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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...

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

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

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

One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

Agents whose rental properties became workplaces during the pandemic are unlikely to see any major change in the situation soon. That’s because...

The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents.  The existing network...

A trio of agents working in a hybrid agency have setup an LGBTQ+-focused mentoring, learning and networking group. James Hummerstone-Pope, Danielle Andrews...

The number of property employees employees in the UK working from home has dropped by almost half in the space of...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city.  The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Hybrid franchise operator The Agency UK is to host its first industry exhibition in two weeks’ time. Entitled ‘Grow your Agency in...

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...

The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace.  Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...

New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

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

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

Senior managers in the lettings and sales side of independent chain Spicerhaart are reducing their carbon footprint by taking up the...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

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

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

What is your business?    Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...

A former agent made redundant by LSL Property Services is the 125th franchisee for EweMove.  Damien Guest, who has worked in agency...

The final - and some say most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s ESTAS awards has been revealed. The People Awards, sponsored...

The Yeovil branch of hybrid agency EweMove now has over 200 managed properties following the acquisition of the lettings book of...

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages.  It...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

Hybrid agency EweMove is claiming massive growth for its branch in south Manchester, which it says has seen its lettings and...

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...

Another property crowdfunding investment product has been launched, aiming to offer investors an alternative to the increasingly regulated and taxed buy...

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

Purplebricks has announced that its lettings director, Richard Jacques, has sold a total of 60,000 shares in the hybrid agency.   Jacques sold...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...

Not too many years ago, electric and hybrid cars were regarded as being rather quirky, their main purpose being to deliver...

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...

A new lettings and sales franchise agency is being launched later this month.    Business brokerage and franchise development firm Transworld Business Advisors...

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...

Hybrid letting and sales agency Purplebricks is ramping up its attack on high street agents with a claim that prospective tenants...

Purplebricks needs to expand its lettings activities to boost the volume of business it has and increase cash flow, according to...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...