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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...

Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

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

The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...

Holiday Cottage Handbook has launched a new podcast series - Bitesize - looking at the short-term rentals industry, and wants experts...

A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...

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

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

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

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...

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

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

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

A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...

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

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

A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

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

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

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

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

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

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...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

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

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Letting agents looking to boost the power of lead generation are invited to an exclusive event later this week. Agent Rainmaker is...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

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

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

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

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

The partners of high end agency and property consultancy Cluttons have announced the completion of a management buyout.  James Gray continues as...

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

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...

A website and digital services supplier has partnered with a social media marketing firm. Property Webmasters is working with flow to provide...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

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

A marketing expert is encouraging agents to invest more time and money in digital activities.  Richard Combellack, commercial product officer at PropTech...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...

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

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

OnTheMarket has bagged Arun Estates, one of the UK's largest agency groups, in a deal involving the TecLet lettings platform. TecLet, an...

Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...

Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...

PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform.  The integration within TecLet claims to save...

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

Twitter owner Elon Musk and 1,000 other technology leaders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have called for a pause on the...

Rightmove says it’s helping to digitise the rental processes, making the process less fragmented and frustrating for agents.  In its trading statement...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member.  Available in 43 languages...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

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

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

Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

Agents have only until the end of tomorrow, December 2, to feed into Propertymark’s response to a new consultation on the...

Leaders Romans Group is offering its landlord clients a new investment service. ‘Smart Investment’, powered by GetGround, is described as a fully...

The vexed subject of letting agents and landlords preparing for the Making Tax Digital regime is to be examined in a...

Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...

Rightmove’s new agent qualification - launching later this month - has been officially approved by the government’s regulatory body, The Office...

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

The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...

The new chief executive of Rightmove is a former McDonalds digital executive. Johan Svanström will succeed Peter Brooks-Johnson at the helm of...

Letting Agent Today has been approached by researchers at the University of York and University of Bristol doing a study on...

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

An industry supplier says the recent Right To Rent changes have flown under the radar - and many agents don’t know...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

Lettings Hub says there were 91,593 cases of tenant application fraud in 2021 alone, with the most common form of fraud...

One of the industry’s most respected legal experts is staging a teach-in for letting agents ahead of new Right To Rent...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

Agents can now sign up to register their interest in Rightmove’s new qualification, the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Letting...

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

A PropTech supplier says streamlining processes in the lettings sector could benefit agents, landlords and tenants alike, by producing a simpler...

The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...

A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...

An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

A cloud-based software firm that’s been snapped up by a major PropTech company is urging agents to embrace the cloud. Openview -...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us.  These platforms...

Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...

Property management platform and CRM provider teclet - owned by the OnTheMarket Group - has revealed another integration into its platform. This...

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...

The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...

An independent agency in London has ditched its company cars and gone over to e-bikes instead when it’s representatives attend viewings. Taylor...