Letting agents

Luxury bathrooms

UK's highest-rated Airbnbs analysed: The features behind five-star guest experiences

These are the bathroom features behind Britain's highest-rated holiday stays.

Luxury bathroom specialist Nôsa bathrooms analysed the UK's top-rated Airbnbs to reveal the design choices helping properties create five-star guest experiences.

"The bathroom is part of the stay and not just part of the room," says Neil Thompson, Showroom Manager at Nôsa. "It's where many guests...

Agents Automation

Brickflow and Together Launch Instant Automated Decisions-in-Principle for Brokers

Brickflow , the leading digital commercial property finance platform, has announced the launch of an exclusive automated Decision-in-Principle (DIP) capability, developed alongside established lending partner Together , delivering greater certainty and significantly faster decision times for brokers and their borrowers.

The new AutoDIP functionality enables brokers to receive instant...

Estate Agents

Three quarters of prime agents say they'd move firms if their network moved with them

The latest survey of UK prime residential agents by AgentWise has found that three quarters would be more likely to move firms if they could take their professional network, industry relationships and deal history with them, highlighting what many believe to be one of the biggest barriers to career mobility within the agency sector.

The findings come as AgentWise launches its new...

Property Management

Property management becoming a specialist discipline as letting agents face growing regulatory pressures

The latest research by property management specialist, Rushbrook & Rathbone, has found that whilst the vast majority of letting agents believe the demands of managing rental properties have increased significantly in recent years, most continue to manage the function entirely in-house despite recognising that property management and winning new business now require fundamentally different...

You Tube

OneDome's TV Campaign, "The New Way" Exceeds 1 million YouTube Views

OneDome, the housing and fintech company building the Operating System for homebuyers, has announced that its first television advert, "The New Way," has achieved over 1 million views on YouTube since its launch in May. The rapid uptake underscores a growing consumer appetite for a more integrated and digital-first approach to buying and selling property.

The advertising created in...

Estate Agents Technology

Reapit partners with Just Move In to simplify home move admin and create new revenue opportunities for agents

Reapit, the leading provider of estate agency technology, has announced a new strategic partnership with Just Move In, the AI-native home move service. The partnership and integration will help agents better support their customers at the point of moving, while unlocking new revenue opportunities for agencies when utilities and services are purchased through the integration.

This new...

Renting Property

Nearly one in five landlords have informally rented to someone they know – with one landlord left facing property damage

Almost two-thirds (64%) of landlords have rented to someone they know, with nearly one in five (18%) doing so informally, according to new research from specialist insurer Hiscox.

The findings come after one of the most significant reforms to the UK rental market is decades, with the Renters' Rights Act published in May.

While renting to friends or family may feel like a...

Property Management

UK property management sector grows for fifth consecutive year, as demand grows across increasingly complex rental landscape

The latest insight from property management specialist, Rushbrook & Rathbone , has found that the UK property management sector has grown for the fifth consecutive year, with the number of operational businesses increasing by 2.8% across the nation and by 3.1% on average over the last five years.

As landlords face an increasingly complex operating environment, from compliance and...

Estate Agents

Agents adopt different operating model and 'fall back in love' with selling homes

Estate agency Glad Stones iad says it is already seeing stronger financial returns after transitioning to a new operating structure designed to reduce the overhead burden traditionally associated with running an independent agency.

The Plymouth-based business joined iad UK in December 2025 while retaining its existing local identity and high street presence, moving into a self-...

Buy to let mortgages

How to build a property portfolio with buy-to-let mortgages

One of the reasons property is such a popular asset choice for investors is that you don't need to invest all the money yourself; you can leverage funds from the bank.

Here's a very simplistic example of how borrowing via a buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage allows you to multiply your returns versus owning a property all-cash:

Property worth £300,000:

Buy with cash...

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