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Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us. These platforms...
17 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media

A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

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

PropTech supplier Agent OS is running a survey of letting agents about the vexed subject of specialist client accounts. AgentOS says it’s...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...
16 February 2022
From: Sponsored Content

Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...
19 October 2021
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

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Local media in the Homes Counties report that two arrests were made after police were called by a lettings agency where...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...
23 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

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

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The free to list portal Residential People is launching a machine-learning platform allowing agents to specifically target local landlords and emphasise...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The renters’ group ACORN, which has held numerous protests at individual letting agents’ offices, has apologised after one of its local...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now. He has created...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Here are two sets of advice from the good folk at Aston Mead Land & Planning - some more appropriate than...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental activist who runs the Generation Rent pressure group has told landlords that if they are “serious” about providing long-term...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...
25 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 university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday. The taxis will operate...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...
12 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A letting agent operating in Cambridgeshire has seemingly 'gone to ground', owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds. Frank Smart, who has...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Channel 4’s hit comedy Stath Lets Flats shows the funny side of running a lettings agency but one of the country’s...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...
04 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Two agencies in Cheshire have merged, allowing a lettings business to now offer sales, mortgages and other home mover packages to...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and its sister organisation the National Association of Estate Agents has launched the second phase of...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

An online agency aimed at the student market is launching a sister service for the mainstream rental sector. ClickTenant - set up...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market. For the unitiated a bot is software that can...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today has been named as one of five titles on the shortlist for Property Trade Magazine of the Year...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A Facebook group has been set up to name and shame so-called ‘tenants from hell’. At the moment the page applies to...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The controversial landlord who made provocative remarks about some tenants leaving ‘curry smells’ in his properties is now complaining to the...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

On Friday afternoon Letting Agent Today broke the news of four letting agencies being expelled by The Property Ombudsman - and...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The property industry is set to pledge its support to Gas Safety Week 2016, which starts today. The sixth annual event aims...
19 September 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

Andrea Morgan - known to many property Twitter users as @RightmoveAddict - is joining the Agency Mentors estate agency training and...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

New technology could help letting agents and landlords select tenants and check up on them during tenancies. Tenant Assured uses automated social...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Statistics revealed by ESTAS founder Simon Brown reveal just how important the awards are in terms of showing public support for...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s best known and well respected experts on buy to let and the private rental sector, Kate Faulkner, has...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Sales and letting agents who enter a new awards event will be given the chance to promote their property business on...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News
18 December 2015
From: Sponsored Content
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The huge increase of social media as a business tool has changed the way in which we communicate with our customers....
16 December 2015
From: Sponsored Content

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A new service attempting to match prospective renters with available properties is emphasising its similarity to Tinder, the controversial online dating...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...
11 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...
10 July 2015
From: Features

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...
03 July 2015
From: Features

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...