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

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

Three agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards.  In the case of Foremost Lettings Ltd...

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector.  Tenant Shop...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...

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

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

A new app called Rentd by-passes lettings agents but charges landlords £799 for a full listing. Landlords pay the one-off £799 fixed...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

One of the UK’s largest tenant referencing and let insurance providers has announced a new integration with a PropTech firm -...

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

A PropTech firm says it is going to eliminate tenant screening costs by 2021 for lettings agents and landlords who use...

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...

Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...

Rightmove has at last completed on its acquisition of tenancy referencing firm Van Mildert, first announced two months ago. The deal, reported...

A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

In what some see as a sign of the growing importance of the lettings sector over sales, Rightmove has acquired tenant...

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...

The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced a link with insurance product and moving services operation The Lettings Hub. Lettings Hub offers...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

A PropTech product is claiming a breakthrough for letting agents who can now access same-day referencing on prospective tenants. LetAlliance claims that...

One of the growing number of deposit alternative services, flatfair, has announced a partnership with lettings platform Goodlord. Agents and landlords can...

An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

Tenant referencing, rent protection and insurance provider Rent4sure is to join other leading suppliers as an ESTAS partner for the 16th...

Utilities and comparative platform Tenant Shop has linked up with Reposit to offer a security deposit alternative product for agents. Tenant Shop’s...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...

Online agency Upad has made another change to its charging structure. It has recently introduced revised packages for landlords, payment via Direct...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...

Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...

A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

A Build To Rent company that scrapped deposits for tenants a year ago says it has saved renters almost £3m in...

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...

One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...

A TV show on Channel 5 this evening may well serve as a warning to letting agents about the dangers of...

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...

The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

The online lettings agency Upad has launched what it describes as a “pay on success” option for landlord clients.  The company says...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...

Countrywide’s Hamptons International is to work with a PropTech firm to try out a no-deposit lettings scheme in four of its offices. Hamptons’...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

A Birmingham agent has branded the government’s draft Tenant Fees Bill - which proposes a ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants...

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...

Build To Rent developer Be says it is moving to a no-fees model for its development at Hayes in west London....

  At Rent4sure we understand the challenges and increasing responsibilities that face every letting agent right now. With government plans for an outright...

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

Letting agents have been accused of failing to carry out sufficient financial checks on prospective tenants.    Tenant referencing and insurance operator Landlord...

Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

A company claims to have a package of services which would help letting agents overcome the widely-anticipated ban on fees being...

After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...

The software company behind a new product claim it helps agents comply with The Property Ombudsman’s code of practice on referencing...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

The annual report of The Property Ombudsman, released today, reveals that the largest compensation award of the year has been made...

At the latest meeting of the Fair Fees Forum, members described the current approach towards landlord licensing as a 'post code...

A Build To Rent operator with properties in London and Glasgow is scrapping tenants’ deposits from the middle of next month,...

Tenant referencing company Rent4sure has set up a new team to support agents in the light of the expected ban on...

Agents are being warned to ensure they serve eviction notices correctly as the ‘peak eviction’ summer period arrives.  Specialist tenant referencing service...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

The UK arm of Sotheby's International Realty has announced that it has removed all letting agent fees while the government consults...

Agencies are responding to the latest criticism of their fees on tenants, levied by the pressure group Generation Rent.    The group -...

Tenant referencing and insurance provider Van Mildert has secured private equity funding from a private family office and the principals of...

The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...

A family-run firm is offering a tenant referencing service involving a face-to-face interview of prospective tenants in their current accommodation.   It claims...

Mark Witherspoon, the data services director at ZPG, has joined the board of Barbon Insurance Group, which operates the HomeLet and...

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...

A leading insurance company says letting agents and tenants alike will suffer if the government’s proposed ban on fees levied on...

Tenant referencing company Rent4sure is celebrating its one millionth tenant move after expanding from five staff on start-up in 2009 to...

The campaign against the imminent changes to mortgage interest tax relief for the buy to let sector estimates that 1.4m landlords...

The Lettings Hub is broadening its offer to agents by launching a utility management service on top of its traditional referencing...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

The latest addition to Rent4sure’s referencing services makes setting up a secure tenancy even easier. Rent4sure’s new dynamically generated AST documents save time...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...

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Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...

An insurance firm says a poll of 1,000 landlords suggests 50 per cent either did not have public liability insurance or...

A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...

Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

The boss of easyProperty says he wants the Associational of Residential Letting Agents to back an initiative for so-called ‘referencing passports’...

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Citizens Advice has recorded an increase in the number of problems with letting agents reported by tenants, with a sharp rise...

Almost 60% of the 500 tenants surveyed by an online letting agent said they would rather rent rises were capped instead...

Hybrid letting and sales agency Purplebricks is ramping up its attack on high street agents with a claim that prospective tenants...

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...

Ensuring that your business and your landlords’ interests are fully protected is now more important than ever and Rent4sure, as a...

An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...

As part of Rent4sure’s ongoing programme of development initiatives, Clair Jones has been appointed National Field Sales Manager. “Rent4sure is one of...

New technology could help letting agents and landlords select tenants and check up on them during tenancies. Tenant Assured uses automated social...

As one of the UK’s most trusted suppliers to the lettings industry, swift and dependable referencing is our priority. Credit Checks come...

As one of the UK’s leading specialist suppliers to the lettings industry, Rent4sure understands the importance of supporting our customers with...

A London letting agent has expressed their dismay with a canvassing email sent by Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon. The...

The Right to Rent legislation rolls out in February 2016, so all landlords and letting agents in England must check the...

A tenant referencing service, FCC Paragon, says 17.6 per cent of all requests it has received in the past 12 months...

Our team of heroes have been helping thousands of UK letting agents for the past 20 years, during this time we...

The most common complaint about high street lettings agents amongst landlords is that they charge extortionate fees - that is the...

At HomeLet we have a team of heroes who have been helping the UK's letting agents with rent guarantees, tenant referencing...

A tenant referencing and insurance firm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of one of its competitors. Let Insurances Ltd,...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for a minimum of two years after failing to comply with...

In a marketplace where many providers outsource their Tenant Referencing and Rent Protection services, using one that doesn’t is essential for...

Private landlords are being encouraged to sign up to a new local authority accreditation scheme which offers them advice and support...

The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...

Glyn Trott of LetMC Are you using landlord referencing effectively? Landlord referencing is often outsourced and a missed sales opportunity. In this video...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...

Glyn Trott of LetMC Are you using landlord referencing effectively? Landlord referencing is often outsourced and a missed sales opportunity. In this video...