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A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

Media reports from Gateshead claim two brothers opened fire on a lettings agency with an air pistol when they were told they...

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

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...

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...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

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

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

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

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

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

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary.  Home Made, which operates...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...

A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

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

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...

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...

The online lettings agency Upad has this weekend published an immediate closure announcement on its website. It reads: “We regret to inform...

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border.  LAS is...

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

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

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

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

A London lettings agency that has already acquired an independent has now received what is described as a “six figure” loan...

The Haart lettings agency says the government’s plan to abolish landlords’ Section 21 eviction powers may not be a bad thing. The...

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies.  The agency was...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the online lettings agency Upad. The agency had a reference ion...

A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...

The Tenant Fees Act coming into effect tomorrow and banning fees on tenants in England has been given a ringing endorsement...

An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...

A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

Belvoir has snapped up another independent lettings agency in the south east.  Grey & Co, located at Wembley Park in north London,...

Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...

High end lettings agency Harrods Estates says it has seen a 10 per cent rise in tenancy renewals in the Knightsbridge...

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...

One of the country’s largest networks of franchised lettings agents says the impact of the Fees Ban coming into effect in...

Lettings agency Northwood has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure that photographs of a specific property are updated...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

A lettings agency has withdrawn a leaflet which featured a woman’s cleavage; the leaflet had been the subject of a complaint...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

The head of a Hertfordshire lettings agency has pleaded guilty to managing a brothel, according to a statement from the police. He’s...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...

Lettings agency Haart says it will return up to £20m in deposits to existing tenants if they sign up to a...

A lettings agency has agreed to amend its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority over its use of...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

Oxfordshire sales and lettings agency Parkers - one of the brands of The Property Franchise Group - has snapped up the...

The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...

A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

We hope you’ve found time to look at the huge number of Christmas agency pictures we’ve been running on Estate Agent...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

Thanks so much for your fantastic response to our call for Christmas videos and pictures to show how your office is...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...

LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector.  Two new...

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...

Darlington lettings agency My Property Box has signed a new deal to let properties in the area on behalf of developer...

The JLL lettings agency has launched a ‘virtual property manager’ for a small number of Build To Rent tenants, claiming it...

The online agency Home Made, which says it’s London’s only premium online platform for the rental sector, has raised a further...

A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

The online lettings agency Urban is continuing to operate as normal despite the shock revelation that parent company Emoov is looking...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...

The former owner of a lettings agency has admitted charges of fraud, false accounting and theft involving some hundreds of thousands...

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

The head of the online lettings agency recently scooped up by Emoov says traditional lettings agents have made a rod for...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

Online lettings agency Upad has drastically overhauled its product range, introducing a ‘pick and mix’ option allowing landlords to choose services...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...

An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

A Luton lettings agency and its director, plus a landlord, have all been found guilty of offences related to a breach...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

A lettings agency has teamed up with a university to give young students an insight into how small businesses operate. Priestley’s, a...

It appears that take-up of an apparently compulsory licensing scheme in one city has been shockingly low - and the scheme...

The former office manager of an estate agency in Scunthorpe conned her employer out of over £34,000, a court has heard. Local...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty has moved into a new home and says it plans to double its staff by adding five...

The number of lettings transactions in Prime Central London in the second quarter of this year slumped 15 per cent compared...

The lettings agency Elet, based in Harrogate, has appointed liquidators.  A Letting Agent Today reader spotted an announcement about the move in...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it...

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

Channel 4’s hit comedy Stath Lets Flats shows the funny side of running a lettings agency but one of the country’s...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham...

A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...

A newspaper in Northumbria says local police are treating a fire at a lettings agency as a deliberate arson attack. Police are...

A TV station has gone public on revealing what it calls “the world’s worst lettings agency” - but it may not...

It’s been revealed that a church is amongst those owed thousands of pounds by a letting agent who has gone to...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

A new lettings agency set up at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset says it’s setting out to atone for the misdemeanours of nearby...

The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

A lettings agency that started life as an idea between two friends 15 years ago is now celebrating managing over £100m...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

A lettings agency has been fined over £20,000 for failing to licence an overcrowded semi detached house in London. The fine was...

Midlands-based SDL Group has announced the sale of a Birmingham residential lettings portfolio to Lomond Capital. SDL Property Management now focuses on...

There’s been a huge 43 per cent rise in the number of London properties registered to be short let on Airbnb...

The owner of a Plymouth lettings agency is to stand trial in November and faces charges of fraud, false accounting and...

The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...

A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...

Countrywide has announced that Dan Channer - a well-known figure in the lettings industry generally, and managing director of Oxford-based Finders...

The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...

As students begin their search for housing for the next academic year, a university has relaunched a dedicated lettings agency service The...

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...

Two agencies in Cheshire have merged, allowing a lettings business to now offer sales, mortgages and other home mover packages to...

The former owner and director of a Plymouth lettings agency are to stand trial on charges of fraud, false accounting and...

