A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...
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15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...
04 February 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech service The Lettings Hub has announced a new strategic partnership with client accounting platform LettsPay. This follows on from four additional...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has launched a new tool to help agencies manage Rightmove training and make the most of the ever-growing range of...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Tomorrow sees the start of a month of webinars hosted by Rightmove to help agents understand compliance changes and how they...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s another free webinar for agents to learn about the Renters Reform Bill next week. This one is organised by lettings-focussed PropTech...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents wanting to get to grips with the Renters Reform Act are invited to a learning webinar hosted by Rightmove. It’s at...
30 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has recognised the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) offered by Rightmove. Both Propertymark and its training arm...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A team managing tenancies across the UK has clocked up half a century of working together. The staff at Tenancy Management Hub,...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Lettings Hub is celebrating its 10th birthday this week with 10 days of giveaways to customers, clients, employees, suppliers and...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A warning letter signed by 330 major players in the private rental sector has been delivered to Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The relentless expansion of Lomond Group continues apace with the acquisition of a Leeds-based independent, ERE Lettings. ERE’s 600 units under management...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings Hub says there were 91,593 cases of tenant application fraud in 2021 alone, with the most common form of fraud...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The acquisition machine that is the Lomond Group has snapped up the lettings book of another independent agency. Lomond has taken over...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has rebranded the lettings software product it recently purchased in a bid to lift its profile. What was previously known as...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Rightmove will host...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s most respected legal experts is staging a teach-in for letting agents ahead of new Right To Rent...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent operator is cashing in on the surge in demand for allotments by creating mini-versions at one London...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Next week a webinar will give landlords and other property professionals an opportunity to put questions directly to one of the...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords and agents face a growing risk of rent arrears and tenant fraud because of the cost of living crisis. That’s the...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency. Linley & Simpson has added another...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
An agency tomorrow opens a new lettings and sales office in a location about to hear whether it’s won city status...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a tenant referencing service that it claims allows letting agents to conduct their own...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s latest webinar tomorrow will focus on the revenue generation opportunities that exist at every stage of the process of letting...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A suite of new ‘pet-let’ products is to be offered by The Lettings Hub, which already has some 1,000-plus agents on...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX. The Lettings Hub says...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Gary Barker - the ex-Reapit supremo who controversially did not take up the role of chief executive at Boomin - is...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Three Rightmove webinars in the next fortnight have significant interest for lettings agents. Tomorrow, December 1, sees Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News
PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...
26 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has announced a new integration with deposit alternative service Reposit. Agents were already able to offer their...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...
19 August 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Californian PropTech firm Trov, specialising in digital insurance for tenants, has announced a deal with major UK rental companies. The deal is...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams UK - one of the growing number of agencies to operate with self-employed agents working from a central hub...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Movinghub, the platform that showcases a range of home moving services, is now available on the Reapit Marketplace app. This new Marketplace...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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
Industry supplier The Lettings Hub has launched what it calls a free to use pre-tenancy management platform for agents. Called BOX it...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Movinghub UK has announced its latest integration with Reapit. Movinghub allows agents to assist tenants and other home movers to organise services...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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Brown & Co’s new regional hub has opened in Lincoln, which will be the new base for the company’s team relocated...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health. Agents will be able to watch live...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Registration is open for The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference, being held as a webinar later this month. The event can be watched...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
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
Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News
We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
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
A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s largest tenant referencing and let insurance providers has announced a new integration with a PropTech firm -...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
More details have emerged of the long-term scheme to site Build To Rent homes at Transport for London tube stations and...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Lettings platform teclet has announced another API partner - the latest of many in recent months. It’s the Product Care Repair or...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
One of West Sussex’s largest agencies, Michael Jones & Company, has acquired an independent rival as part of a move to...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...