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Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...

An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually.  The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has partnered with maintenance specialist Help Me Fix to support its property client base.  Help Me Fix, widely...

Two former agents with experience between them of major players such as Countrywide, Leaders Romans and LSL have set up a...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

UK banks are closing client accounts held by established letting agents and refusing to open accounts for new businesses. The Problem A growing...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

A guide has been launched to help letting agents put empathy at the heart of customer care and ensure customers benefit...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...

A key figure at Propertymark has joined popular lettings agency supplier The Lettings Partnership as commercial director. Sarah Davies’ role at Propertymark...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...

The rental market shows no signs of slowing with ongoing high demand, fuelled in part by the pandemic, creating a buoyant...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

A review website called Marks Out Of Tenancy relaunches next month to provide what its creator calls a “trusted platform on...

Repair reporting platform Fixflo has integrated with inventory firm No Letting Go's letting agent reporting software Kaptur. The integration means Kaptur will now...

On October 6 2015 we published an article concerning Clever Student Lets Ltd, entitled “Agents back political probe into deal between...

Who are you?     Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

In today’s highly competitive market place, no company can afford to miss a business opportunity. Roy Fuller Managing Director at Everything Lettings...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

Glyn Trott of LetMC Are you using landlord referencing effectively? Landlord referencing is often outsourced and a missed sales opportunity. In this video...

Glyn Trott of LetMC Are you using landlord referencing effectively? Landlord referencing is often outsourced and a missed sales opportunity. In this video...