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16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants reveal biggest ‘deal breakers’ when looking for rental property](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(4).jpg)
Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency that Refurbs and offers Guaranteed Rent is expanding](/upload/images/shutterstock_1906337941(2).jpg)
A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material Information - PropTech tool launched to help agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(3).jpg)
Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark’s ringing endorsement for Material Information changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(3).jpg)
Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards reveal details of new Material Information requirements](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(1).jpg)
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ross Nichols, Co-Founder at Just Move In](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Just%20Move%20In/Frame%204.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...
16 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Opinion: What price and salary structure is best for our industry?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2192453705.jpg)
Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Bonanza as new lettings integrations announced today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rebrand for long-standing PropTech lettings sector provider](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Utility management service Helpthemove has rebranded. The refresh, which has been produced alongside creative agency partner Jam, aims - in the words...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agent jailed after ordering staff to make false claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Police-400x310.png)
The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls forcing landlords to consider quitting - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent wants rental properties to have their own planning class](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ConstructionBlueprints-400x310.png)
A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Material Information - utility data can help agents meet Trading Standards call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Utility technology platform Muuvo says the information it accesses can help agents meet the enhanced ‘material information’ requirements which Trading Standards...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency plays down impact of rent freeze and evictions ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency backing Purpose Built Student Accommodation over buy to let](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentsTogether400x310.jpeg)
New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![New online service will “finally bring renting into modern age”](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert - prepare additional info for property details now](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessPlans-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards issue new guidelines for property details](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Danny Wyrwoll, Sales & Marketing Director at Glide](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Glide/360x280.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...
11 July 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Deposits - figures show remarkably few agent-tenant disputes](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech innovation gives agents property utility info within 60 seconds](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Minister warns letting agents over higher energy charges](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - would new builds be best for buy to let?](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![New software integration claims to simplify utility management](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
CRM business platform Reapit has partnered with PropTech platform Notify to announce a software integration that claims to simplify utilities registration...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency spares a thought for tenants’ affordability problems](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantStressed-400x310.jpg)
A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency employee admits “no lawful basis” for using tenant’s data](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
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
![Heatpump proposals may be hot air, suggests PropTech platform](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant fraud surges massively in Build To Rent sector](/upload/images/library/Fraud-image400x310.png)
The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Big Bad Agents - Airbnb lets may backfire on landlords, says ARLA](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/The%20Lettings%20Hub/Vince400x310px.jpg)
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
![Trading Standards clampdown on rogue letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Utilities Admin: Simple technology to save 85 minutes per tenancy](/img/default/lat.png)
As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...
07 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Most students want utility charges integrated into overall rents](/img/default/lat.png)
More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Five things agents dislike about tenant referencing](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil. Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...
04 March 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech link with agents’ group continues with new platform](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Utilities algorithm developed by lettings management platform](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![One in three finds moving home more stressful than having a baby](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Sponsored Content
![Agency partner platform adds bill-sharing to student services](/img/default/lat.png)
UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...
05 January 2021
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
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech Push - new products launched aiming at letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New app provides lead to agents and pays if tenants switch utilities](/img/default/lat.png)
A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark names new leader for revamped organisation](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Heroic lettings agent provides scores of homes for NHS staff](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![More tenants say landlords should take on responsibility for amenities](/img/default/lat.png)
One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents should respond to renters’ growing eco-worries, says supplier](/img/default/lat.png)
An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tax credit idea for tenants whose rent is 30% or more of income](/img/default/lat.png)
The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![DPS teams up with comparison website to offer deals on utilities](/img/default/lat.png)
The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants. Renters who have their...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Insurance for tenants could be additional revenue stream for agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Life insurance sold to tenants could provide a valuable additional income stream for agents whose revenue has been hit by the...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![We’ll make Fees Ban work for us, says ambitious agency acquiring rivals](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Family and older person rental markets ‘present agents with opportunities’](/img/default/lat.png)
Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stand by for fees ban confusion - trade bodies speak out](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents ‘have key role to reduce stress for landlords and tenants’](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents can retain landlords 'by using PropTech to minimise voids'](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Best agents to offer expert services after Fees Ban, predicts utility service](/img/default/lat.png)
The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: agents must prepare immediately, trade body urges](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents advised to reduce admin workload ahead of fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![New revenue stream for agents pledged by PropTech utilities site](/img/default/lat.png)
A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban coming into effect on September 1 in Wales](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech platform teams up with deposit alternative provider](/img/default/lat.png)
Utilities and comparative platform Tenant Shop has linked up with Reposit to offer a security deposit alternative product for agents. Tenant Shop’s...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shock warning that quarter of landlords considering stopping using agents](/img/default/lat.png)
More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech lettings platform names comparison service as new partner](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: UK's top 10 locations for rental house-shares](/img/default/lat.png)
Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lee Dahill, Director of Sales for the Today publications and The ValPal Network](/img/default/lat.png)
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...
12 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Over a third of London uninhabitable for renters - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![New utility and survey products aim to woo lettings professionals](/img/default/lat.png)
Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firms claim new products will help lettings agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Spark Energy says new owner will 'significantly benefit the rental sector'](/img/default/lat.png)
The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Two new PropTech products aimed at lettings agencies](/img/default/lat.png)
Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Spark to offer low price energy deals for cost-cutting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Warning over dangers of utility meter-tampering in private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering. Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Survey finds many tenants don't check tradespeople's credentials](/img/default/lat.png)
A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm that laid off 40 early this year now set to take on new staff](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![£650,000 for Proptech firm that streamlines lettings utility bills](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Student accommodation rents static, says state-of-the-sector report](/img/default/lat.png)
A new report into student accommodation has found that private student rent remains at an average of £100 to £119 a...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Industry supplier Hallmark rebranding as ITTRIA](/img/default/lat.png)
Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lettings supplier announces acquisition and targets multi-utility growth](/img/default/lat.png)
Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Richard Price, Sales Director at Glide Utilities](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...
13 April 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Referencing firm to offer agents utility-management service](/img/default/lat.png)
The Lettings Hub is broadening its offer to agents by launching a utility management service on top of its traditional referencing...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Typical Airbnb listings bring in twice the rent of long-term lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Local authorities are letting down tenants, say landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
Two landlord associations have criticised local councils for a lack of enforcement and failing to prosecute criminal landlords. The Residential Landlords Association...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![ARLA's new guidance for students in private rental accommodation](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year. Looking for...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Bill-splitting facilities likely to expand amongst HMO tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...
01 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![‘Between a rock and a harder place'](/img/default/lat.png)
Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...
28 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![Leading Tory warns much further to go on removing buy to let tax breaks](/img/default/lat.png)
As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector utility and media services firm set to triple in size](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![How well do you know your tenants?](/img/default/lat.png)
The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...
15 September 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![Half of students say rent represents good value for money](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost half of students (49%) surveyed by Glide Utilities said their weekly rent represents good value for money, the firm has...