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Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked  REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...

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

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

Daniel Daggers, the self-styled #MrSuperPrime estate agent star of Netflix show Buying London, is to address a Propertymark event. Daggers, founder of...

PropTech management platform Lavanda is to be used to manage the vast 68,000-bed portfolio of Unite Students, the UK’s largest purpose...

Propertymark has renewed its call for agent comments on Material Information.  The trade body - in collaboration with TDS, The Guild of...

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

A new in-person real-time chat service for tenants claims to “assist all aspects of the rental experience.” The service comes from a...

Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness.  Shelter has...

Fine & Country says it’s staging so-called Masterclass sessions with experts creating strategies “to help agents dominate the prime property market...

The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

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

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

Propertymark’s policy and campaigns director is one of the founding members of a body called the Landlord Leaders Community, which has just...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

PropTech supplier Goodlord this week launches what it calls “a manifesto” demanding government help for the lettings industry.  Few details of the...

Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti.  Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...

Independent lettings agents are being invited to book a place at a monthly networking dinner organised by an agency in Essex.  Matt...

Zoopla has given details of its collaboration with homelessness charity Crisis following the announcement of a three-year partnership earlier this year. Crisis’s...

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

Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...

A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

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

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has teamed up with an accommodation service to supply short lets. Users who find short lets through the...

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

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months.  Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

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

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

A Build To Rent developer has revealed plans to construct over 10,000 units in just five years. Wise Living, part of SDL,...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

Flat-sharing website Ideal Flatmate has raised £2m in a funding round in order to expand to seven new cities in the...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

There are just a few days remaining for entrants to the UK PropTech Awards - the submission deadline is Wednesday October 23. The...

New ‘best practice’ guidance to letting agents and landlords has been introduced ahead of the introduction of the tenants’ fees ban...

JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...

The National Federation of Builders is linking up with a lettings trade body to make it easier for reputable craftspeople to...

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have introduced a raft of deals in a bid to save agents money.  Membership subscription fees will remain...

The property management company Rendall & Rittner is spearheading the first ever government apprenticeship pilot in Housing and Property Management.    Since the...

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...

A new free online course has been launched to help letting agents understand the importance of regular electrical safety checks. The Electrical...

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...