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23 February 2021
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A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
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Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year. They’re to be held via...
19 February 2021
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A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
17 February 2021
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It’s now the annual National Apprenticeship Week and Leaders Romans Group has outlined how it’s opening up opportunities to newcomers to...
09 February 2021
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HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...
26 January 2021
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Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...
26 January 2021
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Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...
26 January 2021
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A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...
20 January 2021
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A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...
19 January 2021
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A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...
15 January 2021
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A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...
08 January 2021
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A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy. The service - called COHO - claims...
07 January 2021
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Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...
06 January 2021
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Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...
23 December 2020
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Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...
17 December 2020
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A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...
11 December 2020
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A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...
08 December 2020
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Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...
01 December 2020
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A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...
13 November 2020
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A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s taken what Propertymark calls “a rigorous selection process” to find the latest four regional representatives for the Association of Residential...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus. The cloud-based...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
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A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A growing residential estate management company has committed its future to office-working after moving to a new boutique space in Birmingham. Principle...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...
07 September 2020
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A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...
19 August 2020
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A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units. Linley &...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A family-run property management and lettings business has opened its new office - five years after the same family’s previous business...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...
22 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...
18 June 2020
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PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech service says it wants to by-pass professional agents and cater just for self-managing landlords. What’s more, it’s promoting the fact...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities. Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...
07 May 2020
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Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...
30 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...
17 January 2020
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A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander. The capital funding package will be...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord. In a case brought by Telford...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month. The company...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected lettings and sales agent has opened up about his own mental health issues and those which exist thanks to...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm. David Alexander of...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...
24 July 2019
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A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents need to adapt to changing landlord and tenant habits The way letting agents, landlords and tenants communicate has changed significantly...
18 July 2019
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A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within...
09 July 2019
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If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...
27 June 2019
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A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The management company of a private New York City rental apartment complex is to install a facial recognition system which must...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech tool wants landlords to manage their own properties and is accusing agents of being likely to increase charges to...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has issued a reminder to all agents to ensure they have the correct redress membership to cover the...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
From: Sponsored Content

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The online property management platform Howsy, formerly known as NoAgent, has launched a new package for landlords. The platform says Howsy Protect...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Cornwall council has confirmed that it’s to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to try to win compensation for victims of...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The senior executive who has bought out the lettings side of a Glasgow agency business says increased use of PropTech is...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

SDL Property Partners, which describes itself as the industry’s first property management franchising scheme, is pushing for new members. Its training has...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...
07 February 2019
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The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The tenants’ fees ban coming into effect from June 1 could help traditional lettings agents keep their place on High Streets,...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...
01 February 2019
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ARPM Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...
01 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire. LetCo, which operated chiefly...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...
14 December 2018
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Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages. It...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much for your fantastic response to our call for Christmas videos and pictures to show how your office is...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management firm is launching with a claim that its charges are under a third of some rivals. Online service ManageMyHome...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The area of staffing can be a very uncomfortable one, but as the future of the lettings industry crystalises, it’s clear...
24 October 2018
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A property management company which kept up to 23 adults in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500 by a council in...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

You may have spotted a particularly entertaining ad yesterday for lettings property management firm ARPM - it’s the one that featured...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme has unveiled a new specialist training course for letting agents. The NALS Level 3 Award in Letting...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network. All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...
14 June 2018
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A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Midlands-based SDL Group has announced the sale of a Birmingham residential lettings portfolio to Lomond Capital. SDL Property Management now focuses on...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new property management franchise operation, established late last year, is beefing up its training to cover GDPR, sales and marketing. SDL...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand. Airsorted provides...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency apparently trying to get around HMO regulations has been prosecuted for licensing and housing offences. Easy Let Agency let...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords in Wales who manage their own properties are being reminded that they must submit their licence application to Rent Smart...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Two landlords and two tenants were fined a total of over £11,000 after losing their appeal against housing convictions concerning property...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The former executive director of LSL Property Services, David Newnes, is one of the key backers of a new property management...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme has today announced three expulsions of agencies as a result of non-payment of rent or awards. Firstly, a...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

