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A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...
16 February 2021
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...
10 February 2021
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The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony. Traditionally...
08 February 2021
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Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...
26 January 2021
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A lettings agency has called in the police after a protest involving anti-agent activists demanding compensation for past tenants. The Eastern Daily...
24 December 2020
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Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...
22 December 2020
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Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...
09 November 2020
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The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...
02 November 2020
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Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...
29 October 2020
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Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
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A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
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Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...
14 April 2020
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The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...
02 April 2020
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Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...
03 February 2020
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A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...
14 January 2020
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The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...
18 December 2019
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A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
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A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
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You don’t need to go far for news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to proposed...
27 November 2019
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An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
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ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents, conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...
14 November 2019
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A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...
13 November 2019
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The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
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A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...
28 October 2019
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A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...
08 October 2019
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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

What is your business? Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...
15 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb. The Times reports that Toby...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
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With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
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A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...
01 May 2019
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A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...
22 March 2019
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Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...
15 November 2018
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The area of staffing can be a very uncomfortable one, but as the future of the lettings industry crystalises, it’s clear...
24 October 2018
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A students’ union is the latest body to partner a review platform allowing renters to give their verdict on dealing with...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...
11 June 2018
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Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...
13 April 2018
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The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...
21 March 2018
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Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
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Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
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A new online platform says it allows renters and landlords to review each other and give Trustpilot-style ratings - but it...
06 March 2018
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The ESTAS Group has just announced record entries for its 2018 letting and estate agents awards. The national award scheme - which...
24 January 2018
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A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...
15 November 2017
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A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” claims that its aim...
30 October 2017
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Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...
18 October 2017
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Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents. The...
07 August 2017
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With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...
15 May 2017
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A Liberal Democrat spokesman has used a lettings sector trade body website to outline his party’s support for a range of...
05 May 2017
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Bristol lettings agency Livnlet has told the Advertising Standards Authority it is removing four testimonials from its website after a complaint...
22 February 2017
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A review website called Marks Out Of Tenancy relaunches next month to provide what its creator calls a “trusted platform on...
17 November 2016
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A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...
26 October 2016
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The ESTAS Group, which runs the national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the residential agency...
13 October 2016
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The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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Despite typically having to pay for the privilege of having a background check conducted on themselves, most renters don’t perform the...
16 May 2016
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It is safe to say that in the cyber world of today, a reviewing culture has been born. We have review...
25 February 2016
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As agents, you know that there is so much more to the home-buying process than simply choosing a perfect home, but...
28 January 2016
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Agency review site raterAgent has teamed up with lettings industry supplier Fixflo to launch a letting agent of the month award. Any...
26 August 2015
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Over 7,000 responses have been received in the second round of consultation over the Scottish Government’s proposals for private rental sector...
14 August 2015
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The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...