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12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material Information consultation launches - YOUR views wanted!](/upload/images/shutterstock_730437616.jpg)
Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
01 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fears grow for rent controls as Labour reviews rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency hails “transformational” merger with lettings giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group new deal worth £5m more than early reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency will have 1,800 branches following latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Educational Video Series launched to up-skill lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1676998303.jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new series of educational videos for agents. The Guild’s Learning Platform serves as a...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to understand key tenancy agreement differences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big HMRC fines for agents prompt Anti-Money Laundering guidance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards tells agents - Material Information is key so get on with it!](/upload/images/shutterstock_1125678230.jpg)
A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![AI to drive new property marketing tool from agents’ group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148418683(1).jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![TV presenter to hand out awards at agents’ conference and ceremony](/upload/images/shutterstock_2284441659.jpg)
A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Former Foxtons boss to give masterclass on agents’ higher fees](/upload/images/shutterstock_379140319(1).jpg)
The former Foxtons managing director Peter Rollings is to give agent a masterclass in obtaining higher lettings and sales fees. Rollings will...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mystery Shopping key to improving agency service - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1433456582(1).jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning: Document review process essential for agency compliance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims. This...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Game, Set and Coaching - Agency guru’s link with Roger Federer](/upload/images/shutterstock_1802035477.jpg)
Property Academy guru Peter Knight has made an unusual revelation in a new podcast - he’s told of his link to...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Digital help for tenants on display at agents’ celebration today](/upload/images/shutterstock_1050615995.jpg)
Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![ESTAS Awards shortlist - 80 agents named by group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed that over 80 of its member agents have been shortlisted for The ESTAS 2023. The...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents speak out on Renters Reform Bill dangers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Lettings agents within The Guild of Property Professionals think that the Renters Reform Bill could cause many landlords to quit. Graham Wood,...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech may help agents overcome client account crisis - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals says PropTech may be the answer to the ongoing problem with client accounts. Since 2019 many banks...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents try to shore up investor confidence after house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises to halve by late 2023 says market analyst](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Are Trading Standards officers checking your agency’s website?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
Trading Standards officers check for agents’ compliance by scrutinising their websites, it’s being claimed. Agents are being warned to ensure their websites...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents insist latest price falls are not signs of a crash](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Converting let-only landlords should be agents’ top priority - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
A prominent lettings agent says educating landlords about the need to use agents should be the industry’s number one priority. Agent Rainmaker...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to help landlords and tenants cope with radical change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agencies targeted by crime syndicates, claims trade body](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/police-tape400x310.png)
The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech pledge to agents - this platform is the alternative to a bank](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Guidance for agents with tenants wanting to host Ukraine refugees](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Sky Sports star to lead property awards event next week](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Award-400x310.png)
Presenter, broadcaster and former Sky Sports anchor Kirsty Gallacher has been confirmed as the presenter of The Guild of Property Professional’s...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert - years of legal and regulation changes ahead](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative scheme chosen by letting agents’ trade group](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: ‘information checklist’ to avoid potential fines and claims](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/landlord-licencing400x310.png)
A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents left in the lurch by ARPM will be helped, says PropTech firm](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents hit by ARPM crisis offered help by rival supplier](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent Training - more details emerge of new qualification courses](/img/default/lat.png)
More details have emerged of the Guild of Property Professionals’ Ofqual-accredited, Level-Three and Level-Four qualifications for lettings and sales agents. Guild compliance...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Warning to agents to schedule regular compliance checks](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a warning from an industry trade body that some agents may have failed to take compliance obligations seriously enough. Paul Offley,...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Digital marketing packs to be offered to trade body agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech link with agents’ group continues with new platform](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tips for agents coping with remote working and home schooling](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/lat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Covid set to dominate 2021 - what agents need to consider](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stricter EPC regs - agents urged to tell government what they think](/img/default/lat.png)
A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency business model set to change if second wave of Covid hits](/img/default/lat.png)
The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Video-casts, ideas for agents' kids at home - oh, and a coffee morning](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Model tenancy agreement and agents’ PI Insurance - today’s Conquering Corona](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry. As ever, we’d love your input to...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona - more guidance and special deals for agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona: new info, guidance, links for agents facing the virus](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona: Daily tips and news for agents to beat the virus](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: major rental sector energy changes soon](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Referral Fee clampdown confirmed for lettings agents too](/img/default/lat.png)
The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Trade bodies back latest rogue agent and landlord clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Guild wins confirmation that Section 21 change will not be retrospective](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![The Guild links with insurance and tenant referencing service](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has announced a link with insurance product and moving services operation The Lettings Hub. Lettings Hub offers...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Portal boss talks up huge opportunity for agents to hike landlord fees](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Guild members to be trained by former ARLA president](/img/default/lat.png)
Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mystery surrounds 'longer tenancies' consultation announced in Budget](/img/default/lat.png)
The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...