Amid the frenetic news agenda of recent weeks, a story broke that may have easily passed you by. It revealed how tenant...
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31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![The laborious legislation that continues to threaten the PRS](/upload/images/__thumbs/Featured%20content%20for%20the%20Features%20newsletter%20LT_LandlordBuyer_March_Content_Legislation.jpg/Featured%20content%20for%20the%20Features%20newsletter%20LT_LandlordBuyer_March_Content_Legislation__400x225.jpg)
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...
29 April 2023
From: Features
![Tenant referencing - how digital should your agency go?](/upload/images/library/ID-Checks-400x310.jpg)
Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...
08 September 2021
From: Features
![Paying For Viewings - will charging buyers really work?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![In Conversation Today – Q&A with the man behind a 2020 success story](/img/default/eat.png)
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency outpaces High Street brands, company results show](/img/default/eat.png)
Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide wants damages from mystery buyer who pulled out of deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Nick Lyons, CEO of No Letting Go](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Foxtons warns of sales slump going on through 2020 despite Boris Bounce](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Challenge to Purplebricks and Countrywide ‘top agency’ claims](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons chairman to stand down next week](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons has this morning announced that chairman Garry Watts is to retire from his position on March 1. He is also quitting...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons: another big sales slump revealed in trading statement](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big jump in London market share achieved by Winkworth](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2020?](/img/default/eat.png)
After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features
![Market analysis – what did we learn in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...
21 December 2019
From: Features
![Foxtons closes more branches as London market woe goes on - report](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![The next generation of renters - are you ready to find them a home?](/img/default/eat.png)
You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...
13 November 2019
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where, when and why…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today: what’s happening where in our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons income drops again thanks to Brexit and fees ban](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s business as usual…for a week](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...
26 October 2019
From: Features
![Targeting the right landlords for post-fees ban success](/img/default/eat.png)
We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features
![Hunters branch network hits 200 with emphasis on IT and local expertise](/img/default/eat.png)
Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings technology - making money, saving costs and improving service](/img/default/eat.png)
Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...
28 August 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter - how to prepare for Generation Z and Alpha](/img/default/eat.png)
They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features
![Phil Smith, Account manager of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...
19 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Countrywide wins new deal with lenders to continue ‘turnaround plan’](/img/default/eat.png)
In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Eric Woodhams, Account Manager of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
26 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Foxtons sales slump another 10% as agency says ‘lettings are our priority’](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenant fees ban – post-apocalyptic or the dawn of a new age?](/img/default/eat.png)
Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...
24 July 2019
From: Features
05 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Incoming – a summer of change for estate and letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...
22 June 2019
From: Features
![The evolution of conveyancing referrals – how can agents replace lost revenue?](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...
01 June 2019
From: Features
![TFB: Tenant Fee Ban or The Future Begins?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a great time to be a letting agent. In decades, never has there been so much change. As you’re well aware,...
25 May 2019
From: Features
![The tenant fee ban - another failure of government policy?](/img/default/eat.png)
With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...
11 May 2019
From: Features
![Fees Ban, compliance and new business on agenda at Guild's roadshows](/img/default/eat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals' regional roadshow for existing and potential members, resumes its activities next week with a visit to...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Impact of the Tenant Fees Act - how can agents cover their costs?](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...
13 April 2019
From: Features
![The government must stop using agents to carry out their dirty work](/img/default/eat.png)
I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...
16 March 2019
From: Features
![How to keep landlords happy in 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...
06 March 2019
From: Features
![Lee Dahill, Director of Sales for the Today publications and The ValPal Network](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
12 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Simon Duce, Managing Director.](/img/default/eat.png)
ARPM Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...
01 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![On second thoughts…not all government legislation is bad](/img/default/eat.png)
I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...
19 January 2019
From: Features
![Referral fee ban considered as part of house buying reform](/img/default/eat.png)
The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![In Light of the Fee Ban, Can PropTech Firms Damage Control?](/img/default/eat.png)
Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...
10 January 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Six things to watch for in 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...
31 December 2018
From: Features
![The top 10 property personalities of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
![Is the deposit-free rental model a good idea?](/img/default/eat.png)
When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
15 December 2018
From: Features
![What are the biggest challenges facing letting agents in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...
12 December 2018
From: Features
![PropTech Today: New tech offerings require action from the high street](/img/default/eat.png)
I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Meet Tili, the free digital assistant that’s delivering new revenue streams for the property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...
17 September 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Government goes on holiday as agents go on waiting](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...
28 July 2018
From: Features
![PRS 2.0 – it’s time to focus on retention rather than churn](/img/default/eat.png)
Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...
07 July 2018
From: Features
![Back to the future? - Industry experts predict estate agency in 2028](/img/default/eat.png)
A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency on a mission - family-run firm pledges profits for the homeless](/img/default/eat.png)
A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Be in charge of your own destiny – what does the future hold?](/img/default/eat.png)
Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...
30 May 2018
From: Features
![How can deposit replacement schemes benefit agents and their clients?](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...
18 April 2018
From: Features
![Video interview: Neil Cobbold, PayProp COO](/img/default/eat.png)
Neil Cobbold, COO of PayProp, advises letting agents to act now to beat the upcoming letting agent fee ban and discusses...
27 March 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
![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...
10 February 2018
From: Features
![Housing: its part in Theresa May's downfall](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...
03 February 2018
From: Features
![Buy-to-Let – are we losing sight of what’s important?](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...
20 January 2018
From: Features
![Franchise agencies continue war of words over merger terms](/img/default/eat.png)
Statements from The Property Franchise Group and Belvoir continue to ramp up the war of words between the two agency groups...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Vetting tenants to ensure they are all they seem](/img/default/eat.png)
When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...
26 August 2017
From: Features
![Nil deposit schemes – a new era for the rental market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...
19 August 2017
From: Features
![Avoid unwanted hassles: Q & A with Jack Webb-Heller, Rent4sure IT director](/img/default/eat.png)
Living next to inconsiderate neighbours can be a nightmare, but letting to bad tenants can prove costly, especially when issues, which...
08 July 2017
From: Features
![Queen’s speech: Property industry reacts to proposed tenant fee ban](/img/default/eat.png)
The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...
23 June 2017
From: Features
![How to create new revenue streams for your letting agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...
03 June 2017
From: Features
![How can letting agents review their fee structure?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a range of tips for growing your business. We recently...
06 May 2017
From: Features
![Two more years of government pain for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...
15 April 2017
From: Features
![Why ‘let only’ has been given the last rites](/img/default/eat.png)
Dust off your black tie and grab a tissue as we’re entering a period of mourning. It’s a bold claim, but...
18 March 2017
From: Features
![It’s time to look North for lettings income](/img/default/eat.png)
If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...
07 January 2017
From: Features
![Are landlords about to ditch letting agents and go it alone?](/img/default/eat.png)
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...