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

A lettings agency has gone on the offensive and is publishing landlords who switch from rivals because of allegedly poor service. And...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

Birmingham, Bristol and Leicester are seeing the fastest growth in Buy To Let investment according to new figures from a business...

Extending the length of Notice to Quit periods in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to up to six months...

Deposit replacement service Ome is launching a new platform for agent and landlord members. The portal, in development since the middle of...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

Skipton International says it’s seen “remarkable growth” in the Buy To Let mortgage market for expats, with completions skyrocketing in comparison...

London-based lettings platform Yorlet has won £350,000 in seed funding to develop its payment Proptec solution. Yorlet was founded by friends Max...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

Another report is talking up the Build To Rent niche in the British rental market. Sirius Property Finance has compiled BTR sector...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

Rightmove is hosting a new webinar this week for agents, focused on navigating the current rental market. Taking place tomorrow the webinar...

A Winkworth franchisee has opened his fourth office in the same region in four years. Jamie Moore has opened a new office...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...

Two agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay compensation awards. Thamlet Estates, based in east London,...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...

Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

Agent Rainmaker is holding another of its ARX Mastery events, in a bid to promote growth in the lettings agency sector...

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

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

Specialist anti-money laundering service FCS Compliance is beginning its latest series of AML webinars designed for Rightmove members.  What you need to...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...

Gary Barker - the ex-Reapit supremo who controversially did not take up the role of chief executive at Boomin - is...

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England.  - Isolation...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...

An agency has made its third acquisition in recent years - this time snapping up a town’s longest established lettings agency. Whitegates...

A new Midlands property investment group has been launched, and says it will target both investors and landlords. Joseph Mews Property Group...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...

PropTech platform Plentific has snapped up husband-and-wife lettings software company TouchRight Software.  Over 500 clients across the UK use TouchRight, to create...

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties.  David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...

A leading agency handling international investors and buyers says Russians will displace the Chinese as the main purchasers of buy to...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...

One of Britain’s largest property companies may be sold in one of Britain’s biggest private equity deals. Sky News reports that Terra Firma...

Self-managing landlords who think they don’t have the same compliance obligations as agents could face serious repercussions, Trading Standards chiefs have...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...

The team at Letting Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

A leading expert on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21 evictions...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

Chancellors Estate Agents is opening its 57th branch early in the New Yesr. The office is in central Basingstoke and will offer...

Former ARLA Propertymark president Sally Lawson, who now runs the Agent Rainmaker training service, has set out for Letting Agent Today...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

Letting Agent Today would like to wish all agents and their families, staff and colleagues a wonderful Christmas 2021. It’s been an...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

A London-focussed lettings agency group has paid £2,000 as a result of breaching the Tenant Fees Act. The issue relates to the...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

New research by MoneySuperMarket reveals that dogs cause £1.5 billion of property damage per year. Labradoodles are the UK’s most destructive dog...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

Voids are ending the year 25 per cent down on the position at the start of 2021 - an indicator of...

Flatfair has named a series of agents now signed up to its deposit alternative products. These include Jones Robinson, Haslams, Andrew Craig,...

Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

Propertymark is telling its letting agent members that they have a role in helping solve the Afghan refugee crisis. It says some...

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

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

UK Finance, the umbrella group representing major mortgage lenders, says there will have been a massive 83 per cent surge in...

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

A leading figure in the agency training and qualifications sector is predicting that as agents have increasingly adapted to ‘the new...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Leaders Romans Group has launched a partnership with GreenTheUk to plant one tree for every house sold or let through the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...

Industry supplier FocalAgent has launched the National Property Photography Awards. Its network of over 1,000 professional photographers submit shots each month: those...

Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...

How can agents improve their position in society? A report has been published following a roundtable discussion between prominent agency figures...

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

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

An agency that made a complete switch of its car fleet from petrol to electric has won the ‘Private Sector Car...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...

A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...

Learners, employers, training providers, and stakeholders gathered to congratulate finalists and nominees at Propertymark Qualifications.  Apprentices who completed their Junior Estate Agent...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

Paul and Sharon Collins are to mark 25 years as owners of the Belvoir Lincoln lettings agency in the New Year.  Looking...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...

The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...

A letting agency has been issued with penalty notices worth £3,000 for operating illegally. Back in 2014 it became a legal requirement...

A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...

Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace.  According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...

Belvoir Group has given yet another upbeat trading report to shareholders. It says in the 10 months to the end of October...

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...

ARLA Propertymark has listed tell tale signs which letting agents should look for to spot incidents of modern day slavery. It says...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

Spicerhaart says some 600 hopefuls turned up for a series of recruitment days in three parts of the country. Around a third...

Purplebricks says its head of lettings has left after just eight months - and just days after a crisis involving tenant deposits. A Purplebricks...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

Stirling Ackroyd Group has acquired the south east London sales and lettings agency Beresford Residential.  It has bought the whole business including the...

A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...

Three Rightmove webinars in the next fortnight have significant interest for lettings agents. Tomorrow, December 1, sees Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant...

A politician is raising the possibility that people who live in private blocks and let out their apartments via Airbnb or...

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

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many tenants and landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring deposits...

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition.  Hamza Anwar...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

ARLA has made it clear to attendees at next month’s Propertymark Conference and Exhibition in London that they must show proof...

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

After becoming the first large agency to move to electric BMW i3s in 2019, Chestertons is urging others in the industry to follow...

PropTech supplier Goodlord, which says it’s working with 1,100 agency branches already, has introduced a new product. It says its Rent Collection...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members.   Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

Local media in Bournemouth report that a man was stopped by the police when he was seen after dark carrying a...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

Media reports in Stoke on Trent say a man was arrested after a police raid on the Homes2Let lettings agency in...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Five PropTech firms have linked up to produce a so-called White Paper giving a glimpse in what they think the agency...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

The next episode of the Channel 5 show Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords this evening features an agent offering a supposed guaranteed...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

PropTech platform Fixflo has launched what it calls a self-service training academy. It has already had a soft launch with 90 per...

Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

Some agents allied with deposit alternative service flatfair - and who previously offered the service to new tenants - are now going...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp - which aims to focus letting agents on the structure of their business whilst also breaking boards and...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...

Some 4,500 people and 90 exhibitors attended the Property Investor Show a few days ago - the first face-to-face event of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...

A marketing firm says super-speedy virtual tours - similar in duration to many videos on the TikTok social network - are...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has announced a new integration with deposit alternative service Reposit.  Agents were already able to offer their...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Consultation begins today on a selective licensing scheme for privately rented housing in 25 wards of Birmingham. Under the suggested scheme, all...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

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

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions.  Bective’s head of...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Pressure continues to build on letting agents to play a greater role in the adoption of smart meters across the private...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...

One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

A Foxtons-owned lettings agency says 60 per cent of tenants and would-be buyers say they are not confident negotiating asking rents...