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The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

PropTech provider Spectre has added a social media marketing tool to its platform. This is the result of a partnership with Auto.social...

London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

Industry technology provider Reapit is holding a webinar tomorrow giving agents “an opportunity for savvy agents to unlock profits through tried...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...

Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...

Angela Rayner has been appointed Levelling Up Secretary with responsibility for housing - a role she has in addition to being...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...

Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...

Spicerhaart has inked a deal to use Rex Software for its lettings and property management activities from early 2025.  The agency chain...

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...

Propertymark has launched a new bespoke platform for agents, with the claim that it will ‘connect everyone everywhere.’ The trade body says...

A new in-person real-time chat service for tenants claims to “assist all aspects of the rental experience.” The service comes from a...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

A deposit alternative service has been added to Propertymark’s industry supplier list. Tenants can purchase a Zero Deposit Guarantee from £7.50 upwards...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is launching something called Complete Tenancy Management This claims to give agents tools to manage a tenancy over its...

The future of the UK lettings market will be determined by the July 4 election and now PropTech player Reapit |...

Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...

The 85 branches of Spicerhaart have signed a three-year partnership with The Lettings Hub to use its tenancy management platform. Spicerhaart also...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector.  Safe2 - recently acquired...

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new series of educational videos for agents. The Guild’s Learning Platform serves as a...

The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...

Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

A previously low-profile property and land research platform, has entered a partnership with Rightmove. Addland, which claims to have “a community” of...

Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...

An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency.  Preston Baker...

The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

The agency Centrick has been appointed to launch and operate a new multi-million-pound Build To Rent development in Leicester.  Centrick will provide...

Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...

The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

Claire Williams, the former team principal of the legendary Williams Formula One Team , has been named as one of the...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...

Student accommodation listings service StuRents has added three new hires as it expands. Chris Glen is the new head of customer success....

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence.  The local portal...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is running a webinar examining how one client, Umega, used PropTech to more than double its...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

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

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

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

Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...