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![Lettings chain to raise £5,000 for children’s heart fund](/upload/images/shutterstock_1933098620.jpg)
A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pub group boss set to be head of 85-brand agency group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings deals arranged during real-life coaching session](/upload/images/shutterstock_2238369719(1).jpg)
Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla demands mandatory training for all lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2238369719.jpg)
Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revolution! Agents could represent buyers AND sellers](/upload/images/shutterstock_534365146.jpg)
A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New agency charges ultra-low all-in lettings and management fee](/upload/images/shutterstock_286453484.jpg)
A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Double digit annual rent rises still happening in some areas](/upload/images/shutterstock_2220387893(1).jpg)
The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Connells’ new index shows affordability crisis gripping renters](/upload/images/shutterstock_2340278007.jpg)
A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Portal Fees Row: agents end boycott after agreeing new deal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274730083(1).jpg)
A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors plummet while the rest focus on high yield areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get Stuck In! - Agents told to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_2250668215.jpg)
Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars not the problem - they’re just a symptom](/upload/images/shutterstock_1948159747.jpg)
A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sustainable green lettings office launched after revamp](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New senior lettings figures at high-end London business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![40 Not Out! Valerie celebrates four decades in lettings](/upload/images/shutterstock_1663645951.jpg)
Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move. Valerie...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will new unfair dismissal rules hit lettings agencies?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ending S21 is fine says leading agent - but safeguards needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons reveals mixed-bag lettings market in London](/upload/images/shutterstock_1100834378(1)(1).jpg)
Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. New internal data from the company claims demand rose by 15%...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants get agents’ advice on how to “jump the rental queue”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![100+ Businesses have made this their next big thing!](/upload/images/B-hive-BM-Partners-Logo_Final_2022_outlined.jpg)
B-hive Block Management Partners Celebrates Major Milestone With Over 100 Businesses Onboard! B-hive Block Management Partners, part of the Vegner Group, who...
16 July 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Fears grow for rent controls as Labour reviews rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall in some areas but Connells enjoys lettings growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings markets boosted by summer surge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity. Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents rising in most areas as high interest rates hit long-term supply](/upload/images/shutterstock_1022926636.jpg)
Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents can unlock profits at this webinar claims Reapit](/upload/images/shutterstock_1692360436(1).jpg)
Industry technology provider Reapit is holding a webinar tomorrow giving agents “an opportunity for savvy agents to unlock profits through tried...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour housebuilding targets should be copied, lettings chief demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_709034560.jpg)
Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents fear for future of Private Rental Sector - RICS](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(2).jpg)
The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent appointed to manage company’s 14 lettings branches](/upload/images/shutterstock_2100071413(3).jpg)
Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director. Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Greater supply of rental properties now, says franchise chain](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(5).jpg)
Franchise chain Winkworth says there’s been a greater supply of rental properties in the first half of the year, combined with...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent Agencies Tumble - Lomond's second acquisition this week](/upload/images/shutterstock_1117572671.jpg)
The relentless acquisition programme of the private equity-funded Lomond Group continues apace with another acquisition announced today - the second this...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another regional agency falls to Lomond’s acquisition programme](/upload/images/shutterstock_2059630586(3).jpg)
Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield. Its latest acquisition of...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency with spectacular history snaps up rival’s lettings book](/upload/images/shutterstock_307115906.jpg)
An agency with a spectacular history has expanded its operations after acquiring the lettings portfolio of a rival. Andy Campbell, who owns...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foreign-based tenants and investors targeted by high end lettings agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2319482101.jpg)
High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency reveals head of fast-expanding super prime lettings office](/upload/images/shutterstock_528642268(1).jpg)
Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London. The agency says this newly created role...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns Labour not to push Rental Reform too far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy Progression platform announces PropTech link-ups](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency to use Private Equity cash to acquire rivals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
My Property Box – a North East-headquartered lettings and sales agency – has struck a multi-million pound private equity deal for it...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile agency launches new dedicated lettings branch](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
One of the longest standing and best known lettings agencies in the south east has opened a new office in Esher. Curchods...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Taxes and Rent Controls top worries ahead of election - agency survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most self-managing landlords regard property as their full time job](/upload/images/shutterstock_2022462029.jpg)
Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency regulation demanded by PropTech leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![High-value tenancies agreed in June were below asking rent - Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156575995(1).jpg)
Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove says rents at record high, and challenges new government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour will regulate lettings because it's a cheap option - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as agency demands Renters Reform Bill be passed ASAP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond snaps up 2,000-unit lettings book](/upload/images/shutterstock_2456603509(1).jpg)
The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents have “toughest job” in era of high rent rises - claim](/upload/images/NB-Movepal-June24-blog-1-Are-we-set-for-summer-surge.jpg)
Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency worried over Rayner scrapping Section 21 “on day one”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the new President of ARLA Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark. She says her role as President...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![London sees sharp uplift in first-time buyer activity](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(3).jpg)
This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency that Refurbs and offers Guaranteed Rent is expanding](/upload/images/shutterstock_1906337941(2).jpg)
A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents prefer PropTech to extra staff to ease workload](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![All-female block management firm refuses kickbacks from suppliers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
A female-run block management company says it’s achieved a 30% growth in its client base - and it doesn’t take kickbacks...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings drives huge profits surge for 27-branch agency chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech big names link up for lettings webinar tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternatives boosted by cost of living crisis - video](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech deal to cover huge lettings portfolio by early 2025](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart has inked a deal to use Rex Software for its lettings and property management activities from early 2025. The agency chain...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activist claims “horrendous exploitation” by “profiteering” letting agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2167511393.jpg)
The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Developer creates lettings agency for its own schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond acquires well known south of England agency chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent scheme sees above-expectations lettings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Bristol’s latest Build To Rent scheme from Grainger claims its pre-leasing phase has exceeded expectations with over a third of homes...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision announced by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Short Let Boom may be over says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two new London offices for Connells’ high-end brand](/upload/images/shutterstock_2153864217(2).jpg)
John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill flop allows lettings market to return to normal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond continues aggressive growth strategy with new acquisition](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148206195.jpg)
Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Propertymark Qualifications target ambitious agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Propertymark Qualifications Level 3 (Level 6 SCQF) Certificate in Property Agency has been launched to enable and support learners who...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material Information - PropTech tool launched to help agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(3).jpg)
Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election and Lettings - free webinars explain what’s happening](/upload/images/shutterstock_1144449074.jpg)
Two webinars between now and General Election Day will seek to explain what the manifesto pledges mean for the lettings and...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS rings alarm bells over state of lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313087447.jpg)
The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jitters: Reform Bill failure and July Election hit lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_250676278(1).jpg)
Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Election Briefing - free webinar update on industry issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
The future of the UK lettings market will be determined by the July 4 election and now PropTech player Reapit |...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![We Can’t Pay More! Affordability crisis dents London lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1)(1).jpg)
London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snapped up by private equity-funded firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock rise in compensation paid by letting agents last year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Tax Change - Short Lets sector warned of possible losses](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
An accountancy firm is warning those using Airbnb and similar short let platforms that new tax rules mean they could lose...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Key London office head named by leading lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Olivia Firmin as Head of Lettings in its Wimbledon office. Firmin, already an associate in the...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency hails “transformational” merger with lettings giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent pleads with landlords to believe in buy to let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings portfolio snapped up by nearby franchisees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The franchisees of Martin & Co’s Rochdale branch have completed their first independent acquisition less than a year after taking on...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Online agency buys lettings book of internet rival](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency chain in three year PropTech tenancy management deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
The 85 branches of Spicerhaart have signed a three-year partnership with The Lettings Hub to use its tenancy management platform. Spicerhaart also...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents may be rising again over the summer - new prediction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month. Rents across...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech link with landlord-owned lettings compliance service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector. Safe2 - recently acquired...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency plea to rival firms seeking buyers or joint ventures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency will have 1,800 branches following latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snapped up by private equity cash](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla welcomes back regional agent as portal rivalry hots up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The magic word that wins landlord clients - ex-ARLA chief explains](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Your Move emailing agents to urge them to become franchisees](/upload/images/shutterstock_2325312031.jpg)
Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Educational Video Series launched to up-skill lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1676998303.jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new series of educational videos for agents. The Guild’s Learning Platform serves as a...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rogue lettings agency fined again for failing to secure tenancy deposits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Vote Labour, says high profile lettings industry figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_797688190.jpg)
The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reviews are key to success in saturated market - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2461408399.jpg)
An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Equity share offer to senior agency staff as firm marks milestone](/upload/images/shutterstock_1842889660.jpg)
London lettings and sales agency Martyn Gerrard has this month celebrated 60 years of fulfilling the property dreams of those living...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council-run lettings agency claims to beat rivals on fees and upfront rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...