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A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

An independent agency managing 115 lettings units has been snapped up its local Belvoir franchise. Tim Hughes, owner of Belvoir Newbury, has...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

A lettings service called Smarter Rent is partnering with agents and developers to provide what it calls ”“an innovative property rental...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...

A lettings service called Smarter Rent claims to be “an innovative property rental agency with a difference” which lets high quality...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...

The well-known York agency Blenkin & Co has launched a prime lettings service to complement its long-established sales side. The new service...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

A new director of lettings has been announced for an independent residential consultancy that helps high net worth individuals buy, sell...

The UK wing of Keller Williams - the world’s largest estate agency by agent count - has announced that it’s working...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

An agency connected with high profile developer Churchill Retirement Living has been rebranded and is offering a new lettings service. Churchill Sales...

An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...

OnTheMarket claims it’s on track to achieve its strategic aim - to create “a tech-enabled property business across the broader property...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...

Online agency Hortons, which operates its sales activities across five countries, has opened a lettings department. The new service will initially be...

Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...

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

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...

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

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...

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

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

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

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

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

London-focussed agency Chestertons has become the latest business to use the teclet platform to manage tenancy, renewal and management processes. Around 40...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

The giant Hunters franchise chain, which has over 200 offices across the UK, Is boosting its technology through a strategic partnership...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

One of the UK’s largest tenant referencing and let insurance providers has announced a new integration with a PropTech firm -...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

The online lettings agency Upad has this weekend published an immediate closure announcement on its website. It reads: “We regret to inform...

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

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

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

An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...

A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...

A company which already runs a student accommodation lettings service online is to expand and open a general online lettings agency...

Manning Stainton, which has 19 offices in West and North Yorkshire, has completed the acquisition of a local independent agency.  AR Estate...

Online agency Upad claims it has seen a 44 per cent annual growth in repeat business for its digital lettings service,...

A digital property management platform that automates the rental process including marketing, bookings, reference checks, maintenance and compliance, claims it is now...

Five new staff have been appointed at Leeds-based Morgans, bolstering the sales division of a company once known solely for its...

The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...

Henry Adams returns to the lettings field by combining with Gibson Gammon Residential Lettings to launch a full lettings service in...

The broker Independent Mortgage Solutions - which until now has found loans for clients interested in residential sales, self-build and buy...

It’s been revealed that Airbnb - the online informal lettings service which can be used to by-pass letting agents - passes details...