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The Propertymark Trust is to help agents donate orphaned funds to support charitable causes, thanks to support from CRM suppliers across...

Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director.  Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...

London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...

The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

A webinar is coming up aiming to help agents make better decisions and more rapidly. It’s being run by Propertymark which says...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

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

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

The Property Ombudsman has reported a big rise in enquiries over last year and a huge rise since the pre-Covid year,...

Savills London has promoted Charlotte Whitmarsh to head of lettings in the Wimbledon office.  She steps into her new position with seven...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...

A lettings agent in Slough, called Saville Park Ltd, has been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an outstanding award of £300.  TPO received a complaint from tenants...

A new agency is opening in the Home Counties and claims to offer vendors and landlords “a fresh, modern and energetic...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of agents who are members of The Property Ombudsman scheme pay compensation when an investigation is...

Registration is open for The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference, being held as a webinar later this month. The event can be watched...

Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

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

Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future.  That’s...

The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...

A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority says a flyer from an estate agency suggesting that a property was to let...

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...

Tenant referencing and insurance provider Van Mildert has secured private equity funding from a private family office and the principals of...

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...

Adrian Gill, whose resignation as LSL Property Services was announced last week after just nine months in post, is to become...

Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...