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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...

Propertymasrk has thrown its weight behind Lloyds Banking Group making £2 billion of lending available to first time buyers borrowing more...

A survey of over 730 property professionals has found that 76% believe the introduction of technology has changed the UK property...

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

Aldermore has cut rates across its buy to let and residential owner occupier mortgages - the latest in a series of...

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

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

Propertymark says stricter rules for EPC ratings in the private rental sector must be backed up with incentives and financial support. The...

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

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

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

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

B-hive Block Management Partners Celebrates Major Milestone With Over 100 Businesses Onboard! B-hive Block Management Partners, part of the Vegner Group, who...

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

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

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

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

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

Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...

Propertymark has launched a new bespoke platform for agents, with the claim that it will ‘connect everyone everywhere.’ The trade body says...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership.  The partners claim the deal with combine reports...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector.  Safe2 - recently acquired...

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

High profile independent lettings agency base property specialists is marking its 20th anniversary with a new video-first website. The agency - located...

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

The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...

The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

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

Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...

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

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...

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

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

The former Foxtons managing director Peter Rollings is to give agent a masterclass in obtaining higher lettings and sales fees. Rollings will...

A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

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

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

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

Pattinson estate agency in the north east of England has snapped up Ryedales Estate Agents, an independent in Northumberland. Ryedales owners Geoff...

EweMove, the hybrid agency which is part of The Property Franchise Group, claims it is now an industry-leading business as a...

The Federation of Independent Agents has selected an automated client account platform as a supplier.  The FIA was established in by Graham...

Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

New data reveals a 68 per cent surge in reports of meter tampering and energy theft during winter. The data - revealed...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...

A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...

Airbnb is launching a UK campaign this month aimed at luring first-time customers. It’s part of a local campaign that launched last...

The ESTAS Group has unveiled a mobile version of its core Review and Insight products. ESTAS Mobile offers the same functionality of...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

The century-old Wards Estate Agents - part of Arun - has snapped up Kite Homes, a lettings and property management company...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

An overseas agency trying to establish itself in the UK has taken a swipe at domestic agencies’ love of High Street...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...

Zoopla’s Alto cloud-based software has announced a new integration with lettings PropTech supplier Canopy. This will enable tenant referencing to be permitted...

An independent agency with a lettings portfolio of 400 units has been snapped up by franchise holders in the Newton Fallowell...

Connells Group - which at 150,000 tenancies under management claims to be the UK’s largest lettings business - has announced a...

Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...