Brighton’s largest lettings agency MTM Property has rebranded under the new name Coapt. The rebranding involved a year of workshops, client and...

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

The director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries...

Lettings agency IPS Estates is partnering with Midlands auction specialist SDL Auctions to sell tenanted properties online. IPS Estates, based in Derbyshire, will...

A Birmingham-based student lettings agency says it has seen improved response rates from student tenants and viewers thanks to the use...

A lettings agency apparently trying to get around HMO regulations has been prosecuted for licensing and housing offences.  Easy Let Agency let...

A lettings agency operating in Cardiff has expanded its business and now donates 15 per cent of profits to a local...

The former director of a lettings agency in Plymouth is to appear in court in March facing charges of fraud, false...

Countrywide’s Hamptons International is to work with a PropTech firm to try out a no-deposit lettings scheme in four of its offices. Hamptons’...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

A lettings agency has written to MPs setting out an eloquent case for a cap on agents’ fees levied on tenants...

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...

The lettings director of high-end London lettings agency Russell Simpson says he expects the capital’s rentals market to blossom next year...

Gloucester independent lettings agency R M C Hardcastles has been acquired by Martin & Co franchisees Peter and Rani Grieve -...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...

A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...

A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...

A Mayfair lettings agency has taken on two new rental properties with an unusual perk for the tenant - private club...

Campaigning lettings agency chief Ajay Jagota says he is unconvinced by government plans to make it a criminal offence for letting...

A family-run lettings agency says its viability is seriously threatened by the likely fees ban to be introduced in 2018 -...

A study by the Romans lettings agency group has highlighted common issues cited by agents and landlords deducting funds from a...

Online lettings agency Upad says landlords are concerned that insurance-based alternatives to traditional deposit schemes may not cover them for repairs...

An online agency is urging landlords to try to avoid unnecessary voids or tenant gripes by preparing their investment properties for...

A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...

London lettings agency Portico is working with a trade body to organise a seminar on what it admits is the “challenging”...

Online lettings and sales agency Vesper Homes says the £100,000 investment secured via crowdfunding will create “a significantly enhanced user experience...

A lettings agent who stole thousands of pounds collected from tenants has been jailed for 20 months. Kent Online reports that gambling...

A London letting agency with connections to Westminster council is now being investigated by the same council’s trading standards department. CityWest Homes...

The fast-expanding Nick Dunning Associates - which acquired London agency Stirling Ackroyd over the summer - has strengthened its leadership team...

The director of a Plymouth letting agency has been re-bailed and will appear in court again in January.    Heather Crabb, owner of...

Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...

The director of a lettings company has been banned from holding company office for eight years following the revelation that he...

A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...

A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges.    Back in 2015 Camden...

The head of an estate and lettings agency has been expelled from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after admitting taking...

A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...

A lettings management agency in Cardiff says it has boosted business by a quarter in the past year, mostly thanks to...

The boss of a lettings agency in London says there is a need for the private rental sector to become more professional...

The number of tenants entering the market across the UK has risen by 7.3 per cent on the month - but...

A company which already runs a student accommodation lettings service online is to expand and open a general online lettings agency...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...

A lettings agency that already operates an Airbnb management service has now launched an additional ‘interior styling service’ for landlords who...

A PropTech firm claims more effective use of technology and automation by letting agents could reduce the number of complaints made...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...

Stirling Ackroyd’s lettings book, with which it manages 1,400 properties, lies at the heart of the London agency’s acquisition by Nick...

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...

Draker, which describes itself as the largest lettings-only agency in Kensington and Chelsea, has now expanded by opening a new office...

The Property Franchise Group has revealed that is has made one of its largest ever single office acquisitions. Martin & Co Plymouth...

The UK-wide property management firm and private rental sector specialist has rebranded its lettings agency service as Touchstone Agent Solutions.   The firm...

A growing sales and lettings agency in Leeds has announced the recruitment of nine new members of staff. Morgans, which describes itself...

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...

Controversial Labour MP Stella Creasy has presented her annual awards to estate and letting agents in her London constituency of Walthamstow...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...

Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business.    StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...

The Nottingham-based Harrison Murray lettings agency is continuing its innovative roadshow aimed at demonstrating to landlords and tenants how its services...

A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...

Bristol lettings agency Livnlet has told the Advertising Standards Authority it is removing four testimonials from its website after a complaint...

A letting agency at the centre of a controversy following a ruling by The Property Ombudsman has shut its office and...

The Law Society of Scotland is urging letting agents to prepare for a new code of practice coming into force north...

A firm run by the former commercial director of Countrywide has made its first large scale acquisition with the purchase of...

A landlord and letting agency have been fined more than £26,000 after being found guilty of housing offences at two properties...

Sowerbys has expanded with the acquisition of lettings agency Steggles Larner for an undisclosed sum.   “We were delighted to be given the...

A lettings agency office at Longton in Staffordshire has suffered a break in, less than 24 hours after what it believed...

The head of a major lettings agency in Brighton says fees can work out to be “disproportionately high for tenants” but...

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...