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Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform claims a new ‘Yield Control’ feature makes the end-of-tenancy process more efficient. Residently claims to connect and make smoother...
21 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning that any proposed ban on so-called bidding wars will end up with...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark. She says her role as President...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director. Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets. The new logbooks...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...
08 January 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
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PropTech supplier Lettspay has launched a new client account banking service for letting agents and property managers in partnership with Griffin...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A new report on the state of the lettings industry suggests figures are growing fearful of the impact of the Renters...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Well known lettings agency Gascoigne Halman has seen the move of two letting agents to one of its branches. Heather Wynn and...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Goodlord and its Vouch brand are again holding a so-called State of the Lettings Industry survey. It’s now in...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Connells Group - which at 150,000 tenancies under management claims to be the UK’s largest lettings business - has announced a...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...
07 June 2023
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The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Lettings platform Seven Living has appointed a longstanding figure from the Leaders Romans Group to be its senior head of lettings. James...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the lettings industry’s highest profile agents has been shortlisted by the Huntingdon’s Disease Association as Fundraiser of the Year. Kristjan...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier Goodlord this week launches what it calls “a manifesto” demanding government help for the lettings industry. Few details of the...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the lettings industry’s best known faces - Paul Shamplina - is to end his TV series focussing on evictions. Suggesting...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Key figures from across the industry will come together tomorrow to discuss the challenges currently facing the lettings sector., Starting at 10am...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...
10 February 2023
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The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...
10 February 2023
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A warning letter signed by 330 major players in the private rental sector has been delivered to Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is hosting a webinar this evening for letting agents and other industry employers responsible for...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...
22 November 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...
14 November 2022
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A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firms Goodlord and Vouch have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
No fewer than two thirds of the lettings agents surveyed by Goodlord say they expect more landlords to exit the private...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets. At...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...
27 July 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
Landlords and agents face a growing risk of rent arrears and tenant fraud because of the cost of living crisis. That’s the...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings Industry figure has slammed Boris Johnson’s latest housing market utterances, branding them “off the cuff” and likely to...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. The annual...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us. These platforms...
17 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Many private renters are misguided on what actually contributes to their credit score and thus may not be taking the correct...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The founder of a leading letting agency coaching organisation has won a coveted international award. Agent Rainmaker was set up by Sally...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The rental market shows no signs of slowing with ongoing high demand, fuelled in part by the pandemic, creating a buoyant...
01 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Theresa Wallace, the chair of The Lettings Industry Council, has given her backing to compulsory changes to rental property listings introduced...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced. And...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...