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Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...

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

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

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

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

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

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

The Leaders Romans Group of lettings agencies has signed a deal with the National Residential Landlords Association. LRG will become the NRLA’s...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

Six letting agencies across the London borough of Haringey have been fined a total of £12,000 after a council clampdown. Trading Standards...

A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

Labour says it will enact a law banning company bosses from contacting staff outside working hours. The Financial Times reported over the weekend that party...

Two former agents with experience between them of major players such as Countrywide, Leaders Romans and LSL have set up a...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

A lettings sector trade body says implementing well thought-out appraisals is a key element to attracting and retaining valued personnel. The UK...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

Small and medium sized lettings agencies which have had running disputes with banks are being offered a lifeline - but must...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

A market snapshot of lettings in the second quarter of this year has described the supply shortage as “massively under-performing”. The comment...

Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...

The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace.  Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...

One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...

Part of the fast-growing Lomond Group of lettings agencies has signed a new partnership deal with a major football club. Stonehouse in...

A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...

The appetite for qualifications in the lettings  sector is at a five-year high, says Propertymark Qualifications. The organisation - which is the...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...

Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...

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

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Henry Adams Lettings in Bognor Regis has joined forces with AC Lettings, one of the largest and most successful independent lettings...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

Most tenants claim they are “intimidated” when agents or landlords telephone them about arrears - and they would much prefer a text. A small...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

The acquisition of a Newcastle independents has allowed Northwood to become one of the city’s largest lettings agencies. Inderpal Dhillon and Aman Singh of...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

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

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today -...

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

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...