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Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

A prominent lettings agent says educating landlords about the need to use agents should be the industry’s number one priority. Agent Rainmaker...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

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

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

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

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...

The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced a link with insurance product and moving services operation The Lettings Hub. Lettings Hub offers...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

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

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

LetsBid, a digital online auction service for lettings and sales, has extended its pre-screening service for agents with a new agreement...

Government proposals to ban letting agent fees levied on tenants next year are unlikely to make renting cheaper as new research...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...