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![Right To Rent penalties soar from today - up to £20,000 fine](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents accused of “profiteering” rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leading agency bosses to star in portal podcast for movers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1433456582.jpg)
Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket. Hosted by...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency celebrates quartet of qualified staff and ARLA members](/upload/images/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour complains about asylum seeker HMOs being unlicensed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portal claims industry-first over lettings numbers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket says it’s the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Asylum Seekers in HMOs - last minute plea to government](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172.jpg)
A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portal launches ‘passport’ service for renters on the move](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_712767091.jpg)
OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rebranded agency says students now drive the lettings market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New OnTheMarket features include some suggested by agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency backs controversial clean air zone concept](/upload/images/shutterstock_2105022104.jpg)
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city. The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rebrand revealed for 20 year old regional agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Virtual Tours here to stay for renters, even post-pandemic](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualHomeViewing-400x310.png)
The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sleep Out to Help Out! Wonderful work by Knight Frank](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![New portal will list letting agents’ properties for free for one year](/img/default/lat.png)
Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents – here are five simple tips for job searching](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...
29 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
![Deposit-free private renting 'may tempt tenants from social housing'](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...