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Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...

A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...

Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us.  These platforms...

Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...

A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...

A new six-week online training session for lettings agents begins this week from Sally Lawson’s Agent Rainmaker service. Called ‘Achieving success by...

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

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

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

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

A lettings agency that failed to pay a compensation award ordered by The Property Ombudsman has been expelled from the scheme...

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus.  The cloud-based...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...

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

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...

What is your business?    Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...

The JLL lettings agency has launched a ‘virtual property manager’ for a small number of Build To Rent tenants, claiming it...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

Rightmove’s chief executive officer, Peter Brooks-Johnson, is joining the board of an offshoot of a global classified listings operation. He is to...

One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...

A letting agent operating in Cambridgeshire has seemingly 'gone to ground', owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds. Frank Smart, who has...

Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...

There are plenty of helpful and reliable professionals in the letting industry, however it’s no secret that there are a lot...

We’re grateful to The Property Group, an agency in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, for alerting us to an incident involving its Mayfair Town...

An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and its sister organisation the National Association of Estate Agents has launched the second phase of...

An eviction company called Remove A Tenant has been the subject of a complaint after a Facebook post which implied tenants...

The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...

Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market.    For the unitiated a bot is software that can...

A Facebook group has been set up to name and shame so-called ‘tenants from hell’.   At the moment the page applies to...

Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...

A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...

The campaign group ACORN, which has in the past organised protests outside letting agency offices, is up in arms that a...

A council has scrapped its proposal to introduce a licensing campaign for private sector landlords following large-scale opposition and the formation...

An organisation called Somerset Property Network has organised over 50 landlords in the course of little over one month and it...

Research undertaken by one of Britain’s leading rental sector experts and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation gives perhaps the most...

The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Countrywide's on-going...

A new service attempting to match prospective renters with available properties is emphasising its similarity to Tinder, the controversial online dating...

A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...

Mystery surrounds the fate of Kirby Property Management, a letting agency with offices at Cambourne, Cambridge and St Neots in the...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...