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A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

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

Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR. HLR was established in 1986, growing...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

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

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a tenant referencing service that it claims allows letting agents to conduct their own...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

Lettings software provider Acquaint CRM has integrated its technology with the new API solution created by government-backed Tenancy Deposit Scheme.  The TDS...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

The government has updated its formal guidance to letting agents and landlords on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of online...

Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...

Belvoir says it is on the lookout for agencies wanting to sell or join a franchise operation as they come out...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

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

A PropTech lead generation app that dubs itself the ‘Uber for Lettings Agents’ has launched in Manchester. The app, from Movebubble, already...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

Two of the leaders of PropTech company Goodlord have revealed some of the issues that this month drove the company to...

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...

The National Landlords’ Association insists that some media forecasts of the impact of the new three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...