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A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes.  However, rents...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...

The Property Franchise Group has reported a bumper half year of trading with revenue at £13.2m and pre-tax profits up 11...

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

Lettings income has saved the bacon of franchise agency Winkworth after a sales slump hit profits.  A trading statement from the agency...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it now has a record membership of 1,200. UKALA describes itself as “a professional association...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...

A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

Agents whose rental properties became workplaces during the pandemic are unlikely to see any major change in the situation soon. That’s because...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

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

Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested.  The most...

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

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

Rightmove says it’s helping to digitise the rental processes, making the process less fragmented and frustrating for agents.  In its trading statement...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...

Purplebricks chairman Paul Pindar has survived a challenge from a rebel investor - but shareholders appear split.  A company general meeting -...

Keller Williams UK - which has seen market centre closures in recent months - insists that its lettings business KW Move...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of...

The downbeat results of a survey by a finance company suggest that half of tenants are worried that they will be...

A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...

Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...

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

PropTech firms Goodlord and Vouch have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...

OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

A floorplan supplier to the agency industry claims such plans lead to higher rents for comparable properties. However, the sample used by...

A company claims that some 18 per cent of property firms have seen a rise in criminals attempting to launder money...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

The chief executive of OnTheMarket says recent changes to his portal demonstrate that he has taken on board agents’ calls for...

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...

Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...

An online lettings agency says two thirds of landlords and tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents - and substantial numbers claim...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

High profile PropTech supplier The Depositary is offering free and unlimited training for agents on its platform, beginning this week. A message...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

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