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Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

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

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

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

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

Senior managers in the lettings and sales side of independent chain Spicerhaart are reducing their carbon footprint by taking up the...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office.  Bonds, which...

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

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

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

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

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

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

A former agent made redundant by LSL Property Services is the 125th franchisee for EweMove.  Damien Guest, who has worked in agency...

The final - and some say most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s ESTAS awards has been revealed. The People Awards, sponsored...

The Yeovil branch of hybrid agency EweMove now has over 200 managed properties following the acquisition of the lettings book of...

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages.  It...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

Hybrid agency EweMove is claiming massive growth for its branch in south Manchester, which it says has seen its lettings and...

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...

Another property crowdfunding investment product has been launched, aiming to offer investors an alternative to the increasingly regulated and taxed buy...

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

Purplebricks has announced that its lettings director, Richard Jacques, has sold a total of 60,000 shares in the hybrid agency.   Jacques sold...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...

Not too many years ago, electric and hybrid cars were regarded as being rather quirky, their main purpose being to deliver...

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...

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

A new lettings and sales franchise agency is being launched later this month.    Business brokerage and franchise development firm Transworld Business Advisors...

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...

Hybrid letting and sales agency Purplebricks is ramping up its attack on high street agents with a claim that prospective tenants...

Purplebricks needs to expand its lettings activities to boost the volume of business it has and increase cash flow, according to...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

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