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A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...
29 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and the Institute of Residential Property Management have been merged under the name The Property...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A north of England agency is going green as it replaces its existing car fleet electric vehicles. The purchase of two Volkswagen...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, has integrated with the TDS API - aimed...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new trade body is being set up which describes itself as a national network of property managers, specialising in the...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The 7,000 units under SDL’s block management are now with rival HML Group following an acquisition deal which took place last...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Chancellors Estate Agents is opening its 57th branch early in the New Yesr. The office is in central Basingstoke and will offer...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Paul and Sharon Collins are to mark 25 years as owners of the Belvoir Lincoln lettings agency in the New Year. Looking...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A letting agency has been issued with penalty notices worth £3,000 for operating illegally. Back in 2014 it became a legal requirement...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
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Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...
25 October 2021
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A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions. Bective’s head of...
21 October 2021
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One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

More than a third of renters haven’t taken out contents insurance for their possessions. Analysis by insurance provider Trōv has found that...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and The Institute of Residential Property Management have informed their respective memberships that they are pondering combining forces. The...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Fixflo has announced a new integration partnership with resident engagement and building management software provider Spike Global. Fixflo manages about 1.2m units...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings PropTech platform teclet - part of Glanty, now owned outright by OnTheMarket - has signed off on a link with...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

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,...
21 June 2021
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Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client. The Century Wharf Estate...
18 June 2021
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A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts. The acquisitions...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Keller Williams UK - one of the growing number of agencies to operate with self-employed agents working from a central hub...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...
13 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio. Auxesia offers affordable shared...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A family-owned boutique lettings agency in Salford, Greater Manchester, has taken a significant share in a nearby independent rival - and will...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A local estate agency network says it has hosted an extraordinary 96,524 virtual viewings during lockdown. The Miles & Barr agency -...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the leading deposit alternative providers, flatfair, has partnered with a major property management service with some 3,000 tenants. The deal...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired independent firm NW Estates in Warrington, for an undisclosed sum. Ascend says the acquisition - which includes the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy. The service - called COHO - claims...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Sponsored Content

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Sponsored Content

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

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
From: Sponsored Content

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
From: Breaking News

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

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

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

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

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

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
From: 60 Second Interview

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
From: Breaking News

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...