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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has launched a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework. The objective is...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...

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

Propertymark says it’s contacting all the appropriate new ministers over the summer to trigger an engagement process so agents’ voices can...

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

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

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

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital and house builder Kellen Homes have hit the 1,000 home milestone in Greater Manchester in...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy.  The family-owned agency is...

North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

The fast-growing Lomond Group has announced two lettings book acquisitions in the central belt of Scotland.  Lomond, which has made nearly 50...

Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

Lettings agents within The Guild of Property Professionals think that the Renters Reform Bill could cause many landlords to quit.  Graham Wood,...

Upmarket lettings agency Savills has moved its 30-strong team in Reading into a prominent new office in the town centre. The firm’s...

The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out.  Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...

Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...

One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...

Changes to Right to Rent checks will be explained in detail in the latest free webinar to be organised by Propertymark...

The Lettings Candidate of the Year has been named by Propertymark Qualifications, at an awards event at the British Museum. The successful...

The shortlists for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards have been announced, with four vying for Lettings Candidate of the Year.  The awarding...

A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...

Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony.  Traditionally...

Brown & Co’s new regional hub has opened in Lincoln, which will be the new base for the company’s team relocated...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...

A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

The letting and estate agencies which have provided the most consistent levels of high customer service are to be recognised with...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch.  The agency being...

New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...

The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

The ESTAS has announced its final and, to many, its most prestigious shortlist for this year’s awards - a special category...

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. In...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...

The ESTAS Group has just announced record entries for its 2018 letting and estate agents awards.  The national award scheme - which...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

It’s that time of the year again - when the race begins to find out who will win The ESTAS Supplier...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed joint agent and sole lettings manager for Britannia Point, a 182 unit Build To Rent...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

Letting agency Saxons has been fined more than £3,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of displaying an unauthorised To Let...

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...

William H Brown, part of Sequence UK, has revealed it has snapped up another small independent - just days after its...

Two independent agencies in Newbury are merging.    After a 40 year career in agency, Jeffery Brown from Atkinson Keene decided to retire...

Two board members of Shelter who have links with the Grenfell Towers fire tragedy have resigned, according to a report in...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Two letting agents who have run their town centre business for 24 years are starting well-earned retirements.   Nicky Nettelfield and Irene Brown...