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A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding.  Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

An online property platform that last year said tenants prefer to deal directly with landlords has returned to the theme with...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Lavanda, a platform for short-lets backed by Purplebricks’ co-founder Kenny Bruce, says it is to roll-out across the UK from later...

Online agency easyProperty has announced the launch of two new lettings options.  One, called easyLet, is broadly a listings service: for £99...

An ambitious PropTech startup has raised £2.8 million to fund its bid to 'reinvent the London renting experience'. Homie, a search platform...

Harrison Murray, the lettings division of the Nottingham Building Society, has launched a portal for landlords and tenants. The agency says it...

A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...

A new app has been launched with the aim of offering extra security to lettings and estate agents and other sole...

The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...

A former lettings agent stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and personal items from homes after conning other agents into...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

A lettings management agency in Cardiff says it has boosted business by a quarter in the past year, mostly thanks to...

Humberts has launched an online-only lettings option for landlords with a PropTech firm which has previously operated a service described as...

Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market.    For the unitiated a bot is software that can...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...

A new app created in partnership with a homelessness charity aims to give independent agencies the ability to push properties direct...

New data produced by Knight Frank shows that the number of tenancies agreed in August this year was the highest on...

Movebubble, a firm which has in the past offered renters a service where someone attends viewings on their behalf - has...

An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...

Data from London agency Portico suggests rents dipped 1.7 per cent during the May to July period, covering six weeks leading up...

Zoopla is set to launch what it claims to be the world’s first remote-viewing platform called Smart Viewing, enabling house hunters to view property remotely...

The Movebubble digital rental service is launching a 'virtual assistant' facility - a person who will use a scooter to attend...

A letting agent has been jailed after reportedly tricking students into paying deposits totalling thousands of pounds for flats they could...

The internet classified listings service Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association to discuss scams in which fraudsters posing as...

An industry body has asked classified listings online service Gumtree to issue its users clear warnings about possible scams involving fake...

Rightmove says letting agents are reporting “extraordinary demand” in many parts of the country, with an increasing number of tenants positively...

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

Manchester-based estate and letting agency Ascend Properties claims it has secured lettings deals with clients in China, Kuwait, Canada and Ireland,...

In today’s highly competitive market place, no company can afford to miss a business opportunity. Roy Fuller Managing Director at Everything Lettings...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...