You have only until 11.45pm tonight to have your say on government proposals to clamp down on letting and managing agents...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Leaders has acquired its fourth agency in the same city, Norwich, in a sign of what it calls its commitment to...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the government’s three approved official redress providers says companies operating in the Rent-to-Rent sector should be obliged to join...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Barratt Homes’ London division is offering what it describes as ‘free property management’ on new-builds purchased at selected schemes and then...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Wales’ largest agency, Peter Alan, has acquired Roberts & Co Property Management Limited, a Newport company that manages 800 units. The acquisition...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

No Agent, a platform for landlords which says circumnavigates the need for letting agents, has announced $1.1m in investment - around...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group is continuing on the acquisition trail with two more deals within 24 hours. On Tuesday the company acquired...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A crowdfunding site describing itself as an ‘ethical investment platform’ is the first international crowdfunder to enable investment in debt-free buy...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist operator Leasehold Solutions is the latest to welcome the government’s suggestion of a regulatory watchdog to oversee leasehold...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday. The...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s largest brands, The SDL Group, is launching a new division offering franchise opportunities for property managers. SDL Property...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A London letting agency with connections to Westminster council is now being investigated by the same council’s trading standards department. CityWest Homes...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards says representatives from 15 departments will today visit lettings and property management firms across London in a bid to...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has extended its expulsion of a letting agency by an additional four years. Premier Property Management, based...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

SDL Group - owner of the UK franchise for Century 21 lettings and estate agency branches - has been named as the...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of three approved redress operations, says it saw a 33 per cent increase in membership in...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

More than 100 criminal prosecutions have been secured against landlords since the start of an enforcement crackdown by Brent council in...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK-wide property management firm and private rental sector specialist has rebranded its lettings agency service as Touchstone Agent Solutions. The firm...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings firm and a property management company that converted a family home into micro flats have been found guilty of...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar,...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A residential asset management firm has acquired The Landlord and Letting Show, The Landlord and Letting Awards and The Landlord and...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being warned by a property management agency to prepare for the next round of energy-efficiency regulation changes...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A new lettings and property management company firm has launched in Hertfordshire after a management buy out. Insider Media reports that the...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

MNY Property Management Ltd has been fined £3,390 for offences under the Housing Act - specifically, failing to buy a licence...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Smart repair reporting software Fixflo is teaming up with Qube Global Software to allow letting agents and property managers to handle...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents. When approached by...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Zoopla have entered into partnerships with a property management app - Rentr - which is aimed at lettings sector...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord and letting agency have been fined more than £26,000 after being found guilty of housing offences at two properties...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The property management company Rendall & Rittner is spearheading the first ever government apprenticeship pilot in Housing and Property Management. Since the...
19 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost one in four landlords say delays by tenants informing them about maintenance issues in their homes have resulted in more...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

What appears at first sight to be a low-level dispute between a landlord and a council has raised what may be...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A digital property management platform that automates the rental process including marketing, bookings, reference checks, maintenance and compliance, claims it is now...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Another two independent letting agencies have been acquired by the Property Services Holding Group. comprising Leaders and Romans. Leaders has completed the...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

We often report local authorities criticising the standards of letting agents and landlords - now here's a quite different story. Letting agents...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A British Build To Rent management company has merged with a long-standing US firm in the same field to create a...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The franchise giant Century 21 UK has opened its latest estate and letting agency office - and it's in Southampton. The office,...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Only just over two weeks remain for letting agents and landlords operating in Wales to register with the Rent Smart Wales...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Four separate estate and letting agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman and from registration for lettings redress...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A company called My Property Host is seeking to attract failed sellers to become ‘accidental landlords’ and let out their homes...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Franchise estate agency Winkworth has reported its figures for the first half of 2016, noting a particularly strong performance in its...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A high proportion of landlords play an active role in the management and maintenance of their rental property, a new study...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Property managers operating through a company have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 following a dawn raid that uncovered more...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Savills is the only organisation with an agency wing represented on the first board of the UK Apartment Association, a new...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agency that claimed it had a 24-hour emergency phone line has changed its advertising - because the service did...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News

