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Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
PropTech entrepreneur and lettings agent Kristjan Byfield is announcing an upgrade to his platform The Depositary, which will see its first...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
High profile independent lettings agency base property specialists is marking its 20th anniversary with a new video-first website. The agency - located...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website. The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Inspirational broadcaster and author Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails. Over...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has called on the government to reintroduce the Empty Homes Programme following the latest news that England has a growing...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group has reported a bumper half year of trading with revenue at £13.2m and pre-tax profits up 11...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Police are encouraging letting agents and landlords to regularly check properties following the discovery on a cannabis factory. Police attended the address...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...
14 July 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
An unnamed Conservative MP cited in a newspaper claims up to 30 colleagues may vote against the Renters Reform Bill in...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Franchise giant Belvoir has once again held a lavish annual conference and awards event. Sponsored by iamproperty, Let Alliance and PayProp, the...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech startup called EVO is claiming to revolutionise repairs and maintenance in the “broken” rented housing sector. EVO says it connects...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Daytime TV presenter Jenni Falconer is to host the Propertymark One conference on June 27. Tag-lined ‘Raise Your Game’ the event will...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Early bird tickets are now on sale for estate agent body Propertymark’s biggest event of the year at Wembley on June...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A warning letter signed by 330 major players in the private rental sector has been delivered to Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A former marine is the franchise holder of a brand new Belvoir office close to a famous military base in south...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Officials from the Welsh Government and the head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent team are to address...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Another small independent agency has been snapped up by a Belvoir franchisee. The Lettings Company has been acquired by Belvoir Tunbridge Wells,...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...
23 June 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Inventories are a key tool to ensuring they, and the properties they let, comply with the law. That’s the claim from industry...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...
29 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content
A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Online agency Hortons, which operates its sales activities across five countries, has opened a lettings department. The new service will initially be...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...