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Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax Just before...
08 April 2024
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For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
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A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...
26 March 2024
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Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...
20 February 2024
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Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
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Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...
04 January 2024
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Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...
08 December 2023
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Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...
25 August 2023
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Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...
12 June 2023
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Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...
31 May 2023
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The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 April 2023
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Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...
13 March 2023
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“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index. Indeed, the industry...
08 March 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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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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Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...
09 January 2023
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House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...
03 January 2023
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The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...
21 December 2022
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Data from fraud prevention database CIFAS a marked increase in both identity fraud and false lettings applications in the UK according...
15 December 2022
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A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...
02 December 2022
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Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...
29 November 2022
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Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...
27 October 2022
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A prominent research chief at a leading agency has repeated his claim that average UK house prices are set to drop...
10 October 2022
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The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...
22 March 2022
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An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...
24 January 2022
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Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
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‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
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A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced. And...
17 November 2021
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North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...
18 October 2021
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Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
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It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...
21 June 2021
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The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...
13 May 2021
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The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...
26 April 2021
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A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...
08 March 2021
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With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...
20 April 2020
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There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...
27 March 2020
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Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...
06 November 2019
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The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...
27 August 2019
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London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...
29 July 2019
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A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...
08 July 2019
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The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
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More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...
26 October 2018
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An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
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Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
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The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
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Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s. A...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News
It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest. The online mortgage...
27 September 2016
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The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...
24 August 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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A young independent agency in Manchester is set to hit a £1.5m turnover target after just 18 months following the addition...
23 June 2016
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Sheffield council has prosecuted a private landlord for failing to provide safe accommodation - with a bill of over £10,000 to...
14 June 2016
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Connells has revealed that it has taken 50 of its ‘top achiever’ lettings and sales agents on an all-expenses paid trip...
20 May 2016
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Data from the Halifax suggested that the average price of a flat has increased by £86,474 (£1,029 per month) since property prices...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The Halifax is the latest of many house price indices to show higher than expected house price growth - and yet...
11 September 2015
From: Breaking News
In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...