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Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham. The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

High profile Welsh lettings agency Peter Alan has acquired West Quay Estates & Lettings as part of its long term strategy...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...
27 April 2022
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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

Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has announced that its lettings division is to follow the pattern of its sales side, and no longer have self-employed...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...
21 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The central Birmingham branch of franchise giant Belvoir is celebrating its 15th anniversary by moving to a prestigious new city centre...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

High profile PropTech supplier The Depositary is offering free and unlimited training for agents on its platform, beginning this week. A message...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent. Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has gone on the offensive and is publishing landlords who switch from rivals because of allegedly poor service. And...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Specialist anti-money laundering service FCS Compliance is beginning its latest series of AML webinars designed for Rightmove members. What you need to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The 7,000 units under SDL’s block management are now with rival HML Group following an acquisition deal which took place last...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today would like to wish all agents and their families, staff and colleagues a wonderful Christmas 2021. It’s been an...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

After becoming the first large agency to move to electric BMW i3s in 2019, Chestertons is urging others in the industry to follow...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Airbnb is adding property characteristics such as verified WiFi speed to its details in a bid to win more business and...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation. The island’s Economic and International...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Five PropTech firms have linked up to produce a so-called White Paper giving a glimpse in what they think the agency...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...
02 November 2021
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...
26 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...
07 October 2021
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Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire. Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

One of the leading estate agency groups in the UK has said it places high value on internal development following the...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...
15 September 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

Senior managers in the lettings and sales side of independent chain Spicerhaart are reducing their carbon footprint by taking up the...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An existing Belvoir franchisee in the Midlands has purchased two additional offices in Manchester. Sharanjit Gill of Belvoir Leicester Central now owns...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A letting agency has appeared on a ‘name and shame’ list of companies which failed to pay staff the minimum wage. Tetsuo...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.” Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients. Peter Grant,...
21 June 2021
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Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...
14 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent agency Hardisty And Co has acquired a fourth branch in Leeds. It will be headed up by former owner and office...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...
08 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...
25 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology” says its latest app aids safety for agents. The latest version of the...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has produced new guidance for letting agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid restrictions. It says:...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A compliance specialist is reminding the industry that the deadline by which letting agents must register with HMRC if they are...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Leeds agency HOP - previously well known as Let Leeds - is expanding its office network with the launch of a...
14 May 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

Preventative measures are everything where referencing is concerned. But with so many solutions out there, promising so much, it can be difficult...
12 May 2021
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The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents' wing of Propertymark says the recent expulsion of three agents from The Property Ombudsman demonstrates the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire’s Verity Frearson lettings and sales company has unveiled a new fleet of electric vehicles, and says it is the first agency...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside. This follows acquisitions...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...
19 April 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

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management. The...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Propertymark says its Inspire programme is continuing to help agents via its small group network - and it’s taking bookings for...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is asking agent members to ensure the safety of lone workers in branches and on viewings. A statement from the association...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has acquired another lettings agency - the fourth lettings-led acquisition this year. This time it is Guardian Residential Lettings...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Another franchise lettings and sales agency has gone green by changing its car fleet to electric vehicles. One of the Midlands branches...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast. Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months. Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices. The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired independent firm NW Estates in Warrington, for an undisclosed sum. Ascend says the acquisition - which includes the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...
18 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

Chestertons in London says it wants to become the country’s greenest estate agency and has taken a first step by being...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has announced another acquisition - this time it’s the EuroLet agency at Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire. The single-branch office...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today - and probably most of the rest of the industry - to Martin...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...
07 January 2021
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Belvoir’s agency in Grantham is making a fantastic gesture by donating crates of produce to the local Foodbank. Over 100 kilos of...
24 December 2020
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

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health. Agents will be able to watch live...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Henry Adams Lettings in Bognor Regis has joined forces with AC Lettings, one of the largest and most successful independent lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two industry training firms say the lockdown beginning this week gives agents an opportunity to prepare for 2021. Agency Mentors and The Able Agent...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group. Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...
02 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

