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.

Just 42% of tenants are interested in buying anytime soon – millennials are the keenest with 64% being aspiring homeowners compared to just 13% of those aged over 55.

Innovative proptech brand Tili, returns as headline sponsor to The Negotiator Conference & Expo 2019 and gold sponsor of The Negotiator Awards.

Letting agent Kristjan Byfield convened a dozen of the industry's best-known figures to present his proptech brainchild The Depository.