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The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...

Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

CRM business platform Reapit has partnered with PropTech platform Notify to announce a software integration that claims to simplify utilities registration...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

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

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil.  Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

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

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...

The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their...

Life insurance sold to tenants could provide a valuable additional income stream for agents whose revenue has been hit by the...

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

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...

Utilities and comparative platform Tenant Shop has linked up with Reposit to offer a security deposit alternative product for agents. Tenant Shop’s...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...

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...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...

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

A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...

A new report into student accommodation has found that private student rent remains at an average of £100 to £119 a...

Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...

The Lettings Hub is broadening its offer to agents by launching a utility management service on top of its traditional referencing...

Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...

Two landlord associations have criticised local councils for a lack of enforcement and failing to prosecute criminal landlords.  The Residential Landlords Association...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

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 private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...

Almost half of students (49%) surveyed by Glide Utilities said their weekly rent represents good value for money, the firm has...

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