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

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
29 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

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
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Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas. Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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A growing residential estate management company has committed its future to office-working after moving to a new boutique space in Birmingham. Principle...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech company has given its 134 staff the right to work anywhere they wish on a permanent basis -...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Media reports from Gateshead claim two brothers opened fire on a lettings agency with an air pistol when they were told they...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...
22 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Hunters has revealed that it’s used the lockdown period to train staff with a range of e-learning modules as well as...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs. A...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13. Propertymark...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Inventory BaseAcademy has released new online training to address safeguarding issues that may face the lettings industry. Property professionals, especially managers and...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...
15 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

Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...
08 May 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

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House. The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...
05 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

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...
13 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

A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago. It says it’s enjoyed...
03 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

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

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...
26 March 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

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...
19 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 Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Two estate agencies in the same city have merged - but it means one long-standing agency’s name will disappear. The Leicester firm...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...
28 February 2020
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London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford. This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...
07 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

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...
15 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

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body says the government’s latest injection of funds to help local councils root out rogue operators in the...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The online lettings agency Upad has this weekend published an immediate closure announcement on its website. It reads: “We regret to inform...
12 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

October 31, known as All Hallows' Eve, is now less than three weeks away. While the government continues with its botched Brexit...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A Plymouth sales and letting agency has taken a number of measures to help raise awareness of climate change in its...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An independent letting agency has reported its success in helping two large Build to Rent (BTR) developments to successfully let properties...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

safeagent’s Rent Smart Wales training course has been given the scheme’s top ‘High Assurance’ rating following its latest audit. Rent Smart Wales,...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-established agency in Wales says it’s shutting the sales side of its business and going to focus solely on lettings...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Telephone answering service Moneypenny says agents’ missed calls typically double during the summer months while staff are on leave - meaning...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
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PropTech, and specifically Artificial Intelligence, could help letting agents better cope with new demands created by further industry regulation. That’s the view...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Southampton branch of Martin & Co has more than doubled its business after acquiring an independent agent in the city. It’s...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

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

National agency Martin & Co has announced the acquisition of independent Essex agency Owen Lyons. Martin & Co Chelmsford owner Stephen Frost...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Some observers think it may be unwise for agencies to reveal too many details of perks for staff but Connells has...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding. EBG, which was...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...
29 May 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

London agency Stirling Ackroyd - owned by Nick Dunning Associates, led by senior ex-Countrywide staff - has snapped up another independent...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The final - and some say most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s ESTAS awards has been revealed. The People Awards, sponsored...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...
04 April 2019
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An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

North Wales agency Dafydd Hardy has snapped up small independent Smith & Wypler as part of a new growth strategy. Smith &...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a Hertfordshire lettings agency has pleaded guilty to managing a brothel, according to a statement from the police. He’s...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority in the Midlands has admitted what many people have believed for some time - despite a slew of...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...
28 January 2019
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The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire. LetCo, which operated chiefly...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The automated lettings payment platform PayProp has revealed that it comes from charitable roots. PayProp is part of Humanstate, a private technology...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The online lettings agency Urban is continuing to operate as normal despite the shock revelation that parent company Emoov is looking...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A branch of Martin & Co has substantially boosted its managed portfolio following the acquisition of independent agency County Rentals. The goodwill...
17 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

A landlord who rented out an unlicenced HMO has been fined more than £22,000 after the local council found five people...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester. The...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has acquired another independent firm, Angus Roberts. The deal will see Linley & Simpson, which operates...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The local branch of franchise operation Martin & Co has acquired family business Oliver James’s Witney office to become the largest...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its sixth business acquisition of 2018 - the Worthing and Bognor Regis lettings portfolios of...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Managing agency Rendall & Rittner has scooped a Platinum Investors in People award, demonstrating commitment to high performance through good people...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

