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A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Dealing in OnTheMarket shares will cease at 7.30am on December 12 following yesterday evening’s announcement that the CoStar takeover had won...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents.  The existing network...

Marketing firm Property Webmasters says AI is changing the game for agents promoting their services and clients. Chief executive Jamie Arthur states:...

It’s been revealed that agents have been kicked out of The Property Ombudsman in recent months for failing to pay compensatory...

Zoopla has given details of its collaboration with homelessness charity Crisis following the announcement of a three-year partnership earlier this year. Crisis’s...

OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals.  Since Jason Tebb...

OnTheMarket is launching its own proprietary customer relationship management platform for estate agents - and it’s billed as the first ever...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with a PropTech service to provide agents with 3D Showcase scans and 2D floorplans. NicheCom has been...

Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...

OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...

Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...

PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...

OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...

Six agencies have been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to wronged complainants. One was the Belvoir...

Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...

The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...

Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...

Rightmove says added functionality for its tenant referencing portal is now being tested and will be rolled out later this year. In...

A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...

Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

Rightmove says there’s been a big rise in the number of prospective tenants contacting letting agents via its website. The portal says...

Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy.  The service - called COHO - claims...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

The free to list portal Residential People is launching a machine-learning platform allowing agents to specifically target local landlords and emphasise...

One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence.  Mishon Mackay,...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...

A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

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...