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Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...

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

OnTheMarket has launched a new report giving details of real-time lettings activity in local markets across the country.  OTM says that there;’s...

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

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

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

An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...

Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

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

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

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

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...

Chestertons’ latest data on London’s rental market reveals that there were 39 per cent more rental properties on the market in...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

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

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...

Agents are being urged to sign a new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move...

The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...

The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed that over 80 of its member agents have been shortlisted for The ESTAS 2023.   The...

Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...

Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...

New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

A lettings agency says an improvement in stock levels is allowing negotiations on rent levels between landlords and tenants. London-focused agency Chestertons...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...

New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...

At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...

Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...

Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...

New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...

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

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

The chief executive of Propertymark says latest data from letting agents suggests rent rises may have peaked - but that could...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...

A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

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

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...

A mortgage company chief executive is warning that house price falls of up to 15 per cent are likely between now...

Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...

PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

A rogue tenant occupying a property for up to nine months and refusing to pay rent could cost a combined £10,000...

The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...

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

Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us.  These platforms...

Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...

Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...

A high end agency brand says pricing in the rental market continues to rise because of demand exceeding supply - and...

A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...

A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...