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An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...

National property services group, Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Purplebricks’ lettings chief to become a director in its property management...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...

A limited number of tickets are still available for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards.  Olympian Roger Black MBE will appear at the...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Zoopla has announced it’s hosting its quarterly market update next Wednesday, June 14, to discuss how agents can keep their business...

Agents wanting to get to grips with the Renters Reform Act are invited to a learning webinar hosted by Rightmove. It’s at...

A lettings guru is calling on agents to embrace social media trends in order to reach new audiences. Agent Rainmaker uses Reels...

Lettings agency Hamptons is backing Earth Day tomorrow in partnership with removals firm Doree Bonner International and the charity Mind. As part...

Agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in an industry forum on Monday May 15...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

Corrupt elites and criminal gangs who abuse the property and financial sectors will be identified and stripped of their cash, the...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

The residential division of Knight Frank has won the Best Customer Focus award at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023. Knight Frank...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

Fine & Country holds its international conference on March 10 and according to the agency it will be attended by representatives...

Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...

The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...

Three councils will be sharing £1.21m in public cash over the next two years to tackle poor quality properties in the...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association has named a new chief executive.  Andy Fenner will support STAA chairperson Merilee Karr and director...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

Fine & Country will be hosting masterclasses in October focussing on recruitment and retention.  Held in London and Leeds the sessions will...

A bootcamp which claims to help agents add up to £1m revenue to their business is to return this summer. The Agent...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...

Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot project which claims it will cut down on ‘back office’ chores...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

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

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...

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

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

If you haven’t been to the Agent Rainmaker LIVE event before, then it is pretty difficult to explain how this event...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

The new President of the lettings side of Propertymark says her aim is to lift the profile of the organisation amongst...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

The new chief executive of Propertymark says being a member of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is a sign of...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

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....

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

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

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate.  The...