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According to the BBC, the Government is no longer committed to increase the amount disabled people in England can claim to...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group has unveiled a mobile version of its core Review and Insight products. ESTAS Mobile offers the same functionality of...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...
04 July 2023
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One of the country’s first Belvoir branch franchises has changed hands after approaching three decades. The resale of Belvoir Lincoln, one of...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed that over 80 of its member agents have been shortlisted for The ESTAS 2023. The...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...
10 February 2023
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The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...
01 December 2022
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Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The allAgents reviews platform is calling on letting agents to ensure rental properties’ energy suppliers have up to date meter readings...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...
02 August 2021
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ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Agent websites has become more crucial than ever in attracting new business. Consumers are more informed and doing more research online...
21 June 2021
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil. Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...
04 March 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
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
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
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents, conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
From: Breaking News
A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A new online platform says it allows renters and landlords to review each other and give Trustpilot-style ratings - but it...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group has just announced record entries for its 2018 letting and estate agents awards. The national award scheme - which...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” claims that its aim...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Bristol lettings agency Livnlet has told the Advertising Standards Authority it is removing four testimonials from its website after a complaint...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
A review website called Marks Out Of Tenancy relaunches next month to provide what its creator calls a “trusted platform on...
17 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
The ESTAS Group, which runs the national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the residential agency...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
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
From: Sponsored Content
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
From: Breaking News
It is safe to say that in the cyber world of today, a reviewing culture has been born. We have review...
25 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content
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
From: Sponsored Content
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...