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Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...
15 December 2023
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Although Purplebricks’s Scottish lettings book was sold in a deal over the Bank Holiday weekend, there remains uncertainty over the rest...
30 May 2023
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A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...
18 May 2023
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Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...
10 May 2023
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Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...
02 May 2023
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Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested. The most...
12 April 2023
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The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...
02 February 2023
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An online lettings agency claims some properties are receiving up to 50 viewing requests - prompting landlords to pull listings to...
03 November 2022
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What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...
30 September 2022
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A Purplebricks divisional lettings director has quit the troubled online agency and is returning to Spicerhaart, where she worked until a...
26 July 2022
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Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...
12 July 2022
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The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform...
11 July 2022
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Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...
29 June 2022
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The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...
29 June 2022
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An online lettings agency says two thirds of landlords and tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents - and substantial numbers claim...
23 March 2022
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Online agency Hortons is the latest agency to off-set its environmental impact. Hortons operates from a non-branch office in central Leicester with...
04 March 2022
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The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...
22 February 2022
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Online agency Hortons, which operates its sales activities across five countries, has opened a lettings department. The new service will initially be...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
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LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...
16 September 2021
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An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...
01 September 2021
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Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...
12 August 2021
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Online lettings agency Accommodation has pledged to plant a new tree for every property let - it has already planting 1,190...
16 July 2021
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The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...
04 June 2021
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Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...
19 November 2020
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Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...
14 October 2020
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Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...
24 September 2020
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Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...
05 August 2020
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An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...
22 May 2020
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An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...
21 May 2020
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A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...
17 February 2020
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Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...
17 January 2020
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A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...
13 January 2020
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The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
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An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...
04 October 2019
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A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month. The company...
23 August 2019
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The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the online lettings agency Upad. The agency had a reference ion...
12 June 2019
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The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...
10 May 2019
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Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...
02 May 2019
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The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...
19 March 2019
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Online agency Upad has made another change to its charging structure. It has recently introduced revised packages for landlords, payment via Direct...
13 February 2019
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A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...
18 January 2019
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An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...
18 January 2019
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Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...
11 January 2019
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Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...
04 January 2019
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New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...
17 December 2018
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Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...
03 December 2018
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The online agency Home Made, which says it’s London’s only premium online platform for the rental sector, has raised a further...
13 November 2018
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The online lettings agency Urban is continuing to operate as normal despite the shock revelation that parent company Emoov is looking...
02 November 2018
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The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
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An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...
19 July 2018
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An online agency selling only buy to let units to would-be investors says it’s experiencing “positive growth” despite the challenges of...
13 July 2018
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Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...
01 June 2018
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Online agency easyProperty has announced the launch of two new lettings options. One, called easyLet, is broadly a listings service: for £99...
09 March 2018
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An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...
05 February 2018
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Online letting agency Upad is linking with high profile independent finance service John Charcol in a bid to make it easier...
08 January 2018
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A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...
01 December 2017
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06 November 2017
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Online lettings agency Upad says landlords are concerned that insurance-based alternatives to traditional deposit schemes may not cover them for repairs...
27 October 2017
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EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...
24 October 2017
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An online agency is urging landlords to try to avoid unnecessary voids or tenant gripes by preparing their investment properties for...
24 October 2017
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An online agency aimed at the student market is launching a sister service for the mainstream rental sector. ClickTenant - set up...
16 October 2017
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A company which already runs a student accommodation lettings service online is to expand and open a general online lettings agency...
18 August 2017
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An online agency claims landlords who use online operators are likely to reduce average void periods by up to a week. In...
31 July 2017
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New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid...
21 June 2017
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A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
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Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...
09 March 2017
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Online agency OpenRent has secured a £4.4 million investment to help grow its offering. The agency, which was founded in 2012, says...
07 March 2017
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An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business. StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...
28 February 2017
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Online letting agency Upad has appointed the chairman of the new UK PropTech Association to its advisory board. Eddie Holmes, who announced...
06 February 2017
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Online agency Upad claims it has seen a 44 per cent annual growth in repeat business for its digital lettings service,...
16 December 2016
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A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...
07 December 2016
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Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...
25 November 2016
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An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...
16 November 2016
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Gillian Kent - once employed by News International to run a portal to rival Rightmove - has now been appointed chairman...
02 September 2016
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An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...
04 August 2016
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An experiment by an online agency and an interiors firm suggests professionally shot pictures of a furnished flat will generate six...
04 August 2016
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An online lettings agency claims that 58 per cent of tenants who have requested energy improvements to their properties have been...
01 August 2016
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Tenants could be trying to avoid eviction by damaging property and abusing the new legal system designed to ban revenge evictions,...
22 December 2015
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One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...
05 October 2015
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The most common complaint about high street lettings agents amongst landlords is that they charge extortionate fees - that is the...
05 October 2015
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OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what...