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Anyone renting an Airbnb or other short let property in Edinburgh from the summer of 2026 is likely to be hit...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

The BBC is reporting that councillors in Manchester have launched a series of attacks on users of Airbnb and other short...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

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...

Scottish agency and chartered surveyor firm DM Hall is to incorporate the identity of its rural property specialist arm, Baird Lumsden,...

Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...

Marketing firm Property Webmasters says AI is changing the game for agents promoting their services and clients. Chief executive Jamie Arthur states:...

OnTheMarket Software - part of the OnTheMarket Group - has launched what it claims is “an innovative new product providing website...

Trading Standards officers check for agents’ compliance by scrutinising their websites, it’s being claimed. Agents are being warned to ensure their websites...

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

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

Trading Standards is describing a penalty imposed on a London letting agent as “a landmark” after the company failed to comply...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us.  These platforms...

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...

The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...

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

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

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

A prominent lettings agency owner has given his verdict on the concept of charging renters to view a property - “it...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

Agent websites has become more crucial than ever in attracting new business. Consumers are more informed and doing more research online...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

The free to list portal Residential People is launching a machine-learning platform allowing agents to specifically target local landlords and emphasise...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...

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

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

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

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

Flat-sharing website Ideal Flatmate has raised £2m in a funding round in order to expand to seven new cities in the...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...

An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released a five point plan on how the public can choose a letting agent. 1....

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme is the latest player in the private rental sector to launch online tools to help letting agents cope...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...

A Kent county councillor says letting agents “would have to be pretty dumb” to allow a situation arise whereby they would...

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...

A new website specifically dedicated to marketing rented property with tenants in place has raised over £2m investment in the past...

A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...

In 2018, Google will introduce changes to the way it ranks websites, meaning sites will be ranked on the quality of...

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...

The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...

Trading Standards says representatives from 15 departments will today visit lettings and property management firms across London in a bid to...

If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...

The Residential Landlords Association is urging checks on white goods in privately rented homes following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.    The association is...

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...

Research by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has identified that some 93% of local authorities have failed to issue a...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

The founder of eviction specialist Landlord Action is advising landlords to use accredited letting agents and not try to take the...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...

An online platform describing itself as a ‘matchmaker’ for prospective flatmates is temporarily offering letting agents free listings in a bid...

The head of a major lettings agency in Brighton says fees can work out to be “disproportionately high for tenants” but...

A dramatic legal spat between New York’s civic leaders and online short-lets platform Airbnb escalated over the weekend in a dispute...

An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...

A study of just over 1,000 students suggests that 58 per cent use online sources to find accommodation while only 25...

Andrea Morgan - known to many property Twitter users as @RightmoveAddict - is joining the Agency Mentors estate agency training and...

Campaign group Generation Rent is running a research project into letting agent fees via a comparison website named Letting Fees UK. The...

A local agency in Essex is accusing an unspecified number of rival firms in the area of not publicising their fees...

One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...

The Guardian newspaper has taken a perhaps-predictable swipe at letting agents and property portals for the way in which they display...

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...

A survey claims that 17 per cent of private rental sector tenants in the UK admit to having rented out part...

An industry body has asked classified listings online service Gumtree to issue its users clear warnings about possible scams involving fake...

A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

There’s been a call to ban letting boards from streets near a university campus. Councillors in York say the boards which go...

A survey of one Home Counties area shows that out of about 40 letting agents some 24 appear not to be...