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PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

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

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

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

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Agency brothers Matt and Neil Baldock have completed the purchase of one of Chelmsford’s oldest letting agencies, First Choice.  The brothers will...

The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...

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

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

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

The Guild of Property Professionals says PropTech may be the answer to the ongoing problem with client accounts. Since 2019 many banks...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

A webinar tomorrow plans to show agents how planned preventative maintenance delivers “staggering growth.” Fixflo is hosting the event which will feature...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

The private rented sector is enjoying record demand. According to Hometrack, rental enquiries per estate agency branch were 46% higher in...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

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

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

Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...

The relentless expansion of Lomond Group continues apace with the acquisition of a Leeds-based independent, ERE Lettings. ERE’s 600 units under management...

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

Letting agencies will soon be able to calculate their carbon footprint as part of an initiative called The Sustainable Agents scheme. It’s...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...

Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...

A PropTech supplier says it’s created a solution to letting agents and landlords who must remain compliant and who want to...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

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

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

An online lettings agency that claims to have analysed the costs of “a selection” of 12 High Street agencies has accused...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

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

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus.  The cloud-based...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

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

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Letting agencies can reduce the number of complaints about the industry and improve their own customer service and relationships by improving...

The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

The death of the high street agency is a familiar headline, but PropTech can lower costs for bricks-and-mortar agencies and help...

The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...