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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...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in London next month.  Managing director...

The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...

There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate.  Savills, and...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

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

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

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

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

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

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...

Propertymark has put forward a six-point plan to slash economic crime in the property sector. The trade body says a series of...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...

Build To Rent operator Apo is partnering with PropTech platform Lavanda to offer increased exposure to Airbnb-style short-lets. The partnership will see Apo...

LSL’s transition from being a largely owned agency network to individual franchises is effectively complete. The company - which owns the Your...

LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...

A compliance expert is criticising unnamed agencies for risking fines “and wasting time and money” by relying on inadequate compliance reporting...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

It’s being billed as the Build To Rent sector’s biggest ever exp and now the trade body behind it has given...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

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

A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...

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

An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

Fine & Country has diversified its marketing to include podcasts and radio advertising.  Chief marketing officer Emilie Despois says: “We have always...

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

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

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...

ITV’s Tonight current affairs programme will this evening look at evictions in the private rental sector.  The episode - Losing Your Home:...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

A lettings portal says it’s expanding across London and is offering agents free listings with no fixed-term contract, and the prospect...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence.  Mishon Mackay,...

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...

A new online self-screening bot helps agents and landlords manage viewers’ safety more easily, before any face-to-face meetings take place. That’s the...

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...