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A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

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

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

The lettings technology company Goodlord, which works with over 2,000 UK letting agents, has been named by Deloitte as one of...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

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

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...

A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

Proptech platform Residently claims its technology is now “free to the property sector.” The platform currently offers a contactless rental process which...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

Hunters has revealed that it’s used the lockdown period to train staff with a range of e-learning modules as well as...

The MRI Software company is hosting a free webinar with key figures from two companies it works with.  Viewber co-founder Ed Mead...

A new app called Rentd by-passes lettings agents but charges landlords £799 for a full listing. Landlords pay the one-off £799 fixed...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

Rental app service Movebubble has launched its Home Walkthrough feature which it says it the first of its kind in the...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The giant Hunters franchise chain, which has over 200 offices across the UK, Is boosting its technology through a strategic partnership...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...

The race for dominance in the deposit alternative field continues apace. Now franchise giant Hunters has teamed up with flatfair to bring...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

The comparison website MoneySuperMarket suggests that renters spend an average of £670 in additional costs when they move, on top of...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...

Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has been chosen by CBRE UK Residential Lettings as the race for prominence in the sector continues. This is...

Letting agents need to adapt to changing landlord and tenant habits The way letting agents, landlords and tenants communicate has changed significantly...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

The chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is predicting that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology...

Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...

The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they...

A PropTech product is claiming a breakthrough for letting agents who can now access same-day referencing on prospective tenants. LetAlliance claims that...

One of the growing number of deposit alternative services, flatfair, has announced a partnership with lettings platform Goodlord. Agents and landlords can...

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...

The management company of a private New York City rental apartment complex is to install a facial recognition system which must...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...

Staff are usually a business’s biggest fixed cost, but did you know that the true cost of an employee is almost...

The PropTech firm CreditLadder is working with the Nationwide Building Society on a pioneering scheme to try to help tenants buy...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

A controversial Labour-controlled local authority which already has 91 per cent of its private rental properties inside licensing schemes is now...

Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

The automated lettings payment platform PayProp has revealed that it comes from charitable roots. PayProp is part of Humanstate, a private technology...

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with InventoryBase, a software supplier which has...

High-profile buy to let mortgage lender LendInvest says it’s going to allow applicants to prove their ID online via photographs. It’s working...

Channel 4’s hit comedy Stath Lets Flats shows the funny side of running a lettings agency but one of the country’s...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database to help its agent members keep abreast of compliance issues in the lettings sector.  The...

The next phase of the government’s Rent Recognition Challenge takes place this week, as six short-listed PropTech companies know which will...

A private equity company has made a £10m investment in Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson to fund further expansion. Founded by...

Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...

The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...

Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand.  Airsorted provides...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector is urging letting agents to use the 2019 lettings fee ban as an opportunity...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

PayProp had an exceedingly good 2017, enjoying excellent growth in client numbers, new regions – and, best of all, our customers’...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

The former executive director of LSL Property Services, David Newnes, is one of the key backers of a new property management...

A digital start-up that uses algorithms to match the requirements of landlords against the entire buy to let mortgage market of...

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...

The government is offering £2m to budding PropTech and financial technology entrepreneurs who can develop an application that will enable Britain’s 11...

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...

A prominent PropTech company chief has repeated his claim that old-fashioned methods of business administration could be prohibiting letting agents from...

A family-run lettings agency says its viability is seriously threatened by the likely fees ban to be introduced in 2018 -...

Countrywide is reported to be launching its next online offer - a mortgage brokerage called Mojo Mortgages - early next year. The...

This is a final call for estate and letting agents to have a say on what may be one of the...

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...

A lettings management agency in Cardiff says it has boosted business by a quarter in the past year, mostly thanks to...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

A PropTech firm claims more effective use of technology and automation by letting agents could reduce the number of complaints made...

Letting agents need to modernise and digitise to prepare for a surge in the size of the private rental sector according...

A new app called UrbanCo is launched today in London as part of a buying agent-style service aimed at busy would-be renters.    A...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender LandBay has teamed up with financial services giant Legal & General to provide a new...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

A new PropTech device aimed at UK owners of foreign holiday homes allows them to control who enters their overseas property...

The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...

Tenant referencing and insurance provider Van Mildert has secured private equity funding from a private family office and the principals of...

An event that has been billed as Europe’s most senior networking event for real estate innovators takes place in London on...

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...

University Cribs, the student property search engine, is expanding to list accommodation in the London market.    The service says that with its...

Not too many years ago, electric and hybrid cars were regarded as being rather quirky, their main purpose being to deliver...

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...

Tenant referencing company Rent4sure is celebrating its one millionth tenant move after expanding from five staff on start-up in 2009 to...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Cloud-based rental transaction platform Goodlord - already used by some agencies in the UK including Strutt & Parker and Remax -...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business.    StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...

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

A second firm is suggesting that the cost of Buy To Let mortgages has fallen to a record low - but...

Poor communication, not being treated as a customer, and the time it takes to get property issues resolved have topped the...

An online platform describing itself as a ‘matchmaker’ for prospective flatmates is temporarily offering letting agents free listings in a bid...

Online letting agency Upad has appointed the chairman of the new UK PropTech Association to its advisory board.   Eddie Holmes, who announced...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The ESTAS awards have a new main category sponsor - PropTech company OneDome.   The OneDome service, launched last month, provides free-to-use information...

Property consultancy Dataloft has produced an index to monitor what it says are the four key factors behind buy to let investors'...

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...

A new app created in partnership with a homelessness charity aims to give independent agencies the ability to push properties direct...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

The UK's largest franchise agency has expanded into the Orkney Islands.  Belvoir's Amjed Rasul, owner of its Inverness franchise, has acquired Orkney...

Cleaning is the number one cause of disputes in the private rental sector since the introduction of tenant deposit protection in...

Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...

Location, location, location takes on a whole other meaning in the world of Pokemon Go - as landlord Eric Milne understands...

As part of Rent4sure’s ongoing programme of development initiatives, Clair Jones has been appointed National Field Sales Manager. “Rent4sure is one of...

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...

New technology could help letting agents and landlords select tenants and check up on them during tenancies. Tenant Assured uses automated social...

We look at a few of the best ways to make your property stand out from the crowd. In a market...

A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...

A council has set up an anti-fraud tool to prevent social housing being illegally sub-let under the pretence of being private...

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...

Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...

The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...

Flat fees, of the kind now offered by many online letting and sales agencies, will become the norm in the industry...

Leading letting agency improves efficiency and customer satisfaction with DocuSign. Company’s Top Objectives LSL Property Services is a leading provider of residential property...

Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...

The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls.  Labour’s Chris Leslie,...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...

Q: What does it say on your business card? I like the flexibility of roles so I do not have a title...