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A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details.  That’s according to...

OnTheMarket says it’s the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...

Twitter owner Elon Musk and 1,000 other technology leaders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have called for a pause on the...

A new PropTech tool says it will help agents maximise their chances of handling the sales of properties being disposed of...

Councillors in one part of London are considering asking agents to include ‘green features’ on property details. Camden’s Labour controlled council has...

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

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

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...

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

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

A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...

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

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today - and probably most of the rest of the industry - to Martin...

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...

Two complaints linked to agency activity have been dealt with through the Advertising Standards Authority informal resolution process. In the first a...

Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market.    For the unitiated a bot is software that can...

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

A letting agent in London has ditched the usual euphemisms and gone for the blunt approach by describing rooms to let...

There has been a three-fold increase in the number of lettings units coming to the market with floorplans included in their...