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Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences.   As...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee. Oluwe is a...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...

A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is running a webinar examining how one client, Umega, used PropTech to more than double its...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

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

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

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...

Details have emerged of a flagship agent training event to be held later this year. Agent Rainmaker Live is to be a...

Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...

The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

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

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

The residential division of Knight Frank has won the Best Customer Focus award at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023. Knight Frank...

Propertymark’s showcase event this year is to be addressed by a person who is a chartered psychologist, neuroscientist, science communicator, author...

A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...

Key figures from across the industry will come together tomorrow to discuss the challenges currently facing the lettings sector.,  Starting at 10am...

There are more Bank of England base rates to come, a group of property finance industry experts has warned.  Personal finance comparison...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...

The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

A survey promoted by campaigners for smart meters claims most renters don’t believe their properties to be as energy efficient as...

One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...

The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...

Deposit replacement service Ome is launching a new platform for agent and landlord members. The portal, in development since the middle of...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

How can agents improve their position in society? A report has been published following a roundtable discussion between prominent agency figures...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation.  The island’s Economic and International...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...

A recent industry roundtable event hosted by PayProp, which brought together some of the lettings industry’s biggest hitters, will be live streamed next week...

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...

Insurance provider Paymentshield and rental referencing firm Goodlord have teamed up for a second five-year partnership.  Under the agreement, the PropTech firm...

Zoopla has revealed the formation of a Lettings Advisory Board, to be chaired by the national lettings managing director of Leaders...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

London’s mass transit service, Transport for London, has won consent for 853 homes at a huge scheme in the west of the...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

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

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

Landlords’ confidence in the success of their own businesses has plunged in recent months.  Only 29 per cent of landlords have positive expectations...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...

The government has unveiled the spectre of a ‘global immigration system’ to be introduced from the end of 2020 - but...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...