SDL Bigwood - owned by Century 21 UK franchise parent company Shepherd Direct Limited - has been selected as the lettings...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has been fined over £11,000 for alleged breaches of regulations in advertising an unlicenced HMO that was later...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agency in Hampshire has doubled in size after acquiring one of its competitors. LetCo, a four branch agency working across...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

National estate agency chain Leaders has announced the acquisition of two property businesses in the north of England. Yesterday it took over...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

VanHan, the prime London agency run by Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee, has set up a lettings and management division...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A part of the Property Software Group - recently snapped up by Zoopla - is launching a tool that it claims...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Let Belle Vue, a lettings and property management agency in Darlington, has been fined £3,000 for not being in an official...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Louise Griffiths, currently a board member on the Association of Residential Letting Agents, has joined Romans as director of the agency’s...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Managing Agents, the umbrella body for professionals involved in private residential block management, has appointed Nigel Glen...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who unlawfully evicted a tenant from a property has been ordered to pay a total of £4,315. Alan Croft...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Robert Watts Lettings has secured the latest Lettings Landlord award from the ESTAS. Kate Watts, head of lettings of the agency based...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, London’s largest independent letting agency, has opened its 14th office. It's in Surrey Quays and is the agency’s...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...
23 December 2015
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One of Scotland’s largest independent letting agencies has entered into two deals adding over 600 properties to its inventory. The Edinburgh-based DJ...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Leaders has acquired another lettings independent, Faulkner Property Management. Faulkner has two branches in Milton Keynes and Buckingham - new areas for...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...
20 November 2015
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Rent Smart Wales, the new registration and licensing system in Wales, launches on Monday - and it represents a major change...
20 November 2015
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Rendall & Rittner, which currently manages 40,000 residential properties for institutions and developers, is opening a new office as part of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The sales market in Prime Central London may be in the doldrums but the lettings sector is on the rise with...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey of one Home Counties area shows that out of about 40 letting agents some 24 appear not to be...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of House is setting up a new online qualification for anyone wishing to understand tenancies, property and tenancy...
26 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The new registration and licensing requirements under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 will be launched on November 23,...
26 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A property management firm is warning letting agents and landlords to fulfil their responsibilities to protect tenants from Legionnaires’ disease. Despite laws...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Connells Residential is launching its first ever event for property investors - Invest Fest, in Birmingham next week. The agency chain has...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A firm behind a new rental repair management claims landlords no longer have to pay ”expensive property management fees to lettings...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 landlords suggest the vast majority want to avoid contact with tenants and instead want letting agents to handle property...
02 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Atlas Residential - a US Build To Rent company which operates 18,000 rental units across 13 states valued at a total...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has announced the acquisition of another lettings business – Kingsford Letting in Leamington Spa. Kingsford Letting was a local, independently...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme has acted about the mystery surrounding the future of east of England letting agency Kirby Property...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Mystery surrounds the fate of Kirby Property Management, a letting agency with offices at Cambourne, Cambridge and St Neots in the...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 for unlawfully evicting a tenant from a house...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired another lettings independent - Selective Lets in Dunstable - following a series of recent purchases and takeovers. Selective...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...
08 July 2015
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Peter Savage is to become the new president of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, with an emphasis on trying to...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...
03 July 2015
From: Features

Connells Group has acquired another independent lettings business - Cartwrights in Stafford. The group says the purchase is in line with its...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Prominent landlord Liz Hodgkinson has hit out at the allegedly-high fees of letting agents who offer full management services, claiming their...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A London estate agency has launched a management service for owners of vacant homes in the capital. MyLondonHome, founded in 2002, says...
09 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Foxtons could be facing a hefty legal bill after charging a landlord over £600 to change a light fitting. In 2013 London...
08 June 2015
From: Breaking News

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...
29 May 2015
From: Features

It is now a statutory duty for letting agents to fully publicise the fees they charge to landlords and tenants. Under the...
27 May 2015
From: Breaking News

A set of ‘fees templates’ have been created for letting agents to download ahead of the legal requirement to display details...