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Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

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

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

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

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

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

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

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

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

London agency Ludlowthompson has just appointed the first manager to emerge from the company’s apprenticeship scheme.    Launched in 2011, the scheme now...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

SDL Bigwood - owned by Century 21 UK franchise parent company Shepherd Direct Limited - has been selected as the lettings...

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...

The buy to let market has experienced annual growth of no less than 26 per cent between November 2014 and last...

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

What do we actually do as estate agents to serve our wonderful public? Some might think we go out, value houses, advise...

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...

Glyn Trott from LetMC We are approaching valuations with landlords in a new way. By using this simple form we have been able...

Glyn Trott of LetMC Are you using landlord referencing effectively? Landlord referencing is often outsourced and a missed sales opportunity. In this video...

Glyn Trott of LetMC Are you using landlord referencing effectively? Landlord referencing is often outsourced and a missed sales opportunity. In this video...