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Deposit replacement service Ome is launching a new platform for agent and landlord members. The portal, in development since the middle of...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

London-based lettings platform Yorlet has won £350,000 in seed funding to develop its payment Proptec solution. Yorlet was founded by friends Max...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

Rightmove is hosting a new webinar this week for agents, focused on navigating the current rental market. Taking place tomorrow the webinar...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

PropTech companies Kamma and Veri-Check are consolidating an existing partnership. Kamma users can already access Veri-Check’s instant property licensing checks, but in...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

Gary Barker - the ex-Reapit supremo who controversially did not take up the role of chief executive at Boomin - is...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

PropTech platform Plentific has snapped up husband-and-wife lettings software company TouchRight Software.  Over 500 clients across the UK use TouchRight, to create...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

Self-managing landlords who think they don’t have the same compliance obligations as agents could face serious repercussions, Trading Standards chiefs have...

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...

Voids are ending the year 25 per cent down on the position at the start of 2021 - an indicator of...

Flatfair has named a series of agents now signed up to its deposit alternative products. These include Jones Robinson, Haslams, Andrew Craig,...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

How can agents improve their position in society? A report has been published following a roundtable discussion between prominent agency figures...

Perhaps few letting agents consider giving anything like rewards to tenants, but if they did there might be a case for...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...

PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...

Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace.  According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

Three Rightmove webinars in the next fortnight have significant interest for lettings agents. Tomorrow, December 1, sees Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

PropTech supplier Goodlord, which says it’s working with 1,100 agency branches already, has introduced a new product. It says its Rent Collection...

FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members.   Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...

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

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...

A recent industry roundtable event hosted by PayProp, which brought together some of the lettings industry’s biggest hitters, will be live streamed next week...

Five PropTech firms have linked up to produce a so-called White Paper giving a glimpse in what they think the agency...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

PropTech platform Fixflo has launched what it calls a self-service training academy. It has already had a soft launch with 90 per...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

Some agents allied with deposit alternative service flatfair - and who previously offered the service to new tenants - are now going...

Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has announced a new integration with deposit alternative service Reposit.  Agents were already able to offer their...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

Lettings technology platform Goodlord has acquired a new app called acasa.  acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household...

Agents’ marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a new integration live and ready to install on Reapit’s AppMarket. BriefYourMarket first integrated with Reapit’s...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...

Lettings platform Goodlord has opened its doors north of the border.  Agents based in Scotland can now sign up to Goodlord, which...

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

Let Tech Solutions, a PropTech firm which now works with more than half of all property managers in Scotland, is expanding...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Lomond Group has partnered with PropTech player Goodlord to provide IT services across the group's brands, which include Braemore, Stonehouse, Linley...

A prominent lettings agency owner has given his verdict on the concept of charging renters to view a property - “it...

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...

After a successful 18 month pilot with a Northwood branch, franchise giant Belvoir has entered a deal with B-hive Block Management...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

Fixflo has announced a new integration partnership with resident engagement and building management software provider Spike Global. Fixflo manages about 1.2m units...

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

Agents using Reapit now have access to tenant due diligence and guarantee firm Homeppl, which will assist in combating rental fraud. Homeppl...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

A PropTech company has revealed what letting agent hate and love most about their work. On the plus side the RentProfile platform’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

Zero Deposit has outlined three top tips for letting agents - with a focus on what the Proptech firm calls “customer...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

A new partnership with a PropTech supplier means Purplebricks is now offering landlord clients improved compliance over energy efficiency and other...

Referencing provider RentProfile has partnered with Dezrez to provide an integration allowing agents to request checks within the Rezi software platform. Dezrez...

Californian PropTech firm Trov, specialising in digital insurance for tenants, has announced a deal with major UK rental companies.  The deal is...

A 360-degree virtual tour supplier says there’s been a 600 per cent increase in use of the technology since late 2019...

The newly rebranded Rightmove Landlord & Tenant Services has made improvements to the time it takes for an agent to request...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet - part of Glanty, now owned outright by OnTheMarket - has signed off on a link with...

A lettings agency is using its latest podcast to explore the retail-to-resi trend in the housing market. Winkworth’s podcast under The Property...

Two well known PropTech providers to the lettings sector have announced they have now fully integrated their technology, meaning users of...

A pet referencing service is being launched next month - but it expects agents and landlords to pay to see the...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

A new maintenance management app connecting agents and their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’ faults onto a dashboard,...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

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

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

A PropTech company says sloppy referencing by agents and landlords effectively means that around a third of prospective tenants are discriminated...

