March 19th, 2013
Virtually no letting agents appear to be complying with the Advertising Standards ruling that they must show tenancy charges in their adverts as well as the rent. They seem to be awaiting advice from their own lawyers as well as guidance from industry bodies. Continue reading »
March 14th, 2013
Rightmove is today adding a disclaimer to all its rental adverts.
The move follows last week’s bombshell ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority that Your Move – and by implication, all letting agents – must detail fees in their adverts. It will no longer be enough simply to show rent when a property is advertised, with the ASA saying that this is misleading. Continue reading »
February 20th, 2013
PropertyLive, the critically ill property portal is on a life support machine while a ‘cure’ is sought.
Mark Hayward (below), Managing Director of the NAEA, said, “While the decision to cease PropertyLive operations at Arbon House remains in place, we have been listening to the various comments and proposals from members and from organisations outside the NAEA and ARLA. Continue reading »
October 26th, 2012
Advertising your property and securing a tenant is a major part of being a successful landlord. It’s not just the traditional methods of advertising that can be useful i.e. using a letting agency or putting an ad in the paper…
Landlords need a cost effective way of advertising their property to potential tenants during the difficult time when the current tenant leaves and the property is left vacant. Online portals, like Rightmove, Primelocation and Zoopla, are bridging the gap between the Landlord and tenant whilst offering a cost effective alternative to pricey letting agent ads. However, these websites aren’t free and do have their limitations when advertising a property such as a limited number of pictures.
Our advice would be to not swear off traditional methods of advertising and solely use these property sites, and vice versa. Use both to access different clientele; local residents and families will tend to use letting agents whilst students, young professionals and people looking to relocate will tend to use online sites to find a property. Continue reading »
October 25th, 2012
July 26th, 2012
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June 15th, 2012
New research shows that the average length of time a rental property is unoccupied in the UK rental property is three weeks, the longest period since the beginning of 2011.
The figures come from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) which is suggesting landlords take action to avoid these empty ‘void’ periods. “Void periods can cause uncertainty and affect overall rental yields,” said
Ian Potter, Operations Manager at ARLA. “While they are a fact of life in the rented sector, there are simple steps that landlords can take to help reduce the chance of a property being untenanted for extended periods. These periods without occupancy can also give a landlord a useful window to carry out routine maintenance and any additional work designed to make a property more attractive for incoming tenants.”
Read the full story at the Independents Blog
RentPro property management software assists you in fostering good tenant – landlord relations by allowing you to easily keep in touch either via text message or email from the system; assists with tracking any repairs and maintenance from initial request for repairs through to tracking payments to suppliers; and even allows you to market the property on your own website, property portals and produce brochures which can be either printed off or emailed to prospective tenants. Why not try RentPro for free for 14 days to see for yourself the benefits it can bring to your agency.
March 2nd, 2012
Great news for Rightmove dominating across the board as the number 1 property portal website; however as mentioned earlier in the week by Glenn Ackroyd in his post on Property118 The letting portals providing the best exposure; Rightmove only accounts for just over half the total market. So depending on who you are advertising your property too, will help you decide what other portals to use to gain exposure to the right tenant.
In the UK market, Rightmove dominates. In fact this has really not changed for the last 5 – 10 years. Back in 2005, the property portal market had four main players – Rightmove, Primelocation, Findaproperty and Propertyfinder. In 2009 Zoopla acquired propertyfinder for a bargain to rocket itself into the top three. Continue reading »
February 17th, 2012
Last night we released the latest build of RentPro, introducing some great new features, and resolving some of the inevitable bugs which have been reported to us by customers.
The primary new feature is the ability to automatically apply fees to tenants in certain situations, to help your letting agency realise additional revenue from your landlords and tenants. Continue reading »
