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A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...

A marketing expert is encouraging agents to invest more time and money in digital activities.  Richard Combellack, commercial product officer at PropTech...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

The Keller Williams UK agency has launched an online learning platform for agents called KW University. A statement from the company says...

A warrant backed without bail has been issued for the arrest of a lettings agent who failed to appear in court. Gareth Wills...

The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...

Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us.  These platforms...

PropTech platform Fixflo has launched what it calls a self-service training academy. It has already had a soft launch with 90 per...

A marketing firm says super-speedy virtual tours - similar in duration to many videos on the TikTok social network - are...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

A free digital training academy has been launched to guide agents on getting the best out of virtual viewings.  Holofy Spaces, a PropTech...

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

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

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

Rental app service Movebubble has launched its Home Walkthrough feature which it says it the first of its kind in the...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s already December so we imagine many offices will be getting...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today -...

Clyde Property in Scotland now has over 3,000 properties under management, making it one of the largest portfolios north of the...

Thanks so much for your fantastic response to our call for Christmas videos and pictures to show how your office is...

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....

Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

It's now less than 10 days before the BBC's annual Children In Need charity fund-raising event.  We all support the charity's great...

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...

Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...

The highly-publicised attempt by the founder of flat-sharing website SpareRoom to let two rooms from the London home “for what you can...

A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...

A deposit protection scheme has published a deposit dispute best practice guide for letting agents and landlords. my|deposits has produced the document...