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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

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

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

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

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

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...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

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

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

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

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

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

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

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

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

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...

A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

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

Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is running a webinar examining how one client, Umega, used PropTech to more than double its...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...

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...

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

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...

Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...

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

The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

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

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...