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KEYWORD "Online Agency" - 88 RESULTS
Sarah Beeny is high-profile late booking for Propertymark One

Property makeover queen and former estate agency owner Sarah Beeny is a late booking for Propertymark One on Friday. Beeny has in recent...

12 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Online agency buys lettings book of internet rival

Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...

06 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Emoov, pioneer online agency, acquired by small family business

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

22 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Seven Tips this lettings agency is giving its landlord clients

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

08 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks relaunch ads only focussed on some parts of England

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

15 December 2023

From: Breaking News

What now for Purplebricks remaining lettings book?

Although Purplebricks’s Scottish lettings book was sold in a deal over the Bank Holiday weekend, there remains uncertainty over the rest...

30 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency boss who pledged lettings surge resigns after failure

A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...

18 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks nears collapse as sale falters and money runs low

Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...

10 May 2023

From: Breaking News

TV presenter turns lettings agent and fronts his own advert

Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...

02 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Huge staff churn as agents scramble for higher pay

Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested.  The most...

12 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Online agency’s unusual move to establish a lettings division

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

02 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Online agency says demand so hot, landlords are pulling listings

An online lettings agency claims some properties are receiving up to 50 viewing requests - prompting landlords to pull listings to...

03 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks returns to nasty agent-bashing with Commisery ads

What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...

30 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Another Purplebricks director quits to return to traditional agency

A Purplebricks divisional lettings director has quit the troubled online agency and is returning to Spicerhaart, where she worked until a...

26 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Trouble for Purplebricks as activist investor speaks out

Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...

12 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Online agency boss warns against delaying rental reform

The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform...

11 July 2022

From: Breaking News

New twist in revealing true cost of Purplebricks lettings error

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

29 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Former online chief is regional lettings director for mainstream agency

The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...

29 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Online agency claims most letting agents and clients ‘have issues’

An online lettings agency says two thirds of landlords and tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents - and substantial numbers claim...

23 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency’s ‘Team Feel Good’ focuses on eco work

Online agency Hortons is the latest agency to off-set its environmental impact. Hortons operates from a non-branch office in central Leicester with...

04 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency being sold in ‘distressed sale’

The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...

22 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Online agency launches lettings division ahead of expansion

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

10 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Property Management Software: Top tips for busy letting agents

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

24 November 2021

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Online agency appoints Kevin Neary, GameStop founder, as chairman

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

16 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Far more tenants keep pets than admit it, ‘left items’ suggest

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

01 September 2021

From: Breaking News

New national online agency launched promising “transformation”

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

12 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Online agency to involve landlords and tenants in climate gesture

Online lettings agency Accommodation has pledged to plant a new tree for every property let - it has already planting 1,190...

16 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Online agency’s new guide to avoid tenants falling victim of scams

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

04 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Online agency expands from students to national lettings market

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

19 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Online firm using self-employed agents moves into lettings

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

14 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Online agency launches to focus on developer’s city units

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...

24 September 2020

From: Breaking News

Online agency’s refund for customers after portals problem

Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...

05 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Online service denies claim it helps agents avoid portal fees

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

22 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Online agent says landlords shouldn’t expect all arrears to be paid

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

21 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Five-branch firm is latest customer for online agency platform

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

17 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Technology will be crucial to maintaining relationships for letting agents in the 2020s

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

17 January 2020

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Defunct online agency snapped up by PropTech rival

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...

13 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Online agency targets lettings with new one-stop-shop services

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

26 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Franchise group hikes charges to landlords by 10% because of fees ban

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

21 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Online agency recruits former Purplebricks director and LPE

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

04 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks-style online agency looking for franchisees across the UK

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

23 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Advertising watchdog steps in over online agency’s charge claim

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the online lettings agency Upad. The agency had a reference ion...

12 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Independent agent network partners with PropTech platform Goodlord

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

10 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Online agency strikes deal with home staging trade group

Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...

02 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Online agency says buy to let investors are getting younger

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...

19 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Onliner’s higher fee to be payable only after tenancy agreement is signed

Online agency Upad has made another change to its charging structure. It has recently introduced revised packages for landlords, payment via Direct...

13 February 2019

From: Breaking News

Pro-fees ban agent admits there will be “unintended consequences”

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

18 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Firm claims tenanted buy to lets get ‘sale agreed’ in just 38 days

An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...

18 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Online agency launches new charges ‘for tenant fee ban era’

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

11 January 2019

From: Breaking News

New online agency will get reviews of tenants from past landlords

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

04 January 2019

From: Breaking News

What property type has the best yields? Online agency has an answer

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

17 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Online agency to offer Direct Debit rent collection to landlords

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

03 December 2018

From: Breaking News

£2m cash boost for firm calling itself “a premium online lettings agency”

The online agency Home Made, which says it’s London’s only premium online platform for the rental sector, has raised a further...

