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25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Managing agent bags hundreds of homes in new deal with L&G](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKHomesTraditional-400x310.png)
Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional Property Awards - the search is on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Final 48 hours for Property Awards nominations](/upload/images/shutterstock_2232908121(2).jpg)
Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards. The search for the very best of...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants additional health and safety cladding measures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two of the largest lettings agencies propose to merge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill is ideal chance to regulate agents says Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Property Awards event announced for this autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals time it takes to arrange interim inspections](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Inventory%20Hive/shutterstock_1710746851.jpg)
Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...
04 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Jackson-Stops opens new branch and bats away market worries](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex. This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart announces key lettings appointments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart Lettings has expanded expands its property management division with two key appointments. Natalie Giles has been appointed as the new Property...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches invitation-only property investment portal](/upload/images/shutterstock_574098244.jpg)
Online lettings agency Hortons has launched an Investors Club search portal, aimed at property investors and developers. The agency describes this as...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry leader takes over as lettings director of national chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property report bonus for agents hiring outsourced Viewbers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Use Insta Reels and TikTok - new advice to letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/video400x310.jpg)
A lettings guru is calling on agents to embrace social media trends in order to reach new audiences. Agent Rainmaker uses Reels...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message to Gove: EPC rule changes “devastating” for rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency “astounded” at international investor interest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Converting let-only landlords should be agents’ top priority - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
A prominent lettings agent says educating landlords about the need to use agents should be the industry’s number one priority. Agent Rainmaker...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s podcast advertising prompts expansion into radio marketing](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Podcast1-400x310.jpeg)
Fine & Country has diversified its marketing to include podcasts and radio advertising. Chief marketing officer Emilie Despois says: “We have always...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![The party’s over for Airbnb](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Social media: five top tips for letting agents](/upload/images/library/Social-media-image400x310.png)
Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us. These platforms...
17 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Rental Revolution - agents worried at government proposals](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Brexit not hurting growth of Purpose Built Student Accommodation](/upload/images/Brexit/Brexit-People-400x310.jpg)
Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm launches new products claiming to combat rental fraud](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/scam%20alert.png)
PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![The power of quality appliances in the rental market](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/AO/AO_070122_360x280.png)
For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...
07 January 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Top rental investment locations - where’s hot and where’s not](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_265319498.jpeg)
A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tell Tale Signs for agents to spot modern slavery victims](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has listed tell tale signs which letting agents should look for to spot incidents of modern day slavery. It says...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scottish surge – large increase in same-day lettings across Edinburgh](/upload/images/Locations/Edinburgh-400x310px-min.png)
The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agencies amongst those fined by HMRC for breaches](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the things letting agents hate most (and love most)](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech company has revealed what letting agent hate and love most about their work. On the plus side the RentProfile platform’s...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency partners with wildlife project to combat climate change](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
One of the UK’s largest agency groups has launched a partnership with an environmental organisation to plant one tree for every...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Two acquisitions add to agency’s fast-growing lets portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts. The acquisitions...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pressure on private rented sector to cater more for older and disabled](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents can earn over £300 per listing on platform - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards urges agents to watch out for scams](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ to help staff mental health](/img/default/lat.png)
A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents should be proud of their role, urges industry supplier](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents breaking 'No DSS' listings rule will face sanctions, warns Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus shows strength of franchise business model - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fake News! Morale-boosting Psych Evenings help auctioneers](/img/default/lat.png)
Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House. The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona: new info, guidance, links for agents facing the virus](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let demand to rise this year according to lender’s study](/img/default/lat.png)
Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings training and compliance info offered to independent agents](/img/default/lat.png)
The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![National agency diversifies further with block management acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Defiant Airbnb management service says it doesn’t reduce affordable stock](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Multi-brand PropTech group targets students ‘through rental cycle’](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
!['Be clearer on Right To Rent' government urged by trade bodies](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents using technology can cut arrears and voids - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Good news - under 1% of tenancies end with deposit disputes](/img/default/lat.png)
Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory electrical checks welcomed by senior lettings agency chief](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Scottish lettings reform has led to glut of buy to let sell-offs - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tax bombshell may curb Airbnb-style short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Massive surge in buy to let mortgage choice - now over 2,000 products](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time. This...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Specialist lender lowers rates and aims to help accidental landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
Specialist lender Together has lowered interest rates across a range of products including right to buy - and it’s making a...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Well done! Agency's new manager is product of apprentice scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
London agency Ludlowthompson has just appointed the first manager to emerge from the company’s apprenticeship scheme. Launched in 2011, the scheme now...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let tax change triggers rush to mortgage intermediaries](/img/default/lat.png)
The imminent mortgage interest tax relief changes coming into effect in April has triggered a surge in the number of mortgage...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![ARLA warns government over room size and licensing proposals](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![One industry force creates more opportunities than ever before](/img/default/lat.png)
Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...
24 November 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Industry bodies wary of yet more rental sector licensing](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has responded to the latest government recommendations for tighter controls on the private rental sector...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![New research gives detailed profile of 'typical' buy to let investor](/img/default/lat.png)
Research undertaken by one of Britain’s leading rental sector experts and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation gives perhaps the most...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Long prison sentence for letting agent guilty of con trick](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![The Power Of A Review In The Estate Agency Industry](/img/default/lat.png)
It is safe to say that in the cyber world of today, a reviewing culture has been born. We have review...
25 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Countrywide, Connells and Zoopla sign up to online lettings software deal](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![The Importance of Education for Letting Agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...
16 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![HMRC campaign gets £50m extra tax from private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
A campaign targeting residential landlords has given HM Revenue and Customs an additional tax take of over £50m. The Let Property Campaign,...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![94% surge in prime London tenancies claims agent](/img/default/lat.png)
There has been a 94 per cent increase in prime central London tenancies year-on-year claims Lucy Morton of W A Ellis,...