Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...
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03 September 2024
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Property industry supplier Iamproperty says some 670,000 students will likely be seeking private rental properties in the upcoming academic year -...
30 August 2024
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Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...
29 August 2024
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A housing group is launching a campaign to recruit more young people to the property industry in general and the building...
16 August 2024
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The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...
15 August 2024
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Daniel Daggers, the self-styled #MrSuperPrime estate agent star of Netflix show Buying London, is to address a Propertymark event. Daggers, founder of...
13 August 2024
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Two long-standing experts in property have launched a service which they say will help letting agents retain and grow their client...
07 August 2024
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A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...
29 July 2024
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Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...
25 July 2024
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While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...
18 July 2024
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ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
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PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...
27 June 2024
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The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 2024
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The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
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Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...
19 June 2024
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The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...
24 May 2024
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Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...
23 May 2024
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Letting agents are being encouraged to sign up so a mystery shopper can assess their performance. KnowYourMarket, a market research firm in...
21 May 2024
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A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...
15 May 2024
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A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
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The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...
29 April 2024
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Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...
22 April 2024
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TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...
18 April 2024
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Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
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A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
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Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...
15 April 2024
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A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...
12 April 2024
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Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
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A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group. And...
09 April 2024
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The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...
09 April 2024
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The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...
05 April 2024
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Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...
28 March 2024
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The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
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Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...
01 March 2024
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Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards. The search for the very best of...
28 February 2024
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...
04 February 2024
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A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...
31 January 2024
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Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...
15 January 2024
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Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...
12 January 2024
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Agents’ group Propertymark is discounting early-bird tickets for its flagship Propertymark One event. The day, run in partnership with Rightmove, is billed...
29 December 2023
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A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes. Landmark...
20 December 2023
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Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
14 December 2023
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I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
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EweMove, the hybrid agency which is part of The Property Franchise Group, claims it is now an industry-leading business as a...
27 November 2023
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing...
23 November 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
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Agents’ trade body Propertymark has pencilled in June 14 2024 as the date for its second Propertymark One event. Last summer’s event,...
09 November 2023
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In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...
26 October 2023
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More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...
23 October 2023
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The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...
18 October 2023
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Propertymark’s regional conferences are now in full swing with the next event at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge in Kent on November...
16 October 2023
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A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...
11 October 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...
25 September 2023
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An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates. The National Association of Property Buyers...
20 September 2023
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The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...
12 September 2023
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New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...
22 August 2023
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...
16 August 2023
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Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...
21 July 2023
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A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...
12 July 2023
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Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
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It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...
07 June 2023
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Three branches of Hunters have been acquired by a successful duo of agents with years of experience in the company. Sam Lakin...
07 June 2023
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Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...
06 June 2023
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High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...
12 May 2023
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Propertymark has recognised the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) offered by Rightmove. Both Propertymark and its training arm...
05 May 2023
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A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...
24 April 2023
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A trio of agents working in a hybrid agency have setup an LGBTQ+-focused mentoring, learning and networking group. James Hummerstone-Pope, Danielle Andrews...
13 April 2023
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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
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A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...
23 March 2023
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Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
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Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...
02 March 2023
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There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...
23 February 2023
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A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...
08 February 2023
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Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...
03 January 2023
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Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...
20 October 2022
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The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see...
19 October 2022
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More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...
15 September 2022
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A major lettings sector supplier says the industry must do more to appeal to win employees from the TikTok generation. These typically...
23 August 2022
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Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...
12 July 2022
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Letting agencies will soon be able to calculate their carbon footprint as part of an initiative called The Sustainable Agents scheme. It’s...
12 July 2022
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The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices. Maxine...
12 July 2022
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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
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The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
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A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
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There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...
30 May 2022
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The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...
25 May 2022
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A guide has been launched to help letting agents put empathy at the heart of customer care and ensure customers benefit...
12 May 2022
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A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
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A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...
24 February 2022
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HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...
19 January 2022
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Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...
19 January 2022
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A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...
19 January 2022
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Industry supplier FocalAgent has launched the National Property Photography Awards. Its network of over 1,000 professional photographers submit shots each month: those...
15 December 2021
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Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...
10 December 2021
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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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Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...
24 November 2021
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A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced. And...
17 November 2021
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The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...