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It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Letting agents looking to boost the power of lead generation are invited to an exclusive event later this week. Agent Rainmaker is...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK Apartment Association - effectively a trade body for the Build To Rent sector - is beefing up its top...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Northwood franchise, which has more than 90 offices nationwide, has unveiled a new look for its lettings and estate agency...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
With less than a week to go before the Court Meeting and the General Meeting which will decide the fate of...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...
24 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A website and digital services supplier has partnered with a social media marketing firm. Property Webmasters is working with flow to provide...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Scottish agency and chartered surveyor firm DM Hall is to incorporate the identity of its rural property specialist arm, Baird Lumsden,...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the agency has added a further...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A marketing expert is encouraging agents to invest more time and money in digital activities. Richard Combellack, commercial product officer at PropTech...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
South East property group Beresfords has appointed Bernadette Barcham to its Board of Directors. A statement from the firm says the move...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...
14 July 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings and sale s agencies, has appointed Giles Milner as its first chief marketing officer. Having worked...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Cloud-based software system Alto and repairs and maintenance management system Fixflo are to unveil an integration in the next fortnight. This will...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents. The existing network...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...
12 May 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Twitter owner Elon Musk and 1,000 other technology leaders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have called for a pause on the...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Veteran UK actor Rupert Everett, a star in Hollywood movies for over 40 years, is to voice radio adverts for Fine...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Franchise giant Belvoir has once again held a lavish annual conference and awards event. Sponsored by iamproperty, Let Alliance and PayProp, the...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Marketing firm Property Webmasters says AI is changing the game for agents promoting their services and clients. Chief executive Jamie Arthur states:...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Councillors in one part of London are considering asking agents to include ‘green features’ on property details. Camden’s Labour controlled council has...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An online lettings platform has shut its crowdfunding campaign after easily exceeding its target of £850,000. Lettingaproperty - founded by brothers Jonathan...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
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
The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom. Carter...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day. The advert, in 30 and 60 second...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A London lettings agent is offering free interior styling to all his clients. After 16 years working as head stylist for one...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals. Since Jason Tebb...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...
01 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
OnTheMarket is launching its own proprietary customer relationship management platform for estate agents - and it’s billed as the first ever...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Hybrid franchise operator The Agency UK is to host its first industry exhibition in two weeks’ time. Entitled ‘Grow your Agency in...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech chief technical officer says the more technology is used by agents, the more they will win leads. Damon Bullimore of...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has signed a deal with a PropTech service to provide agents with 3D Showcase scans and 2D floorplans. NicheCom has been...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings and sales agency called Propertynest is offering franchise opportunities for those wanting to set up their own business. Headquartered in...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme application process is so complex property agents and their landlords do not think it is worth...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A Landlords’ Club launched by a Solihull-based lettings agency under a year ago is now acting as a gateway for global...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has rebranded the lettings software product it recently purchased in a bid to lift its profile. What was previously known as...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A high profile lettings expert says agents should use marketing databases in order to grow business. Agent Rainmaker’s Sally Lawson says that...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents can now sign up to register their interest in Rightmove’s new qualification, the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Letting...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...
05 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket claims it’s on track to achieve its strategic aim - to create “a tech-enabled property business across the broader property...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...
11 July 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
A cloud-based software firm that’s been snapped up by a major PropTech company is urging agents to embrace the cloud. Openview -...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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
The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace. Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...