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An executive with four decades of experience in the insurance sector has joined the board of accreditation service safeagent as a...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

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

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

The company which in 2021 tried to introduce the concept of asking potential tenants and buyers to pay to view a...

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

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

The vast majority of auctions - widely regarded as a favourite for buy to let investors acquiring properties - are now...

After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...

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

PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...

A Leaders branch office revamp has been launched with claims of it being fully sustainable. The Lewes branch of Leaders - part...

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

Veteran UK actor Rupert Everett, a star in Hollywood movies for over 40 years, is to voice radio adverts for Fine...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

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

One of the lettings industry’s best known faces - Paul Shamplina - is to end his TV series focussing on evictions. Suggesting...

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

A London lettings agent is offering free interior styling to all his clients. After 16 years working as head stylist for one...

A well known regional lettings agency has completed a £250,000 investment drive that includes a new office and a recruitment campaign. Berriman...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

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

A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...

OnTheMarket has rebranded the lettings software product it recently purchased in a bid to lift its profile. What was previously known as...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...

A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...

A new trade body is being set up which describes itself as a national network of property managers, specialising in the...

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

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

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

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

If you haven’t been to the Agent Rainmaker LIVE event before, then it is pretty difficult to explain how this event...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

Leeds property investment agency ERE Property has undergone a company-wide rebrand in the UK and Hong Kong. No images have been released...

Well known industry supplier FocalAgent has signed a new deal with Matterport to bring what it calls best-in-class 360° virtual tours...

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

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

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

Inventories PropTech service Inventory Hive has integrated with Reapit via its Foundations platform, meaning agents who use both services will be...

Franchise giant Belvoir has held its annual awards including the naming of the prestigious ‘franchise of the year’. The accolade went to...

'Forward in Unity' is a mural painted by Gent48, a renowned Birmingham street artist. It's situated in the centre of Digbeth...

There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...

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

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

Industry suppliuer Inventory Hive has a launched a new 360-degree camera and app which it says means inspectors can drastically reduce...

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

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

Working from home is all about juggling domestic life with professional activities, and here’s a terrific video to show what it’s...

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so...

Here are two sets of advice from the good folk at Aston Mead Land & Planning - some more appropriate than...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

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

Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

A lettings agency has withdrawn a leaflet which featured a woman’s cleavage; the leaflet had been the subject of a complaint...

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday.  The taxis will operate...

We hope you’ve found time to look at the huge number of Christmas agency pictures we’ve been running on Estate Agent...

Thanks so much for your fantastic response to our call for Christmas videos and pictures to show how your office is...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

Belvoir is unveiling a new logo this morning, incorporating the strapline ‘Property is personal’. “Belvoir has always been a progressive company which has contributed...

A PropTech provider of inventory services says its new tool will significantly cut pre-tenancy admin for letting agents and landlords. No Letting...

An insurance firm has conducted research showing that not all landlords are heartless - in fact, quite the reverse.  The study by...

A city council has introduced highly specific guidelines as to the number, size and positioning of To Let boards following apparent...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...