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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...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning that any proposed ban on so-called bidding wars will end up with...

Two long-standing experts in property have launched a service which they say will help letting agents retain and grow their client...

A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in London next month.  Managing director...

Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...

Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

PropTech provider Spectre has added a social media marketing tool to its platform. This is the result of a partnership with Auto.social...

A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...

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

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

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

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

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

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

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

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

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

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

The UK Apartment Association - effectively a trade body for the Build To Rent sector - is beefing up its top...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

The Northwood franchise, which has more than 90 offices nationwide, has unveiled a new look for its lettings and estate agency...

Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...

With less than a week to go before the Court Meeting and the General Meeting which will decide the fate of...

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

The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...

The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...

A website and digital services supplier has partnered with a social media marketing firm. Property Webmasters is working with flow to provide...

Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...

Scottish agency and chartered surveyor firm DM Hall is to incorporate the identity of its rural property specialist arm, Baird Lumsden,...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

A marketing expert is encouraging agents to invest more time and money in digital activities.  Richard Combellack, commercial product officer at PropTech...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

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

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

South East property group Beresfords has appointed Bernadette Barcham to its Board of Directors.  A statement from the firm says the move...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings and sale s agencies, has appointed Giles Milner as its first chief marketing officer. Having worked...

Cloud-based software system Alto and repairs and maintenance management system Fixflo are to unveil an integration in the next fortnight.  This will...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...

The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents.  The existing network...

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

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

Twitter owner Elon Musk and 1,000 other technology leaders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have called for a pause on the...

Veteran UK actor Rupert Everett, a star in Hollywood movies for over 40 years, is to voice radio adverts for Fine...

Franchise giant Belvoir has once again held a lavish annual conference and awards event. Sponsored by iamproperty, Let Alliance and PayProp, the...

Marketing firm Property Webmasters says AI is changing the game for agents promoting their services and clients. Chief executive Jamie Arthur states:...

Councillors in one part of London are considering asking agents to include ‘green features’ on property details. Camden’s Labour controlled council has...

An online lettings platform has shut its crowdfunding campaign after easily exceeding its target of £850,000. Lettingaproperty - founded by brothers Jonathan...

An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...

A London lettings agent is offering free interior styling to all his clients. After 16 years working as head stylist for one...

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals.  Since Jason Tebb...

A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of...

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...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

Hybrid franchise operator The Agency UK is to host its first industry exhibition in two weeks’ time. Entitled ‘Grow your Agency in...

Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...

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

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with a PropTech service to provide agents with 3D Showcase scans and 2D floorplans. NicheCom has been...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...

A lettings and sales agency called Propertynest is offering franchise opportunities for those wanting to set up their own business. Headquartered in...

The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme application process is so complex property agents and their landlords do not think it is worth...

A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...