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Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that, after 10 years, we’re able to expand The ValPal Network to Northern Ireland. Since our launch...

Propertymark has launched a new bespoke platform for agents, with the claim that it will ‘connect everyone everywhere.’ The trade body says...

The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...

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...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

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

A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...

Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

The ValPal Network - a lead generation product from Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today and other Today titles -...

Propertymark’s regional conferences are now in full swing with the next event at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge in Kent on  November...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

Section 21 evictions are set to soar even higher, a property association leader forecasts - because of the threat to abolish...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

Six letting agencies across the London borough of Haringey have been fined a total of £12,000 after a council clampdown. Trading Standards...

Agents wanting to get to grips with the Renters Reform Act are invited to a learning webinar hosted by Rightmove. It’s at...

Rightmove has launched the first rollout phase of products for agents, described as linking the rental journey from advertising and receiving...

OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...

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

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has slammed the current lack of consistency of council tax on HMOs. It describes today’s system...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

A new PropTech tool says it will help agents maximise their chances of handling the sales of properties being disposed of...

Rightmove says it’s helping to digitise the rental processes, making the process less fragmented and frustrating for agents.  In its trading statement...

OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...

UK banks are closing client accounts held by established letting agents and refusing to open accounts for new businesses. The Problem A growing...

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

OnTheMarket is launching its own proprietary customer relationship management platform for estate agents - and it’s billed as the first ever...

A PropTech chief technical officer says the more technology is used by agents, the more they will win leads. Damon Bullimore of...

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

The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

A high profile lettings expert says agents should use marketing databases in order to grow business. Agent Rainmaker’s Sally Lawson says that...

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

OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...

A PropTech supplier says streamlining processes in the lettings sector could benefit agents, landlords and tenants alike, by producing a simpler...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...

Propertymark has entered into a deal with a PropTech firm to help it grow in Scotland. The partnership will see Homesearch collaborate...

The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices.  Maxine...

A cloud-based software firm that’s been snapped up by a major PropTech company is urging agents to embrace the cloud. Openview -...

A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...

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

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...

Agent Rainmaker reports that over 200 letting agents have completed the latest AMX Mastery course.  The weekend event was focused around adding...

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...

Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...

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

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

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

Former ARLA Propertymark president Sally Lawson, who now runs the Agent Rainmaker training service, has set out for Letting Agent Today...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...

Some 4,500 people and 90 exhibitors attended the Property Investor Show a few days ago - the first face-to-face event of...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

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

The newly rebranded Rightmove Landlord & Tenant Services has made improvements to the time it takes for an agent to request...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

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

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

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

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

Rightmove says there’s been a big rise in the number of prospective tenants contacting letting agents via its website. The portal says...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

A letting agency comparison website is offering a free month of landlord leads - so long as agents try a Vegan diet. Rentround insists...

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

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

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

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

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...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

A £5,000 fine has been handed to five landlords in London for failing to license HMOs.  One of the properties, a four-bedroom HMO in...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...