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A regional independent lettings agency has launched a new profit share scheme for its staff - but it’s keeping quiet on...

LSL Estate Agency Franchising says it’s got “ambitious growth plans” for expanding franchisee patches across the country. In spring 2023 the company...

Some of the richest people on the world, who use London as one of their bases, are choosing to rent rather...

eXp UK has passed the 600 agent milestone and now declares itself to be the leading platform for self employed agency. It...

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...

The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences.   As...

The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...

A luxury development of 15-storey and 45-storey towers housing 581 one and two-bedroomed apartments in the heart of Birmingham is to...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...

A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in a regional agency awards event. The winners of six...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired Alan Francis Estate Agents and Lettings Ltd, a Milton Keynes company which has operated in the...

Johns&Co, an agency specialising in property investment and asset management, is expanding into a new territory - Manchester. Since its establishment in...

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

The Fine & Country Foundation says it’s reached almost £1m since its inception in 2014.  Jon Cooke, trustee of the foundation, says:...

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

An agent whose business was rammed by a car believes he was targeted because of claims he was letting homes to...

A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...

Rightmove has admitted to shareholders that it’s to lose 8% of its lettings listing from next month - the equivalent of...

Two long-standing experts in property have launched a service which they say will help letting agents retain and grow their client...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Norfolk rental operation Dragonfly Lettings, as part of what LRG describes as “a significant step”...

One of Northern Ireland’s fastest growing agencies has acquired one of the longest running property firms in South Down and established...

Leicester based student accommodation provider, Sulets - formally Student Union Lettings Ltd - has won a Platinum award from Investors in People.  Only...

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...

Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...

A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in London next month.  Managing director...

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

An independent agency and its lettings book have been acquired by private equity-fuelled company Lomond. The company is not saying how many...

Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives.  The comment by Paul...

A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader.  He is MP...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

PropTech provider Spectre has added a social media marketing tool to its platform. This is the result of a partnership with Auto.social...

An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...

London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...

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

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

Industry technology provider Reapit is holding a webinar tomorrow giving agents “an opportunity for savvy agents to unlock profits through tried...

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director.  Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...

Franchise chain Winkworth says there’s been a greater supply of rental properties in the first half of the year, combined with...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield.  Its latest acquisition of...

An agency with a spectacular history has expanded its operations after acquiring the lettings portfolio of a rival. Andy Campbell, who owns...

High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

My Property Box – a North East-headquartered lettings and sales agency – has struck a multi-million pound private equity deal for it...

One of the longest standing and best known lettings agencies in the south east has opened a new office in Esher.  Curchods...

A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...

Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...

Spicerhaart has inked a deal to use Rex Software for its lettings and property management activities from early 2025.  The agency chain...

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...

Fine & Country - the agency which was recently put up for sale - is hosting a webinar next week to...

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that, after 10 years, we’re able to expand The ValPal Network to Northern Ireland. Since our launch...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...

John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...