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Faced with a lengthy chain of resident correspondence before a Resident Management Company (RMC) meeting, a property manager finds an AI tool that could summarise it in minutes. But before they can use it, they need approval, and if that process takes six weeks, they are unlikely to wait. Instead, they may open a free account, paste in the correspondence, and complete the task, leaving the business unaware of where that resident data has gone.

Cyclists across the professional services industry have helped to raise more than £160,000 for children’s charity Action Medical Research. They were taking part in Möntare, a new three-day ride which saw 51 participants cycle to Paris from 3 to 6 September, raising vital funds for children’s medical research. 

As artificial intelligence changes how people discover homes, the leading UK platform dedicated to professionally managed renting, Love to Rent, says better technology must be matched by richer, more transparent information about the experience renters can expect. Love to Rent is calling for the next generation of rental search to move beyond bedrooms, price and postcode and give consumers a clearer understanding of what it will actually be like to live in a home. 

Running a buy-to-let business – whether that’s having just one property or a large portfolio – can be profitable over time. It’s one of the few asset classes that can deliver ongoing income while also growing in capital value, and that’s as true in 2026 as it has always been. The caveat is that being a landlord is, and always has been, a long-term investment strategy.

It sounds like a straightforward question, but the true answer extends far beyond the cost of an individual repair. Prompted by a client enquiry, the Earl Kendrick team examined the available research and found surprisingly little published evidence comparing the full financial and operational costs of proactive and reactive maintenance, particularly in the residential property sector.

When a new managing agent takes over a residential development, there is often a maintenance list waiting for them. Sometimes it is short. Sometimes it is not. The temptation is to promise to get everything sorted quickly, but that is rarely the best way to start. First, you need to work out what is genuinely outstanding, what matters most and what can realistically be done with the money and information available.

Over 50,000 homes have hit the market since the nation's schools returned following the summer holidays, with the level of property for sale climbing by as much as 35% across some areas of England, according to the latest research by Yopa.

The Government has announced the second phase of the Renters' Rights Act, detailing the introduction of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) Database. The rollout, on a region-by-region basis, will begin in the West Midlands from December 2026.

Three quarters of commercial landlords say budget pressures are limiting the level of vacant-property protection they would like to put in place. This comes despite widespread expectations that risks around empty buildings will increase – and at a time when vacant property, especially in the high street, is making headlines.

New insight from Propoly reveals that, despite the hype around AI replacing human workers, the technology is more likely to replace individual tasks than letting agents themselves. But while AI may not replace the agent, it will raise the bar for them, enabling faster service, smarter decision-making and higher expectations from landlords and tenants.

Derby’s biggest independent property brand, Cope&Co, has announced the appointment of its new CEO. Annie Cope, who has worked for the residential, sales and property lettings business since 2021, takes over the reins from her mother, Susan Cope.