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The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

Trade body Propertymark says fees will remain unchanged next year.  “We’d like to thank all our members for their continued commitment to...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

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

A prominent lettings agent says educating landlords about the need to use agents should be the industry’s number one priority. Agent Rainmaker...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

The newly rebranded Rightmove Landlord & Tenant Services has made improvements to the time it takes for an agent to request...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

One of West Sussex’s largest agencies, Michael Jones & Company, has acquired an independent rival as part of a move to...

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...

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

Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

Stirling Ackroyd, the six-branch estate and letting agency bought last summer by Nick Dunning Associates, has acquired the lettings book of...

Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...