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To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Propertymark is hosting two important webinars this week to keep agents informed of important industry regulations. The agency trade body is hosting...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Following publication of the Renter’s Reform Bill and the media coverage surrounding it, many agents and their landlords will understandably have...

Letting agents are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to opening a client account and getting Client...

With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...

Propertymark has launched a new compliance service for its member agents. The offering, called Calm about Compliance, will see experienced auditors advise,...

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business owners, understandably so given that the majority aren’t working in lettings...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

The letting industry has come a long way over the past few years, embracing regulation and taking pride in doing good...

Letting agents are struggling to open new bank accounts and even large established letting agents with a long history of trading...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

It’s now emerged that Countrywide has to pay a £100,000 fine to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after breaching guidelines...

Countrywide has this afternoon released a statement suggesting it has, in its eyes, settled the controversy over unclaimed lettings funds being...

Countrywide has declined to comment on circumstances surrounding today’s Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors disciplinary meeting about diverted funds. One of RICS’...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme is urging agents to prepare for yet more regulation and legislation changes likely to...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

With a new year nearly upon us, it’s always a good idea to be aware of the major events that are...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

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

The Property Redress Scheme - one of the three government-approved redress schemes handling complaints about sales and lettings agents - has...

A new year means new predictions for what’s to come in the letting industry. Sometimes things come to fruition as expected....

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

Having launched 13 years ago, PayProp, part of Humanstate Group, an international private technology services group, has grown into a leading...

Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

There’s good and bad in every industry and at first sight, this week has been one where the good have won...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

There are a number of fairly recent regulations that agents need to comply with. One of them, now just over a year...

With a raft of new legislation introduced recently now will be the ideal time to think about whether staff are up...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of...