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Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

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

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

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

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

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

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

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

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

As an agency business, how much are you spending on professional body memberships? Perhaps it’s time to question how much you...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

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

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

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

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

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

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

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

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

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor, Ed Balls, stands at the Dispatch Box giving his first Budget...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...