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Rightmove’s chief executive officer, Peter Brooks-Johnson, is joining the board of an offshoot of a global classified listings operation. He is to...

Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...

Lettings portal Ezylet has partnered with Revolut, a digital banking company.  Revolut’s product allows users to make free international ATM withdrawals and...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

Central London agency Portico has removed a property listing from Rightmove after intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA received a...

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

An ambitious PropTech startup has raised £2.8 million to fund its bid to 'reinvent the London renting experience'. Homie, a search platform...

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

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...

Harrison Murray, the lettings division of the Nottingham Building Society, has launched a portal for landlords and tenants. The agency says it...

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

Ezylet, an online portal that appears to allow landlords to bypass agents, is seeking more funds via a crowdfunding site. The platform...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised...

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...

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

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

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London.    Lavanda claims it...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...

Lettings guru David Lawrenson has given an unusual perspective on the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’ fees on tenants in...

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...

Zoopla has moved into a new headquarters, a 45,000 square foot property adjacent to Tower Bridge in central London.   The new offices...

An experiment by an online agency and an interiors firm suggests professionally shot pictures of a furnished flat will generate six...

Two former University of Lincoln students are to launch a students-only lettings portal on June 1, allowing agencies and private landlords...

A housing law expert says landlords should consider using not-for-profit letting agencies, claiming they have “no big overheads” and have a...

One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...

The Guardian newspaper has taken a perhaps-predictable swipe at letting agents and property portals for the way in which they display...

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...

We look at a few of the best ways to make your property stand out from the crowd. In a market...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the latest...

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on contradicting figures...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

What do we actually do as estate agents to serve our wonderful public? Some might think we go out, value houses, advise...

A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...

A survey of private landlords conducted by Landlord Today, a sister publication of Letting Agent Today, shows that only 39 per...

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

An umbrella organisation representing parts of the private rented sector is to be put before the Scottish parliament in a bid...

No agent reading this will be under any illusions that the agency market is a particularly competitive sector to operate in.  I...