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

Deposit alternative provider, flatfair, has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, 56% of tenants chose...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

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

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

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

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

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

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

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

The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...

Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

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

The chief executive of a respected industry supplier is warning that the lack of supply is making the rental sector “more...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

HomeLet has released its latest market figures from April, showing UK average rental prices hitting their highest of all time.  The average...

Barbon Insurance Group, which describes itself as the UK's largest tenant referencing and specialist lettings insurance intermediary, has a new managing...

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

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

HomeLet has launched a product to help combat tenancy fraud, which it claims has seen a 36 per cent rise since...

The average rent in the UK is now £1,175 per calendar month according to HomeLet. This is a tiny 0.3 per cent...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

The average rent in the UK is now £1,174 pcm, down 0.1 per cent from December after seeing the first month-on-month...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

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

HomeLet has released its latest rental figures - and they show the market remaining strong. In October the average rent in the...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

The typical rent across the UK has seen another large monthly leap - this time by 1.4 per cent in August...

The Lomond Group has made another acquisition of an independent lettings firm, this time in the Midlands. Its John Shepherd brand has...

HomeLet says it’s to issue all rent protection payments faster, meaning the money will reach agent accounts immediately, subject to banking...

Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...

An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...

The average rent in the UK reaches £1,113  pcm, up almost 1.0 per cent in the past month. When London is excluded,...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...

Industry suppliers are linking up to host a webinar for agents this week outlining the growing risks of tenancy fraud. HomeLet, Let...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

An anti-money laundering service has linked with a lettings software specialist. The alliance between FCS Compliance and  Rent4sure will provide Rent4sure clients...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...

The rental market shows no signs of slowing with ongoing high demand, fuelled in part by the pandemic, creating a buoyant...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

The average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £1,029, up 6.6 per cent on the same time last year,...

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...

Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

The UK’s average rent is now £984, showing a three per cent increase on last year according to HomeLet. But there’s a...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

A tenant referencing service and lettings insurance provider is linking with an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy. HomeLet and Let Alliance, part of...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

Lettings platform teclet has announced another API partner - the latest of many in recent months.  It’s the Product Care Repair or...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today -...

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...

Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...

The online platform teclet, which enables agents to automate the lettings and management process, has announced that Movinghub has become an...

Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...

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

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

The average rent in the UK is now £932, which is a rise of 2.5 per cent on this time last...

The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...