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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...

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

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

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

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

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

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

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

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

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

Propertymark is introducing a new dedicated Lettings Helpline for ARLA members in England and Wales.  Until now Propertymark has provided members with access...

A London-focused lettings agency is partnering with Barratt London to encourage Indian investors. Barratt London, with 40 years’ experience in the capital...

London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

A new study claims to reveal what it calls “a significant disparity in the spare room rental market.”  The research shows that...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

An agency is claiming a record for the sum at which it is letting a seven bedroom property in north London. Aston...

Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...

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

Automated client account platform Lettspay is to become a supplier to the Federation of Independent Agents.  Lettspay, which is registered with the...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...

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

The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with a PropTech service to provide agents with 3D Showcase scans and 2D floorplans. NicheCom has been...

OnTheMarket has agreed an exclusive deal with a training service to offer agents online courses at discounted rates. The partnership means The...

The relentless expansion of Lomond Group continues apace with the acquisition of a Leeds-based independent, ERE Lettings. ERE’s 600 units under management...

A new programme launched by Agent Rainmaker has been designed to help agents grow their business through lead generation funnels. The mentoring...

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

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...

A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...

High profile PropTech supplier The Depositary is offering free and unlimited training for agents on its platform, beginning this week. A message...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

ARLA Propertymark President Maxine Fothergill has lifted the lid on what is required of a letting agent holding that position in...

FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members.   Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...

PropTech platform Fixflo has launched what it calls a self-service training academy. It has already had a soft launch with 90 per...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

Zero Deposit has outlined three top tips for letting agents - with a focus on what the Proptech firm calls “customer...

One of the UK’s largest agency groups has launched a partnership with an environmental organisation to plant one tree for every...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

The new chief executive of Propertymark says being a member of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is a sign of...

A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office.  Bonds, which...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...

The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The PropTech platform Movebubble has upgraded its features to increase rivalry between lettings agents and thus enhance the renting experience for...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

Well known lettings industry figure John Hards is re-joining Countrywide as National Lettings Director with immediate effect. He first joined Countrywide in...

Letting Agent Today understands that Foxtons has been asked to appear at a hearing staged by a London council to prove...

Independent agents’ group CIELA is to launch after all, but now says it won’t be campaigning against the imminent ban on...

A Mayfair lettings agency has taken on two new rental properties with an unusual perk for the tenant - private club...

The fast-expanding Nick Dunning Associates - which acquired London agency Stirling Ackroyd over the summer - has strengthened its leadership team...

Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...

Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...