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Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

High achieving agents in lettings and other sectors of our industry have been recognised at a prestigious London celebration. Learners, apprentices, employers...

Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...

Spicerhaart is setting up a remote centralised lettings management service which it says will operate “from Cardiff to Colchester, and Birmingham...

Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country.  It says rental...

Almost 4,000 agents have taken Propertymark examinations since the start of 2023 - an average of 46 every business day. The industry...

Airbnb claims there has been a 75 per cent drop in party reports made to Airbnb in the UK since its...

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the weak figures posted for 2022 are actually in line with management expectations. The franchise giant...

Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is hosting a webinar this evening for letting agents and other industry employers responsible for...

A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...

A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency.  Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...

Remote work could enable over 13m Britons to ultimately live and work outside the major cities, according to research by a...

A PropTech business just acquired by Iamproperty is warning agents to take advantage of what it calls the digital revolution. Openview -...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

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

Airbnb is adding property characteristics such as verified WiFi speed to its details in a bid to win more business and...

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

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

The government has updated its formal guidance to letting agents and landlords on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of online...

Virtual Right To Rent checks by agents, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...

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

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

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

The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

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

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

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

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

ARLA Propertymark is asking agent members to ensure the safety of lone workers in branches and on viewings. A statement from the association...

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

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...

A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

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

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

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

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

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

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

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health.  Agents will be able to watch live...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

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

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

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

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...

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

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

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

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

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

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

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

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

Hunters has revealed that it’s used the lockdown period to train staff with a range of e-learning modules as well as...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

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 short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...

The chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is predicting that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology...

A new PropTech device aimed at UK owners of foreign holiday homes allows them to control who enters their overseas property...