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17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Movinghub UK has announced its latest integration with Reapit. Movinghub allows agents to assist tenants and other home movers to organise services...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
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Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Goodlord has partnered with a credit reference firm, claiming it will help letting agents to secure more accurate info...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents on Rightmove can now start using the portal’s new appointment booking tool, Viewings Manager, which has just completed its test...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus. The cloud-based...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord. During September, the average rent for...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...
08 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
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Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
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A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
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PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The MRI Software company is hosting a free webinar with key figures from two companies it works with. Viewber co-founder Ed Mead...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software. The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...
10 March 2020
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PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...
30 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...
17 January 2020
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The giant Hunters franchise chain, which has over 200 offices across the UK, Is boosting its technology through a strategic partnership...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings platform teclet has announced another API partner - the latest of many in recent months. It’s the Product Care Repair or...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says lettings and sales agents are less efficient because software providers and the wider industry have done too...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month. The company...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings software platform teclet has announced a strategic partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. It means MAB’s intermediary products and services will...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...
24 July 2019
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The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...
16 May 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Staff are usually a business’s biggest fixed cost, but did you know that the true cost of an employee is almost...
05 April 2019
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Lettings software provider teclet is launching its platform across the network of franchise agency Hunters. teclet has been working with Hunters on...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...
01 February 2019
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ARPM Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...
01 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...
14 December 2018
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A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech provider of inventory services says its new tool will significantly cut pre-tenancy admin for letting agents and landlords. No Letting...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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 new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with InventoryBase, a software supplier which has...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...
01 August 2018
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Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...
14 June 2018
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Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of...
30 May 2018
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How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...
21 May 2018
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

Floor plan software provider Metropix celebrated their win at The ESTAS on Friday by announcing an upcoming landmark. Having scooped the “Best...
03 May 2018
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A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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The veteran estate agent Michael Stoop has become a non-executive director of Sorbet, a PropTech company which has created a software...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A new branch of the Move Revolution agency has opened in Weston-super-Mare, heavily promoting the concept of no-deposit renting. The branch is...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...
16 January 2018
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The troubled PropTech firm Goodlord - which creates software to allow tenancies to be handled on a single system - has...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by a student lettings software company suggests that 70 per cent of landlords say they would prefer not to let...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Reporting software company InventoryBase has backed a campaign urging for inventories to be made mandatory in the lettings sector. The Association of...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

No Agent, a platform for landlords which says circumnavigates the need for letting agents, has announced $1.1m in investment - around...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech company chief has repeated his claim that old-fashioned methods of business administration could be prohibiting letting agents from...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents. Some 42 per...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A new snapshot of the buy to let mortgage market suggests costs have dropped further over the past three months as...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Q: What does it say on your business card? Tim Wright, Product Director, KeyAGENT Q: What does KeyAGENT do? We’re a team of multi-award...
28 July 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

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

Another new cloud software platform - HeyLandlord - has been launched to make it easier for agents and landlords to communicate...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Bidding software that provides a new revenue stream for letting agents has been unveiled by a start up called Letsbid4lets. The bidding...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The software company behind a new product claim it helps agents comply with The Property Ombudsman’s code of practice on referencing...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company claims its new software platform will make it easier for letting agents and property managers to co-ordinate maintenance...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The preview event for the launch of a new rental auction site is receiving strong interest from letting agents. LetsBid4Lets says that...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A new rental auction website is inviting letting agents to preview its launch at an event later this month. LetsBid4Lets.com, which claims...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and property managers will soon have a new way to coordinate maintenance reports and inspections, thanks to a refreshing...
07 June 2017
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What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

Agency software company Eurolink says there are ’10 easy ways for letting agents to grow their businesses’ - with most of...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Smart repair reporting software Fixflo is teaming up with Qube Global Software to allow letting agents and property managers to handle...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Repair reporting specialist Fixflo and software provider VTUK are teaming up to provide what is believed to be the first Twitter debate...
15 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...
03 November 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

A new app created in partnership with a homelessness charity aims to give independent agencies the ability to push properties direct...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has moved into a new headquarters, a 45,000 square foot property adjacent to Tower Bridge in central London. The new offices...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey of 18 mortgage lenders reports that the buy to let sector has seen a rise in mortgage deals of...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most senior letting agents says landlords should take the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Energy Performance...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Repair reporting platform Fixflo has integrated with inventory firm No Letting Go's letting agent reporting software Kaptur. The integration means Kaptur will now...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK's largest franchise agency has expanded into the Orkney Islands. Belvoir's Amjed Rasul, owner of its Inverness franchise, has acquired Orkney...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The costs of buy To let mortgages have fallen by as much as eight per cent over the past six months. Software...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Fixflo has stolen a march over other PropTech companies by being the sole representative from the sector to be invited to...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a 12-week consultation on a proposal which it claims simplifies the tax demands levied on...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

An online platform aiming to link letting agents with tenants and landlords has raised £2m and now promises to use it...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A part of the Property Software Group - recently snapped up by Zoopla - is launching a tool that it claims...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being invited to join landlords and local authority rental housing experts in a Twitter debate on private rental...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Luke Mason, from IntelliLet. I help letting agents with every aspect of their business, but particular focus is on...
27 April 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK Apartrment Association - which describes itself as the first organisation exclusively servicing this country’s Build To Rent sector -...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The demonisation of agents continues with the launch of a web-based application designed to “enable local authorities to take action against rogue...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Property software firm VTUK has announced the appointment of a new sales director in response to 'increased demand for automation'. Ian Mclaughlin...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Managing Agents, the umbrella body for professionals involved in private residential block management, has appointed Nigel Glen...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...
01 March 2016
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Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
18 December 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and repairs software company Fixflo have released a guidance on timelines to help agents handle...
01 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Repairs software provider Fixflo - which last week entered into a partnership with The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...
20 November 2015
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The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection Service are entering into a partnership with software specialist Fixflo to create a...
12 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...
16 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content

Property repair software company Fixflo has issued last-minute guidance for agents and landlords regarding the Section 21 changes which come into...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a new software upgrade designed to help protect agencies in...
22 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...
15 September 2015
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The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...
17 August 2015
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An inventory software firm claims periodic visits by agents or landlords could lead to a reduction in damage to rental properties. The...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...
15 July 2015
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The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...
09 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Recent weeks have seen changes made to the rules that govern responsibility for property repairs in the private rented sector. Section 11...
16 June 2015
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It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...
02 June 2015
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The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...
15 May 2015
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The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...