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A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group. And...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...
19 January 2024
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Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Northwood franchise, which has more than 90 offices nationwide, has unveiled a new look for its lettings and estate agency...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
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One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons’ latest data on London’s rental market reveals that there were 39 per cent more rental properties on the market in...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...
14 July 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to sign a new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed that over 80 of its member agents have been shortlisted for The ESTAS 2023. The...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...
18 April 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
A lettings agency says an improvement in stock levels is allowing negotiations on rent levels between landlords and tenants. London-focused agency Chestertons...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...
16 March 2023
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The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Propertymark says latest data from letting agents suggests rent rises may have peaked - but that could...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts. So...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...
22 November 2022
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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
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A mortgage company chief executive is warning that house price falls of up to 15 per cent are likely between now...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A rogue tenant occupying a property for up to nine months and refusing to pay rent could cost a combined £10,000...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us. These platforms...
17 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A high end agency brand says pricing in the rental market continues to rise because of demand exceeding supply - and...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier which helps agents and landlords identify private rental sector licensing issues has announced a new partnership. Geospatial technology firm...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A new six-week online training session for lettings agents begins this week from Sally Lawson’s Agent Rainmaker service. Called ‘Achieving success by...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...
17 December 2021
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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A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...