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An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...

HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...

The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...

Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...

London lettings and sales agency Dexters is the first in the UK to gain OFSTED accreditation for its training. Its academy offers...

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

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

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, has integrated with the TDS API - aimed...

Another report is talking up the Build To Rent niche in the British rental market. Sirius Property Finance has compiled BTR sector...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

We are used to stories of councils condemning letting agents and landlords - but now a London council is praising the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

A collection of rental sector protest organisations is getting together to campaign against S21 powers under which landlords or agents on...

There are plenty of helpful and reliable professionals in the letting industry, however it’s no secret that there are a lot...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is sending its congratulations to the writers of an EastEnders storyline tackling problems in the private rented sector. A recent...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...

Agency software company Eurolink says there are ’10 easy ways for letting agents to grow their businesses’ - with most of...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...

We often report local authorities criticising the standards of letting agents and landlords - now here's a quite different story. Letting agents...

SAFEagent, the kitemark scheme for agents offering Client Money Protection, has backed the National Approved Lettings Scheme's (NALS) call for a...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

The Advertising Standards Authority has praised a letting agency after it agreed to amend an advertisement following a complaint - meaning...

Atlas Residential - a US Build To Rent company which operates 18,000 rental units across 13 states valued at a total...

An assistant lettings agency manager in Pinner, Middlesex, has been praised by police after her brave response to witnessing an elderly...

What do we actually do as estate agents to serve our wonderful public? Some might think we go out, value houses, advise...

About ten years ago, I was working as the branch manager of an estate agency based in an affluent part of...