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PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...

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

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

Small but fast-growing agency Propertynest has been confirmed as a British Franchise Association member. BFA members commit to running an ethical standards-based...

Rightmove has launched the first rollout phase of products for agents, described as linking the rental journey from advertising and receiving...

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

A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

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

A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of...

A new PropTech integration with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s API will help streamline deposit protection, it’s claimed. According to Debbie Davies of...

The allAgents review website has removed a claim suggesting it had been ‘endorsed’ by The Times and the Sunday Times newspapers. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

A PropTech chief technical officer says the more technology is used by agents, the more they will win leads. Damon Bullimore of...

Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes.  In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

OnTheMarket is overtly using its teclet lettings PropTech as a means of enticing agents on old discounted rates to pay full...

Fine & Country has diversified its marketing to include podcasts and radio advertising.  Chief marketing officer Emilie Despois says: “We have always...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

Six agencies have been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to wronged complainants. One was the Belvoir...

A council-run private rental sector lettings agency which so far claims to manage 300 properties it launching an advertising campaign to...

A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...

The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted...

Theresa Wallace, the chair of The Lettings Industry Council, has given her backing to compulsory changes to rental property listings introduced...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...

Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly.  Research by furnishings provider...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

Westcountry agency Stags has been the subject of a low level complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint concerned fees not...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...

A developer offering a rent guarantee on its homes has amended its advertisement wording after an intervention by the Advertising Standards...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...

Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the online lettings agency Upad. The agency had a reference ion...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

Lettings agency Northwood has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure that photographs of a specific property are updated...

A lettings agency has withdrawn a leaflet which featured a woman’s cleavage; the leaflet had been the subject of a complaint...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

Northwood, which is part of the Belvoir group, is launching a new TV advertising campaign to highlight its Guaranteed Rent Scheme. “We...

A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

Belvoir is launching a new TV advertising campaign on the ITV Hub, which is the ITV on-demand service.  The ad, which features...