022
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Propertymark says letting agents should be aware of the financial implications of failing to deregister tenant deposits. This kind of failure after...
26 July 2022
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A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
22 July 2022
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The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...
20 July 2022
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Tenancy Deposit Scheme, the not-for-profit government-backed protection service, has announced an upgraded PropTech integration with automated deposit registration platform MRI Software. TDS...
20 July 2022
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Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...
12 July 2022
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Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...
29 June 2022
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At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...
23 June 2022
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The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
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The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
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The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...
13 June 2022
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A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...
07 June 2022
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The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...
07 June 2022
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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...
27 May 2022
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Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...
23 May 2022
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Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
23 May 2022
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Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...
19 May 2022
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The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
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Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...