Why letting agents are the cape-wearing heroes landlords need 

Savills is reporting delays to property transaction completion times, but no rise in fall-throughs so far this year. In a trading update to the City ahead of yesterday’s AGM, the agency said there was “greater caution” due to the Middle East war. However, this had not hit the business too hard, with a 1% increase…

Many vendors expect a response from their estate agent within an hour of making contact, a study by Zoopla has revealed, with a quarter believing anything over 60 minutes is too long for an agent to get back to them. And two thirds want a reply from the agent within four hours, while “quick, proactive…

For years, estate agency technology has been hampered by slow-moving systems. Agents have learned to expect little more than an occasional update from their CRM provider, while new ideas arrive in sluggish, monolithic releases that often feel outdated the day they land. Street Group, the Manchester-based proptech behind Street.co.uk and Spectre, is trying to change…

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Property franchise group Winkworth expects FY25 adjusted pre-tax profits of around £2.1m, which is 20% below current market expectations, after a “temporary slowdown” in activity ahead of the Autumn Budget, with a number of transactions deferred. In an update to the City, the group says trading conditions “softened more than expected” in the second half…

Landlords are much more selective about which tenants they take on after the Renters’ Rights Act came into force this month. That’s the evidence from the NRLA, which polled 630 landlords about their attitude just before the Act came into place. Many warnings It follows many warnings that some renters would find it harder to…