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

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

Flats in a multi-millionaire developer’s prestigious shoreline scheme in Folkestone can, after all, be short-let following a U-turn by the property...

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

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

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...

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

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

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

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

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

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

An accountancy firm is warning those using Airbnb and similar short let platforms that new tax rules mean they could lose...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...

Letting agents are being encouraged to sign up so a mystery shopper can assess their performance. KnowYourMarket, a market research firm in...

Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...

The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

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...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

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

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards.  The search for the very best of...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

The company which in 2021 tried to introduce the concept of asking potential tenants and buyers to pay to view a...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...

There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...

Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...

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

Utility management service Helpthemove has rebranded. The refresh, which has been produced alongside creative agency partner Jam, aims - in the words...

London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...

Cloud-based software system Alto and repairs and maintenance management system Fixflo are to unveil an integration in the next fortnight.  This will...

Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...

A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...

A team managing tenancies across the UK has clocked up half a century of working together. The staff at Tenancy Management Hub,...

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested.  The most...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

It’s being billed as the Build To Rent sector’s biggest ever exp and now the trade body behind it has given...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

Agents are confused over so-called digital identity verification - and some suppliers may be trying to dupe agents. That’s the claim from...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...

The Register of Overseas Entities, which came into force back in August, requires all overseas entities owning property in the UK...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

The Stirling Ackroyd Group says it’s delivered 20 per cent revenue growth alongside the opening of five lettings and sales offices...