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

A new in-person real-time chat service for tenants claims to “assist all aspects of the rental experience.” The service comes from a...

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

A housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

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

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

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

A lettings guru is calling on agents to embrace social media trends in order to reach new audiences. Agent Rainmaker uses Reels...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the weak figures posted for 2022 are actually in line with management expectations. The franchise giant...

A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...

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

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

The law is clear – agencies in England, Scotland and Wales need a valid client money protection (CMP) policy to protect...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

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

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...

The huge increase of social media as a business tool has changed the way in which we communicate with our customers....

With the lettings market at a near-record level of activity, Countrywide is seeking recruits for its fifth two-year graduate management programme.  Since...

“More than 1 in 3 agreed property deals in England & Wales fall through… Gazeal is a new system for property sales,...