Rightmove is to rebrand its Van Mildert platform next month, when it will become Rightmove Landlord and Tenant Services. Van Mildert, a...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...

Well known industry supplier FocalAgent has signed a new deal with Matterport to bring what it calls best-in-class 360° virtual tours...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

Fixflo has pledged that it’s business as usual for its lettings agency clients, after news broke that it was to be...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

Fixflo, the well known provider of property repairs and maintenance software across the lettings sector, has been acquired by a European...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...

A new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology” says its latest app aids safety for agents. The latest version of the...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

Insurance provider Paymentshield and rental referencing firm Goodlord have teamed up for a second five-year partnership.  Under the agreement, the PropTech firm...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

Zoopla has revealed the formation of a Lettings Advisory Board, to be chaired by the national lettings managing director of Leaders...

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...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

Prominent industry software supplier Reapit and specialist repairs and maintenance service Fixflo have announced a new integration.  This allows Fixflo’s software and...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...

An automated payments service has teamed up with a student accommodation provider to devise an eCommerce system allowing simpler rent payments. Vyne uses...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

Leading property lawyer David Smith is to give agents an update on a key legal case at a webinar next week. Smith,...

New PropTech company Ministry of Rooms says its platform has 350 landlords and agents signed up in its first six weeks. The property-tenant matching...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

A local estate agency network says it has hosted an extraordinary 96,524 virtual viewings during lockdown. The Miles & Barr agency -...

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

Inventories PropTech service Inventory Hive has integrated with Reapit via its Foundations platform, meaning agents who use both services will be...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

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

OnTheMarket now owns PropTech firm Glanty outright. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet, a cloud-based lettings software service. Glanty's revenues grew...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

The well known former managing director of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, David Cox, is today attempting to explain what...

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

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

Movinghub, the platform that showcases a range of home moving services, is now available on the Reapit Marketplace app. This new Marketplace...

The new head of the Association of Residential Letting Agents admits that the organisation - within its parent body Propertymark - has “had...

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

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year.  They’re to be held via...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users.  The partnership with...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

A search agent says virtual viewings for prospective tenants or purchasers are useful - but less sophisticated ones reveal more than...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

A free digital training academy has been launched to guide agents on getting the best out of virtual viewings.  Holofy Spaces, a PropTech...

A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  In a...

Industry supplier The Lettings Hub has launched what it calls a free to use pre-tenancy management platform for agents. Called BOX it...

A letting agency comparison website is offering a free month of landlord leads - so long as agents try a Vegan diet. Rentround insists...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

A leading market commentator and PropTech chief says the extension of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban was predictable, but presents agents with...

Movinghub UK has announced its latest integration with Reapit. Movinghub allows agents to assist tenants and other home movers to organise services...

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

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

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

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Propertymark is hosting a series of three webinars this month for agents wanting to hear the latest on legislating changes affecting...

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...

Industry suppliuer Inventory Hive has a launched a new 360-degree camera and app which it says means inspectors can drastically reduce...

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance.   It’s the latest in...

A London agency says it’s doubled its rental deals over an eight week period, helped by adopting a virtual tours app. Paramount,...

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

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

A PropTech provider has created an app to remotely view and inspect properties in real time.  With InventoryBase Live the tenants undertake...

The lettings technology company Goodlord, which works with over 2,000 UK letting agents, has been named by Deloitte as one of...

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

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

PropTech company Goodlord has partnered with a credit reference firm, claiming it will help letting agents to secure more accurate info...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Agents on Rightmove can now start using the portal’s new appointment booking tool, Viewings Manager, which has just completed its test...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...

The Deposit Protection Service is running three free online deposit dispute webinars, with the first scheduled for next week. The UK’s largest...

Propertymark is staging a webinar later this month on the topical subject of referral fees. Last month the National Trading Standards for...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus.  The cloud-based...

A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...

Most tenants claim they are “intimidated” when agents or landlords telephone them about arrears - and they would much prefer a text. A small...

PropTech service The Depositary is extending its existing partnership with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, aiming to fully integrate with the TDS...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord.  During September, the average rent for...

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...

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

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

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...

Martyn Gerrard Estate Agent is the latest agency to partner with a deposit alternative supplier - in this case flatfair.  Tenants at...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...

The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate.  The...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

A prominent PropTech company has given its 134 staff the right to work anywhere they wish on a permanent basis -...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...