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![Looking for a client account? Five steps to better lettings banking](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/Letting%20agent%20today_640x460px.jpg)
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Safe in their knowledge... PayProp celebrates its 20th anniversary](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20PayProp%2020th%20anniversary%20feature%20-%20safe%20in%20their%20knowledge%20FD.jpg)
To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...
23 March 2024
From: Features
![Pros and cons for the PRS in Hunt’s 'small beer' Budget](/upload/images/3%20Pros%20and%20cons%20for%20the%20PRS%20rented%20sector%20by%20EAT%20Writer.jpg)
Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...
09 March 2024
From: Features
![Client Accounting – what are your options?](/upload/images/2023-24_2%20(FEB)%20-%20IMAGE%20Client%20Accounting%20%E2%80%93%20what%20are%20your%20options.jpg)
The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...
31 January 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Will the Renters (Reform) Bill really reduce homelessness?](/upload/images/2%20shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
By Neil Cobbold Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section...
04 November 2023
From: Features
![Client money accounting made easy with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp_SC_Oct23.png)
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Party leaders quiet on PRS at conferences](/upload/images/2%20Party%20leaders%20quiet%20on%20PRS%20at%20conferences%20-%20PayProp%20PR%20Op-ed%20by%20Neil%20Cobbold.jpg)
Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...
14 October 2023
From: Features
![Property Natter - This is a time when PropTech means business](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Well as week’s come and go, this one’s been a bit of a downer but it is always worth remembering that...
24 June 2023
From: Features
![PropTech Today - By laying stable foundations today we will reap infinite possibilities](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: How the right tech can help with compliance challenges](/upload/images/PropTech%20(1).jpg)
One of the main advantages of a PropTech solution is being able to automate the time-intensive and repetitive jobs that employees...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Do you have a plan of action for the year ahead?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/do%20you%20have%20a%20plan%20for%20the%20year%20ahead%20360x280.jpg)
With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...
11 March 2023
From: Features
![Martin & Co franchise acquired by new family owners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
A father and his two sons have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s St Albans branch. Kevin...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines](/upload/images/Site%20logos/payprop-image.jpg)
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
![Growing Your Lettings Business in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...
18 January 2023
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Opportunities for agents if they adopt ‘systems and tech’](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket launches first ever majority agent-owned CRM platform](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket Group has launched its own proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) platform for estate agents following a successful trial period. TecCRM, which...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Problems setting up a client account? Here's what to do](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...
22 October 2022
From: Features
![PropTech Today - why PropTech can be a blueprint for the new PM](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - The Benefits of Outsourcing!](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...
27 July 2022
From: Features
![PropTech Today - why walled-off tech systems are no longer fit for purpose](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents – why reconcile your client account?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyDeposit-400x310.png)
Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business owners, understandably so given that the majority aren’t working in lettings...
27 April 2022
From: Features
![Client money and the regulation governing it is changing](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Millennial-PayingCard-400x310.jpg)
PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...
09 April 2022
From: Features
![Client Accounting – Why Outsource?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...
19 March 2022
From: Features
![OnTheMarket subsidiary joins Coadjute Blockchain platform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![CRM software: An essential tool for rental demand](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...
20 October 2021
From: Features
![Q&A – why pre-tenancy management should be a must for agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...
11 September 2021
From: Features
![Mark Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer at Reapit](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...
10 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![How to ensure your letting business remains compliant](/img/default/eat.png)
Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...
20 February 2021
From: Features
![Christmas pics and vids - our most fantastic selection yet…](/img/default/eat.png)
Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![How to make client accounting software migration a breeze](/img/default/eat.png)
When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...
17 October 2020
From: Features
![Remain vigilant with client money as we return to the office](/img/default/eat.png)
The letting industry has come a long way over the past few years, embracing regulation and taking pride in doing good...
09 September 2020
From: Features
![Losing control of client money poses serious risks for letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...
20 June 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter – Q & A with Isobel Thomson, NALS](/img/default/eat.png)
This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...