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Rightmove, still very much the Number One portal despite growing competition, is launching a new national marketing campaign this coming weekend. The...

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he’s backing Labour’s house building plans because of the state of the private rental sector.  Sam...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

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

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

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

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...

The vast majority of auctions - widely regarded as a favourite for buy to let investors acquiring properties - are now...

The auction - often seen as an ideal opportunity for investment buyers - is going through a torrid time in the...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

The Propertymark event to be held next month at Wembley Arena has added a musical dimension - and it’s a Spice...

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

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

A new survey has been launched to gather views from people in a major English city on the idea of introducing...

A former marine is the franchise holder of a brand new Belvoir office close to a famous military base in south...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

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

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

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

Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...

The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

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

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

Agents on Rightmove can now start using the portal’s new appointment booking tool, Viewings Manager, which has just completed its test...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

A long-established agency in Wales says it’s shutting the sales side of its business and going to focus solely on lettings...

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

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

The city council in Nottingham claims it has taken action against no fewer than 561 unauthorised To Let boards under powers...

A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

Letting agents and property managers will soon have a new way to coordinate maintenance reports and inspections, thanks to a refreshing...

Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Zoopla is set to launch what it claims to be the world’s first remote-viewing platform called Smart Viewing, enabling house hunters to view property remotely...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

An industry body is warning new London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan not to think he is helping renters by tying up...

Action is needed to tackle the scandal of ‘buy to leave’ investors who are denying Londoners the homes they need, according...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

As part of the governments push on illegal immigration, from the 1st of February landlords and agents are required to check...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

Q: What does it say on your business card?   Head of Indirect Sales & Partnership Products Q: What does your role involve? I head up...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

Q: What does it say on your business card? I’m actually new at the company so haven’t got mine yet but when...