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

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

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

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

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

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

Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...

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...