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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee. Oluwe is a...

One of Northern Ireland’s fastest growing agencies has acquired one of the longest running property firms in South Down and established...

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

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate.  Savills, and...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

Councillors in one part of London are considering asking agents to include ‘green features’ on property details. Camden’s Labour controlled council has...

The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...

A statement to shareholders by the Savills lettings and estate agency admits that it under-estimated how strong the high end prime...

Hybrid franchise operator The Agency UK is to host its first industry exhibition in two weeks’ time. Entitled ‘Grow your Agency in...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Newcastle-based agency Walton Robinson is offering a buy to let property sourcing service.  This year, the agency claims it’s secured rental increases...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...

Five PropTech firms have linked up to produce a so-called White Paper giving a glimpse in what they think the agency...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

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

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

London agency Ludlowthompson has just appointed the first manager to emerge from the company’s apprenticeship scheme.    Launched in 2011, the scheme now...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

SDL Bigwood - owned by Century 21 UK franchise parent company Shepherd Direct Limited - has been selected as the lettings...

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...

The buy to let market has experienced annual growth of no less than 26 per cent between November 2014 and last...

There has been a sharp rise in lettings-related calls taken by answering service Moneypenny in the third quarter of the year. In...

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

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...

Glyn Trott from LetMC We are approaching valuations with landlords in a new way. By using this simple form we have been able...

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...