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Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

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

The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...

A housing group is launching a campaign to recruit more young people to the property industry in general and the building...

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

Johns&Co, an agency specialising in property investment and asset management, is expanding into a new territory - Manchester. Since its establishment in...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

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

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

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...

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...

Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...

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

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

The Housing Secretary in the Welsh Government, Julie James, was one of several ministers to quit in yesterday's dramatic day of...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...

Propertymark says it’s contacting all the appropriate new ministers over the summer to trigger an engagement process so agents’ voices can...

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

The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...

Propertymark has named its new ARLA leaders for the year ahead. They are:  - Vice President ARLA Propertymark: Kim Lidbury; - Vice President NAEA...

The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

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

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

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...

A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

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

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

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

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

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...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

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

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

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

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

A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

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

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

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

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

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,...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

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

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

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...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

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

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

Agents’ group Propertymark is discounting early-bird tickets for its flagship Propertymark One event. The day, run in partnership with Rightmove, is billed...

The Northwood franchise, which has more than 90 offices nationwide, has unveiled a new look for its lettings and estate agency...

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

Propertymark is revamping the big London conference it trialled this year - and it’s fired an entire hotel for the after-party...

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

Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...

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

The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...

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

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...

Propertymark is urging agents to give it their views on two consultations on health and safety issues coming out of Northern...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

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

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

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

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

Chester-based Residential Estates, established over 30 years ago, has been rebranded as Guestz.  The firm says it’s from a local lettings and...

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

A trio of rent guarantee and referencing services are setting up their own law firm pitched at winning clients from the...

After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...