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As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...
31 May 2024
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Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...
31 May 2024
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In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...
31 May 2024
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Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...
30 May 2024
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An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...
29 May 2024
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A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...
29 May 2024
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A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...
28 May 2024
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The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...
28 May 2024
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A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...
23 May 2024
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Deposit alternative provider, flatfair, has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, 56% of tenants chose...
23 May 2024
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A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...
22 May 2024
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London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
21 May 2024
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A previously low-profile property and land research platform, has entered a partnership with Rightmove. Addland, which claims to have “a community” of...
21 May 2024
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Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...
17 May 2024
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An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency. Preston Baker...
17 May 2024
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The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...
17 May 2024
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Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...
16 May 2024
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The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...
15 May 2024
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A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...
15 May 2024
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A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...
14 May 2024
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The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
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The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...
10 May 2024
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A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...
10 May 2024
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An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...
09 May 2024
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It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...
08 May 2024
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It's reported that the Lomond estate agency group, which is heavily backed by private equity and which has expanded through serial...
07 May 2024
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A lettings agent who is also on the executive of Propertymark claims one of Britain’s tourist hotspots has been over-run with...
07 May 2024
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The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...
01 May 2024
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A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...
01 May 2024
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Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
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Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...
30 April 2024
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Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...
30 April 2024
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A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
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A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
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A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
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The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...
25 April 2024
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PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...
24 April 2024
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An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...
23 April 2024
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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
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A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...
19 April 2024
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An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...
19 April 2024
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A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
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Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...
18 April 2024
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A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
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Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...
17 April 2024
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Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...
17 April 2024
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Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
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Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...
16 April 2024
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Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...
15 April 2024
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A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
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Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
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An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year. The analysis, carried out by...
10 April 2024
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There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
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Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Consisting...
05 April 2024
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The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...
05 April 2024
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A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...
04 April 2024
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Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...
04 April 2024
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Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
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Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...
28 March 2024
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An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...
28 March 2024
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Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...
25 March 2024
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England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
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A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...
22 March 2024
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The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...
22 March 2024
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Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...
22 March 2024
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Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years. ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...
22 March 2024
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A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence. The local portal...
20 March 2024
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Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...
18 March 2024
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A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...
18 March 2024
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There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...
15 March 2024
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An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...
13 March 2024
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Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government. A...
13 March 2024
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Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...
12 March 2024
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A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...
11 March 2024
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A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
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Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...
08 March 2024
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Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...
08 March 2024
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Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year. A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...
07 March 2024
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Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
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OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...
07 March 2024
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A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
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Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...
29 February 2024
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Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...
27 February 2024
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Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
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Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
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Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...
26 February 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
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Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...
23 February 2024
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A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...
22 February 2024
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A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...
22 February 2024
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Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...
21 February 2024
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Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...
21 February 2024
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Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...
20 February 2024
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...
19 February 2024
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A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
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Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
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VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...
15 February 2024
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Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...