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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...

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...

A survey of over 730 property professionals has found that 76% believe the introduction of technology has changed the UK property...

Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...

Daniel Daggers, the self-styled #MrSuperPrime estate agent star of Netflix show Buying London, is to address a Propertymark event. Daggers, founder of...

PropTech management platform Lavanda is to be used to manage the vast 68,000-bed portfolio of Unite Students, the UK’s largest purpose...

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

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

Propertymark has named its new ARLA leaders for the year ahead. They are:  - Vice President ARLA Propertymark: Kim Lidbury; - Vice President NAEA...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

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

The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...

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 Build To Rent sector has now joined those parts of the property sector with a dedicated awards event. The awards -...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

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

Strathspey Capital is to become Scotland’s largest factoring business after acquiring Glasgow-based Speirs Gumley. Factoring is the term commonly used in Scotland...

The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing online service operated by TV property guru Phil Spencer, is linking with the Build To Rent trade...

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...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...

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

Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...

PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...

Airbnb is piloting new tools which it claims may identify and block prospective renters who want to stage anti-social parties. The technology...

TDS, the dispute service, has announced an investment in PropTech organisation OpenBrix. This involves a licensing deal that will see OpenBrix’s tlyfe...

OnTheMarket says its innovations with partnerships in the lettings sector have played a part in its successful growth. In the 12 months...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

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

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

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 Letting Partnership has been recognised for its excellence in Innovation, winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The supplier’s HealthChecks are widely...

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.”  Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

New modular homes built to rent have been delivered to Northstowe, a new town in Cambridgeshire.  Each Town House home has been...

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

The long-established agency marketing and services supplier ehouse has been bought by CoreLogic UK, the domestic arm of a global property...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

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

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it...

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

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

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

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

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...

There are just a few days remaining for entrants to the UK PropTech Awards - the submission deadline is Wednesday October 23. The...

The race for dominance in the deposit alternative field continues apace. Now franchise giant Hunters has teamed up with flatfair to bring...

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

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

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

In what some see as a sign of the growing importance of the lettings sector over sales, Rightmove has acquired tenant...

The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they...