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Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...

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

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

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

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...

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

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

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

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...

A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...

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

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Dealing in OnTheMarket shares will cease at 7.30am on December 12 following yesterday evening’s announcement that the CoStar takeover had won...

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

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

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

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...

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

A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...

An ex-ARLA supremo says technology is the best way for letting agents to cope with a huge rise in telephone calls. ARLA...

Propertymark is pressing Housing Secretary Michael Gove to adopt a housing court system to solve the problem of abandoned tenancies. The agents...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...

London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...

Chris Harris, seen as the architect of the move by the John Lewis Partnership into rental housing, is stepping down this...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

A respected property lawyer is accusing the government of helping nuisance tenants at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. Ian Narberth,...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

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

A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...

Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

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

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

London-focussed agency chain Dexters says it now has some 10,000 enquiries a year for its rental relocation service. It has 30,000 landlords...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow.  It employed 20 people and lettings director...

The National Crime Agency has the starring role at the first Rightmove Anti-Money Laundering webinar of the year, to be held next...

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

A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...

The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...

UK banks are closing client accounts held by established letting agents and refusing to open accounts for new businesses. The Problem A growing...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

A London borough is tomorrow holding an online training session for agents and landlords on how to submit a licence application...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...

Small and medium sized lettings agencies which have had running disputes with banks are being offered a lifeline - but must...

Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...

OnTheMarket, which in recent days has been revealing deals with new industry partners, continues today with Vaboo. This can provide all OnTheMarket agents...

OnTheMarket is today revealing another deal for agents - and this time it’s with insurance broker Simply Business. There are four new...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...

An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that  there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

Rightmove’s Landlord and Tenant Services division is moving to a new headquarters. It’s 110 staff will shift from Killingworth to Quorum Park in...

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

The head of a retirement rentals brand says the phenomenon of the elderly tenant is on the increase. Jamie Turnbull, business director...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...