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The Lettings Hub is celebrating its 10th birthday this week with 10 days of giveaways to customers, clients, employees, suppliers and...
17 February 2023
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A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...
16 February 2023
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Over half of all fraudulent tenancy applications involve fake or doctored pay slips, a PropTech firm claims. Goodlord analysed a sample size...
16 February 2023
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Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...
16 February 2023
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A prominent Scottish lettings agent says the decision of Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland’s First Minister may offer a chance...
16 February 2023
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The rate of rental growth in Prime London has started to ease and may even have levelled off, says data firm...
16 February 2023
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An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords has beaten its target to raise £850,000 In investment - and it’s still...
15 February 2023
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Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...
15 February 2023
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Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...
15 February 2023
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The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...
15 February 2023
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Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...
15 February 2023
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The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
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Large areas of the country will remain without vital legal advice to prevent evictions if the government fails to persuade law...
14 February 2023
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The Solihull branch of Hunters has acquired independent agency Searchers, which was set up back in 1995. Becki Dean, lettings director for...
14 February 2023
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A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...
14 February 2023
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Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...
14 February 2023
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Propertymark has hit out at a proposal from a group of MPs that there should be a single Ombudsman covering the...
13 February 2023
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A former lettings manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding her agency employers for almost five years - but there’s uncertainty over...
13 February 2023
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The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...
13 February 2023
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The rapid recovery in London rents post-Covid has seen the capital’s tenants leave in record numbers, according to new research from...
13 February 2023
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The latest market analysis by London lettings agency Chestertons, comparing January 2023 to the same month last year, shows the rental...
13 February 2023
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The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...
10 February 2023
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The activist group Generation Rent is backing a call by MPs for the government to tighten up proposals to scrap Section...
10 February 2023
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Agents are confused over so-called digital identity verification - and some suppliers may be trying to dupe agents. That’s the claim from...
10 February 2023
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Price growth in the rental market is predicted to continue throughout 2023 but there are tentative signs that rent hikes are...
10 February 2023
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New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
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A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...
09 February 2023
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The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...
09 February 2023
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Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti. Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...
09 February 2023
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Fine & Country holds its international conference on March 10 and according to the agency it will be attended by representatives...
09 February 2023
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The owner of a property in the Leicestershire village of Great Dalby has been fined after removing two trees within a...
09 February 2023
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A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...
08 February 2023
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Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...
08 February 2023
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A property firm has been fined £8,000 for operating an HMO on one of Britain’s most famous roads. Westminster council has won...
08 February 2023
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One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...
08 February 2023
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It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...
08 February 2023
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A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...
07 February 2023
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Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...
07 February 2023
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OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...
07 February 2023
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Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...
07 February 2023
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Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...
07 February 2023
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One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...
06 February 2023
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Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...
06 February 2023
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A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...
06 February 2023
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The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...
06 February 2023
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Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...
06 February 2023
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A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...
03 February 2023
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England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...
03 February 2023
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The headlines from yesterday’s Bank of England announcement are dominated by the base rate rise, but there’s been some unexpected good...
03 February 2023
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Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...
03 February 2023
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A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...
03 February 2023
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The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...
02 February 2023
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Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...
02 February 2023
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The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...
02 February 2023
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The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...
02 February 2023
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The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...
02 February 2023
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Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...
01 February 2023
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The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...
01 February 2023
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Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...
01 February 2023
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Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...
01 February 2023
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Another PropTech application is being integrated with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme API. The integration is with Apex 27 which claims its mission...
01 February 2023
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Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...
31 January 2023
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The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...
31 January 2023
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Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...
31 January 2023
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The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...
31 January 2023
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A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...
31 January 2023
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Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...
30 January 2023
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The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...
30 January 2023
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CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...
30 January 2023
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Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...
30 January 2023
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Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...
30 January 2023
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It’s been revealed that agents have been kicked out of The Property Ombudsman in recent months for failing to pay compensatory...
27 January 2023
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Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...
27 January 2023
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Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
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Attempted fraud in the letting sector has risen sharply over the past two years, it’s been claimed. Tenant reference provider Homeppl claims...
27 January 2023
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A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...
27 January 2023
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The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...
26 January 2023
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The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...
26 January 2023
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The anti-agent pro-renter group Acorn has protested outside some agents’ offices in Bristol demanding an end to rival bids for properties...
26 January 2023
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An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords is seeking an additional £850,000 In investment. Lettingaproperty is using crowdfunding site Seedrs for...
26 January 2023
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Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round. The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...
26 January 2023
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Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...
25 January 2023
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Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors. The...
25 January 2023
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London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...
25 January 2023
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Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...
25 January 2023
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The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...
25 January 2023
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A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...
24 January 2023
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The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...
24 January 2023
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Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...
24 January 2023
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High end agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty - which has properties to let at up to an eye-watering cost of £80,000...
24 January 2023
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A rent guarantor provider has announced a deal with agency Clever Student Lets. The provider - called RentGuarantor - says the deal...
24 January 2023
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Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom. Carter...
23 January 2023
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Private rents rose by 4.2 per cent in the year to December according to official government figures released this week -...
23 January 2023
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PropTech firm Goodlord has acquired lettings platform Halo. It’s Goodlord’s third acquisition in as many years. Halo, launched in 2020, provides tenants with...
23 January 2023
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Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...
23 January 2023
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Early bird tickets are now on sale for estate agent body Propertymark’s biggest event of the year at Wembley on June...
23 January 2023
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A local authority in West Sussex is proposing to build its own Airbnb four bedroom house on the site of old...
20 January 2023
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A young family have started 2023 in their new permanent home after a London council recovered the property from an illegal...