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An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

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

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

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

A London-focused lettings agency is partnering with Barratt London to encourage Indian investors. Barratt London, with 40 years’ experience in the capital...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Belvoir franchisee Lloyd Rumbold has completed on the acquisition of Belvoir West Bridgford, adding a fourth franchise to his portfolio of...

South East property group Beresfords has appointed Bernadette Barcham to its Board of Directors.  A statement from the firm says the move...

The directors of Winkworth are warning shareholders of a challenging period thanks to higher and faster-raising interest rates - with only...

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

Spicerhaart Lettings has expanded expands its property management division with two key appointments. Natalie Giles has been appointed as the new Property...

Grosvenor Billinghurst, the Surrey lettings agency that serves the towns and surrounding areas of Cobham, Claygate and Hinchley Wood, is now...

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

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

A Midlands-based agency is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. Sheldon Bosley Knight has launched the...

Propertymark wants letting agents to join its leadership team and ambassadorial positions. The trade body says it is seeking new directors for...

An agency is giving every one of its 600 full time employees a £750 one-off payment to help with the cost...

There will be up to six new branches opened this year for the franchise brand Winkworth. The agency made its announcement in...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

Independent lettings agents are being invited to book a place at a monthly networking dinner organised by an agency in Essex.  Matt...

Purplebricks chairman Paul Pindar has survived a challenge from a rebel investor - but shareholders appear split.  A company general meeting -...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

Trading Standards is describing a penalty imposed on a London letting agent as “a landmark” after the company failed to comply...

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

The appetite for qualifications in the lettings  sector is at a five-year high, says Propertymark Qualifications. The organisation - which is the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

A two-branch lettings agency in Hertfordshire has ceased trading and says it will soon be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. A statement...

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...

Propertymark has expressed a sigh of relief at a decision this week by the Appeal Court, which ruled in favour of...

London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...

Spicerhaart has announced two new lettings directors to support its £30m expansion programme. Liam Davorn, 57, has 30 years in the profession...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management.  The...

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

A lettings agency in central London has been issued with a fine for not belonging to a Client Money Protection scheme. The...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

Propertymark, which embraces the Association of Residential Letting Agents, is seeking two new non-executive directors. The body has been in the news of...

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...

Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector.  Two new...

An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

A lettings agency that started life as an idea between two friends 15 years ago is now celebrating managing over £100m...

Franchise holders of EweMove in the westcountry have acquired over 100 managed units from an independent agency. Anita Light and Paul Gammage,...

The National Landlords Association has appointed a new chairman - he’s Adrian Jeakings who comes to the position with many years of...

At Rent4sure we understand the challenges and increasing responsibilities that face every letting agent right now. With government plans for an outright...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

A specialist insurance provider has reminded landlords and letting agents of the pitfalls associated with rent guarantee insurance.  Cover4LetProperty suggests that squeezed...

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...

A landlord who ran multiple property companies but failed to declare his income or that he was a company director to...

In the week that the government announced a ban on letting agents levying fees on tenants, one multi-office estate agency has...

Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...

The National Landlords’ Association has announced that three new non-executive directors to join its board.   Adrian Jeakings is a former president of...

A London estate and letting agency has announced the appointment of 19 new members of staff as a result of a...

On October 6 2015 we published an article concerning Clever Student Lets Ltd, entitled “Agents back political probe into deal between...

Four well-known figures in the worlds of compliance and agency training have joined forces to launch the Property Professionals Support Centre. PPSC...

Countrywide has acquired Woods Estate Agents, a Bristol-based lettings and sales agency with five branches covering the city and north Somerset. Woods...

Atlantis has sold its Reading-based lettings and estate agency to the Romans Group, with £5m being paid to Atlantis’s ultimate owner, John...

A letting agent has been disqualified from acting as a director for 10 years following the collapse of his Hove agency,...

An amnesty on the licensing of houses in multiple occupation is being held in Barnet in north London following the successful...