Justin Sullivan has referred himself to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’s (RICS) standards and regulation board and has been temporarily replaced in the latest blow for the professional body.

Voids dropped in February after hitting record lengths in January, research suggests.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will increase the complexity and cost of being a landlord, Zoopla has warned.

The average letting agent has 13 homes for rent as the supply/demand imbalance narrows, Zoopla claims.

Leaflet dropping is dead as a form of marketing, a lettings expert claims. Former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker founder Sally Lawson has said it is time for letting agencies to let go of leaflet marketing, and shift their efforts to the only place guaranteed to capture attention – online. She warned that any agency […]

The supply/demand imbalance in the rental sector reduced last year but remains high, Rightmove claims. An outlook in its 2024 results said: “Within the lettings sub-market, supply and demand are rebalancing slightly, although enquiries per available property remain above pre-Covid levels.” It comes as lettings agents have helped push up the property portal’s revenues again. […]

There has been a sharp rise in acquisition enquiries from independent letting agencies, with the Renters’ Rights Bill due to become law by this summer, an agent claims.

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has announced its integration with EstatesIT, a cloud-based CRM software for agents. This integration aims to tackle the time-consuming task of duplicating deposit data from CRM systems to deposit scheme platforms. Through the TDS API, agents can automate the transfer of deposit data, eliminating manual input. The integration with TDS is a key milestone for EstatesIT, making […]

Confusion remains among lettings agents about new sanctions reporting obligations, Propertymark claims. Letting agency businesses across the UK need to work to a new framework from 14 May 2025 under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. The agency trade body said that some confusion has been highlighted around the rules among members. It has […]

The Government is being urged to allow more time and provide more funding clarity on its energy efficiency ambitions.