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Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence.  The local portal...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

National property services group, Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Purplebricks’ lettings chief to become a director in its property management...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

Propertymark is hosting an Understanding Material Information for Lettings Agents on Thursday January 18 from 1230 to 1400. The National Trading Standards...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

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

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...

The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...

PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord.  Kamma’s...

New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...

An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details.  That’s according to...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

Five councils are delivering what they call “a ground-breaking project” aimed at improving the experience and environment for landlords and tenants...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...

Propertymark has responded to an HM Treasury consultation on anti-money laundering processes - and in doing so it’s slammed “heavy handed...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims.  This...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

Propertymark has created a series of fact sheets to help letting agents understand the Building Safety Act 2022, which carries complex...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...

Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

Propertymark has put forward a six-point plan to slash economic crime in the property sector. The trade body says a series of...

A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...