HomeLet, Rentshield and Let Alliance will now all operate under the Barbon insurance broker umbrella in a bid to weather the 'tough and challenging' letting market.

Teal Legal says its service will enable estate agents to advertising properties as 'conveyancing ready' and indicate how long it will take for each home.

Embrace Financial Services is the new financial arm of LSL and offers new income streams for agents outside the parent company's business.

New fast, inexpensive service from London firm offers Planning Policy Reports tailored to each property.

Middlesborough firm Michael Poole helps Metropix platform reach an extraordinary milestone 14 years after it was launched.

Service offers all agents a fee opportunity for introductions including its own branches and is being tested in South Wales before a more widespread launch.

Richard Jacques launched property investment platform Investerge in August to consumer but now says it can benefit estate agents too.

Purchase of Van Mildert for £20 million has now gone ahead giving Rightmove a major additional foothold in the private rental market together with its tenant passport platform.

Prime agents are increasingly under scrutiny by HMRC over their AML practices, which has prompted Lonres to acquire Financial Crime Services.

Agents are now able to offer tenants the company's Rental Protection Plan product which has already been taken up by national estate agency chain Andrews.