High end agency Knight Frank is reorganising a regional lettings division in a bid to create a ‘hub’ system which should...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
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Belvoir, the UK’s largest high street franchised agency network, has made major changes to its top table with promotions for two...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty has moved into a new home and says it plans to double its staff by adding five...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The concept of deposit alternatives is gathering pace and now one PropTech firm closely involved in it - Reposit - has...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings agency Elet, based in Harrogate, has appointed liquidators. A Letting Agent Today reader spotted an announcement about the move in...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE...
12 July 2018
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Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells Group brand Fox & Sons has added a lettings portfolio in Salisbury to its network after completing the acquisition of...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network. All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

York's largest letting agency has completed the biggest acquisition in its 21-year history. Eleven-branch network Linley & Simpson - which operates across...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS has announced its final and, to many, its most prestigious shortlist for this year’s awards - a special category...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency apparently trying to get around HMO regulations has been prosecuted for licensing and housing offences. Easy Let Agency let...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Gascoines agency at Southwell in Nottinghamshire is celebrating the retirement of one of its most loved staff members after no less...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group is continuing on the acquisition trail with two more deals within 24 hours. On Tuesday the company acquired...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester city centre-based agency Ascend Properties has acquired local independent company Living Quarter. The deal will see Ascend’s number of managed properties...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A Leicestershire agency chain has acquired a rival Leicester-based independent. Whitegates, which has offices in Loughborough, Mountsorrel and central Leicester, has acquired...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A company which already runs a student accommodation lettings service online is to expand and open a general online lettings agency...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents is putting out an appeal to the agency industry to ensure it is not accidentally...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

William H Brown, part of Sequence UK, has revealed it has snapped up another small independent - just days after its...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is recruiting more central office staff to support franchisees, with a 40 per cent increase in workers at the company's...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A growing sales and lettings agency in Leeds has announced the recruitment of nine new members of staff. Morgans, which describes itself...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A growing agency has appointed a new lettings team and is aiming to compete with its successful residential sales division. Heywoods, the...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Research by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has identified that some 93% of local authorities have failed to issue a...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The first letting agents to have completed a new training course aimed at improving services for tenants and landlords have graduated. Some...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An agency staff member has received a suspended prison sentence after stealing £11,500 in unclaimed deposits from a branch of Connells. Amy...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened a new lettings branch in Clapham, south London, moving into an office already occupied by...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

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

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...
29 March 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

Tenant referencing company Rent4sure is celebrating its one millionth tenant move after expanding from five staff on start-up in 2009 to...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News

In an era when the relationship between local councils, letting agencies and landlords appears permanently fraught, there is good news from...
20 March 2017
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The landlord of an HMO above a Chinese takeway in Cornwall has been fined for failing to comply with the requirements...
15 March 2017
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Jackson-Stops & Staff has surprised the industry by announcing its expansion into holiday lettings. The agency’s Sherborne branch is expanding its residential...
02 March 2017
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Scotland’s largest professional organisation for letting agents is urging all those in the rental sector to ensure they are fully compliant with...
01 March 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...
01 February 2017
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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
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A Scottish agency group has announced that it has acquired a lettings business in order to move into the short-term lettings...
24 January 2017
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A letting agency specialising in student accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director have admitted a series of breaches of...
23 January 2017
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Lettings agents have been issued fines totalling £14,100 by a local authority for failing to comply with consumer rights laws. Officers from...
11 January 2017
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The chief executive of an agency in Stoke is offering £500 for information leading to the conviction of individuals who ransacked...
23 December 2016
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A lettings agency office at Longton in Staffordshire has suffered a break in, less than 24 hours after what it believed...
21 December 2016
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A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
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The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...
05 December 2016
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Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns & Webber, has acquired Aspire Management Services Surrey Ltd, an...
28 November 2016
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In the week that the government announced a ban on letting agents levying fees on tenants, one multi-office estate agency has...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...