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Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

Foxtons has this morning announced that chairman Garry Watts is to retire from his position on March 1. He is also quitting...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

What a great time to be a letting agent. In decades, never has there been so much change. As you’re well aware,...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

The Guild of Property Professionals' regional roadshow for existing and potential members, resumes its activities next week with a visit to...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

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

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...

Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...

Neil Cobbold, COO of PayProp, advises letting agents to act now to beat the upcoming letting agent fee ban and discusses...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

Statements from The Property Franchise Group and Belvoir continue to ramp up the war of words between the two agency groups...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...

Living next to inconsiderate neighbours can be a nightmare, but letting to bad tenants can prove costly, especially when issues, which...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a range of tips for growing your business.   We recently...

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

Dust off your black tie and grab a tissue as we’re entering a period of mourning. It’s a bold claim, but...

If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...