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HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...

Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

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

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

A London lettings agent is offering free interior styling to all his clients. After 16 years working as head stylist for one...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

Propertymark says letting agents should have clear policies and priorities to help ensure properties are kept to the highest standards possible.  The...

Leaders Romans Group is offering its landlord clients a new investment service. ‘Smart Investment’, powered by GetGround, is described as a fully...

A new director of lettings has been announced for an independent residential consultancy that helps high net worth individuals buy, sell...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

No fewer than two thirds of the lettings agents surveyed by Goodlord say they expect more landlords to exit the private...

An increasing number of landlord clients are taking out rent insurance according to an online lettings platform. In the first quarter of...

Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...

Agents with landlord clients who let properties in Central West Bromwich are being reminded to check if they should apply for...

The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...

A council-run private rental sector lettings agency which so far claims to manage 300 properties it launching an advertising campaign to...

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

A new partnership with a PropTech supplier means Purplebricks is now offering landlord clients improved compliance over energy efficiency and other...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

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

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has issued guidance to members about how to reassure its lettings agent and landlord clients...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in July according to data just produced...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says there has been a record number of rent increases reported by its members. In a...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

Agents who want to go the extra mile for their landlord clients may want to point them to assistance for the...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database to help its agent members keep abreast of compliance issues in the lettings sector.  The...

Spicerhaart has signed up with a deposit-free renting platform to offer landlords and tenants the option of working with a no-deposit system...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...

The online lettings agency Upad has launched what it describes as a “pay on success” option for landlord clients.  The company says...

Savills is urging its landlord clients to be more flexible in order to meet the new expectations of younger renters in...

A prominent PropTech company chief has repeated his claim that old-fashioned methods of business administration could be prohibiting letting agents from...

An online agency aimed at the student market is launching a sister service for the mainstream rental sector.  ClickTenant - set up...

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents.   Some 42 per...

Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...

One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons International, is launching its first app to give landlords and tenants “a single integrated point...

Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...

Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

Almost half of letting agents say they have seen uncertainty from their landlord clients “which could cause waves in the rental...

A group campaigning to secure refunds on alleged mortgage interest over-charging by buy to let lenders is calling on letting agents...

A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...

The London legal firm Leigh Day - which last week announced it was leading a legal action on behalf of 55...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

In a constantly changing legislative environment, the importance of keeping up-to-date in terms of knowledge and skills has never been more...

The office of a letting agency that urged its landlord clients to consider increasing rents has been the subject of an...