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Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Thousands of pounds of landlords’ money may be lost as a result of the administration of high-profile London lettings agency Douglas...

West Wales Home Rentals - part of an agency group set up three decades ago - has snapped up the property...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

An independent agency with a lettings portfolio of 400 units has been snapped up by franchise holders in the Newton Fallowell...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is hosting a webinar this evening for letting agents and other industry employers responsible for...

The new chief executive of Rightmove is a former McDonalds digital executive. Johan Svanström will succeed Peter Brooks-Johnson at the helm of...

The shortlists for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards have been announced, with four vying for Lettings Candidate of the Year.  The awarding...

A major lettings sector supplier says the industry must do more to appeal to win employees from the TikTok generation. These typically...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

One of the best-known names in lettings in London and the south east has renewed its partnership with PropTech supplier Goodlordfor a...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

Stirling Ackroyd Group has acquired the south east London sales and lettings agency Beresford Residential.  It has bought the whole business including the...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet - part of Glanty, now owned outright by OnTheMarket - has signed off on a link with...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

Inventory clerks can continue their regular work through the lockdown so long as they adhere to Cobid-safe protocols. That’s the message from...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...

A national letting agency has vowed to return to an 'aggressive growth strategy' as it looks to make several acquisitions. Lomond Capital...

The online platform teclet, which enables agents to automate the lettings and management process, has announced that Movinghub has become an...

A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

The Lomond Capital acquisition bandwagon continues apace with the latest independent to be snapped up being the well known Bonett’s Estate...

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...

The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...

Fast-expanding property group Lomond Capital has announced a restructure of its top tier as it prepares to make long-awaited acquisitions in...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

A yellow minibus-style van parked in a residential street has been advertised on small ads site Gumtree as being to let for...

The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

What appears at first sight to be a low-level dispute between a landlord and a council has raised what may be...

A letting agent is on trial after being accused of rape. John Evans, 53, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A leading lettings expert says George Osborne’s proposed stamp duty surcharge of three per cent may be just weeks from implementation...

A leading tax expert says there are likely to be unintended consequences of what he calls “half-cocked legislation” bringing in additional...

The National Landlords’ Association insists that some media forecasts of the impact of the new three per cent stamp duty surcharge...