13 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Business as usual for online agency Urban despite Emoov sale

The online lettings agency Urban is continuing to operate as normal despite the shock revelation that parent company Emoov is looking...

02 November 2018

From: Breaking News

'Very large clouds over rental sector' warns Emoov-owned agency

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

14 September 2018

From: Breaking News

Three-year tenancies - online agency is the latest to voice opposition

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

19 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Online agency selling only buy to let properties reports strong business

An online agency selling only buy to let units to would-be investors says it’s experiencing “positive growth” despite the challenges of...

13 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Online agency predicts massive rent hikes this year

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

01 June 2018

From: Breaking News

easyProperty launches two new lettings option priced up to £499

Online agency easyProperty has announced the launch of two new lettings options.  One, called easyLet, is broadly a listings service: for £99...

09 March 2018

From: Breaking News

'Serious' landlords not giving up on buy to let, claims agency chief

An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...

05 February 2018

From: Breaking News

Online agency links with finance advisers to help buy to let investors

Online letting agency Upad is linking with high profile independent finance service John Charcol in a bid to make it easier...

08 January 2018

From: Breaking News

'Many tenants put off by misleading ads or poor viewings' - claim

A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...

01 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Some student rents have risen 18% in just a year, claims agent

Student rents in some parts of the country have risen by as much as 18 per cent in the past year...

06 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Online agency boss backs insurance-based alternatives to deposits

Online lettings agency Upad says landlords are concerned that insurance-based alternatives to traditional deposit schemes may not cover them for repairs...

27 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Agency in merger battle claims above-average tenancy duration

EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...

24 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Agency urges more maintenance to avoid tenants' winter gripes

An online agency is urging landlords to try to avoid unnecessary voids or tenant gripes by preparing their investment properties for...

24 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Online agency wants landlord clients to give it social media publicity

An online agency aimed at the student market is launching a sister service for the mainstream rental sector.  ClickTenant - set up...

16 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Another online letting agency is seeking funds for expansion

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

18 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Agency claims online firms can reduce voids by up to a week

An online agency claims landlords who use online operators are likely to reduce average void periods by up to a week.    In...

31 July 2017

From: Breaking News

Research reveals dangers of landlords using 'risky' online sites

New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid...

21 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Brexit drop in EU student numbers 'significant impact on rentals'

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...

10 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Online agency claims Manchester is magnet for buy to let investors

Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...

09 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Online letting agency secures multi-million pound investment

Online agency OpenRent has secured a £4.4 million investment to help grow its offering. The agency, which was founded in 2012, says...

07 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Student online agency to expand into mainstream lets

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business.    StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...

28 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Online agency appoints head of new PropTech group to board

Online letting agency Upad has appointed the chairman of the new UK PropTech Association to its advisory board.   Eddie Holmes, who announced...

06 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Online agency reports 44 per cent surge in repeat clients

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

16 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Voluntary buy to let training: is this how to stop council licensing schemes?

A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...

07 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Online agency makes league table of highest/lowest tenant fees

Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...

25 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Online agency warns tenants' arrears will worsen next year

An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...

16 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Veteran PropertyFinder chief executive joins online lettings agency

Gillian Kent - once employed by News International to run a portal to rival Rightmove - has now been appointed chairman...

02 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Online agency pays 12 months' rent up-front for a 10% landlord fee

An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...

04 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Professional pics create six times the leads of 'amateur' pics - claim

An experiment by an online agency and an interiors firm suggests professionally shot pictures of a furnished flat will generate six...

04 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Online agency says over half of tenants denied energy improvements

An online lettings agency claims that 58 per cent of tenants who have requested energy improvements to their properties have been...

01 August 2016

From: Breaking News

“Tenants will damage properties to avoid eviction” claims online lettings agent

Tenants could be trying to avoid eviction by damaging property and abusing the new legal system designed to ban revenge evictions,...

22 December 2015

From: Breaking News

The Big Debate: Online versus Traditional Agency - we want your questions

One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...

05 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Landlords' top gripe is extortionate letting agent fees (says online agency)

The most common complaint about high street lettings agents amongst landlords is that they charge extortionate fees - that is the...

05 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Oh no, not another complaint...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what...

22 May 2015

From: Features

Vicious verbal attack on high street letting agents

The founder of online agency Rentify has made a vicious verbal attack on high street letting agents, their quality of service...

05 May 2015

From: Breaking News

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