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The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
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The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...
30 March 2022
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The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...
22 March 2022
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An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...
17 March 2022
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The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...
16 March 2022
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Rightmove says added functionality for its tenant referencing portal is now being tested and will be rolled out later this year. In...
28 February 2022
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A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...
24 February 2022
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Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...
21 February 2022
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New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
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Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...
10 November 2021
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Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...
11 October 2021
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There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
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Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...
07 July 2021
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...
01 July 2021
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The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...
24 June 2021
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A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...
13 May 2021
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
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The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...
21 April 2021
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Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...
14 April 2021
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London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...
12 April 2021
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A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...
25 March 2021
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Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...
24 March 2021
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Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...
16 March 2021
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Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...
10 March 2021
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A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...
04 March 2021
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Rightmove says there’s been a big rise in the number of prospective tenants contacting letting agents via its website. The portal says...
26 February 2021
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Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...
26 February 2021
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Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
11 January 2021
From: Proptech & Innovation

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy. The service - called COHO - claims...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...
17 November 2020
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It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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The free to list portal Residential People is launching a machine-learning platform allowing agents to specifically target local landlords and emphasise...
27 October 2020
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One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence. Mishon Mackay,...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...
02 October 2020
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A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...
29 September 2020
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A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
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A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...
13 August 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
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...
24 June 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
From: Breaking News

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
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Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...
15 May 2020
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Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
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Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...
13 February 2020
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A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
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The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....
02 August 2019
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The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
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Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...
03 June 2019
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A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...
29 May 2019
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An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...
29 May 2019
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Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...
04 February 2019
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A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...
23 January 2019
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A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...
21 January 2019
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A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 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
From: Breaking News

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s chief executive officer, Peter Brooks-Johnson, is joining the board of an offshoot of a global classified listings operation. He is to...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings portal Ezylet has partnered with Revolut, a digital banking company. Revolut’s product allows users to make free international ATM withdrawals and...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Central London agency Portico has removed a property listing from Rightmove after intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA received a...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Two agencies in Cheshire have merged, allowing a lettings business to now offer sales, mortgages and other home mover packages to...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

An ambitious PropTech startup has raised £2.8 million to fund its bid to 'reinvent the London renting experience'. Homie, a search platform...
21 February 2018
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Lettings agency IPS Estates is partnering with Midlands auction specialist SDL Auctions to sell tenanted properties online. IPS Estates, based in Derbyshire, will...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Harrison Murray, the lettings division of the Nottingham Building Society, has launched a portal for landlords and tenants. The agency says it...
03 January 2018
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A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Ezylet, an online portal that appears to allow landlords to bypass agents, is seeking more funds via a crowdfunding site. The platform...
24 July 2017
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With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 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
From: Breaking News

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London. Lavanda claims it...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Lettings guru David Lawrenson has given an unusual perspective on the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’ fees on tenants in...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...
03 November 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

Zoopla has moved into a new headquarters, a 45,000 square foot property adjacent to Tower Bridge in central London. The new offices...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News

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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Two former University of Lincoln students are to launch a students-only lettings portal on June 1, allowing agencies and private landlords...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A housing law expert says landlords should consider using not-for-profit letting agencies, claiming they have “no big overheads” and have a...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Guardian newspaper has taken a perhaps-predictable swipe at letting agents and property portals for the way in which they display...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...
07 March 2016
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18 December 2015
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Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the latest...
30 October 2015
From: Video Articles

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...
24 July 2015
From: Features

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on contradicting figures...
24 July 2015
From: Video Articles

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...
03 July 2015
From: Features

What do we actually do as estate agents to serve our wonderful public? Some might think we go out, value houses, advise...
26 June 2015
From: Features

A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey of private landlords conducted by Landlord Today, a sister publication of Letting Agent Today, shows that only 39 per...
15 June 2015
From: Breaking News

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...