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Propertymark is urging member agents in Wales to attend a so-called Cultural Awareness Course which will explain their responsibilities under the...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...

The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...

OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...

One of the lettings industry’s highest profile agents has been shortlisted by the Huntingdon’s Disease Association as Fundraiser of the Year. Kristjan...

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

Rightmove’s Landlord and Tenant Services division is moving to a new headquarters. It’s 110 staff will shift from Killingworth to Quorum Park in...

John D Wood & Co has celebrated a major anniversary by opening its new headquarters in Belgravia. It’s 150 years ago since...

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

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

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

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

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Henry Adams Lettings in Bognor Regis has joined forces with AC Lettings, one of the largest and most successful independent lettings...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

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

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

First, he was trying his hand in lettings, then he devised a 2.5% commission to take on Purplebricks. Now, after nine months...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

The Trussell Trust, which coordinates the vast majority of the food banks around the UK, is working with the National Landlords...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...

Surrenden Invest, which specialises in selling off-market new-build properties to buy to let investors, has opened an office in the north...

Connells Group is expanding its head office functions with a further office in Bedfordshire to provide ”capacity for planned business growth...

Belvoir is recruiting more central office staff to support franchisees, with a 40 per cent increase in workers at the company's...

Letting agents and property managers will soon have a new way to coordinate maintenance reports and inspections, thanks to a refreshing...

Agency software company Eurolink says there are ’10 easy ways for letting agents to grow their businesses’ - with most of...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...

Specialist Build To Rent developer Moda has announced a large scheme on the site of a former police headquarters in Scotland...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...