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An ex-ARLA supremo says technology is the best way for letting agents to cope with a huge rise in telephone calls. ARLA...

A new PropTech product is being launched today following a year of research involving the Leaders Romans Group. Inventory Hive’s new diary-management/maps...

A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...

A two-branch lettings agency in Hertfordshire has ceased trading and says it will soon be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. A statement...

The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...

A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Most tenants claim they are “intimidated” when agents or landlords telephone them about arrears - and they would much prefer a text. A small...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

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

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

Telephone answering service Moneypenny says agents’ missed calls typically double during the summer months while staff are on leave - meaning...

Lloyds Bank appears to have contacted at least some of its letting agent clients to say that it is closing all...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

A lettings agency has agreed to amend its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority over its use of...

The lettings agency Elet, based in Harrogate, has appointed liquidators.  A Letting Agent Today reader spotted an announcement about the move in...

Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it...

The Treasury has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that the ban on credit card surcharges which came into effect in recent...

A man is reported to have launched “a campaign of harassment” against a lettings agent just an hour after signing a...

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...

Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...

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

An inquest into the suicide of a well known local estate agent in the West Country has heard that there had...

Kensington & Chelsea council in central London has set up a series of hotline services and a working party to investigate...

A tenant has been tracked down after a year-long exercise and has now picked up the deposit he forgot to collect...

The National Approved Letting Scheme is linking with legal firm Moore Blatch to offer member agents access to a free legal...

A letting agent whose office closure prompted a police investigation has issued a statement saying she has had a stroke.   The agency, Drake...

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

A tenant has been found guilty of an assault of a letting agency staff member and has been ordered to do...

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...

The London legal firm Leigh Day - which last week announced it was leading a legal action on behalf of 55...

There has been a sharp rise in lettings-related calls taken by answering service Moneypenny in the third quarter of the year. In...

A letting agent is reported to have lied to police about his name when he was tracked down by officers investigating...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has acted about the mystery surrounding the future of east of England letting agency Kirby Property...

Mystery surrounds the fate of Kirby Property Management, a letting agency with offices at Cambourne, Cambridge and St Neots in the...

Like our: 24 Hour Emergency telephone answer service for your landlords and tenants. Letting agents and portfolio managers are increasingly being asked...

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