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Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...
18 August 2022
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A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...
18 August 2022
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New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...
18 August 2022
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A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...
18 August 2022
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A new survey of some 2,000 tenants claims to show a significant level of dissatisfaction over communications with letting agents. The study...
17 August 2022
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It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...
17 August 2022
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Agents have only until Friday to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the...
17 August 2022
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Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...
17 August 2022
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The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...
17 August 2022
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Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies. It has...
16 August 2022
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A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...
16 August 2022
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A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...
16 August 2022
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New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
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A lettings agency chief says the rental market continues to be red hot but with affordability beginning to play a part...
16 August 2022
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A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...
15 August 2022
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An online property training service has launched a specialist property management course, which it claims goes “beyond legislation.” The Certificate in Lettings...
15 August 2022
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Yet another revision to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations takes effect from October 1 - that’s just under...
15 August 2022
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A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...
15 August 2022
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High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...
15 August 2022
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An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...
12 August 2022
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It’s been reported that the lettings book owned by a long-standing agency has been sold to a rival firm. A message on...
12 August 2022
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Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...
12 August 2022
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A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...
12 August 2022
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Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...
12 August 2022
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A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...
11 August 2022
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Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...
11 August 2022
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A county council is urging people to complain if they believe letting agents are failing to comply with consumer legislation. Staffordshire county...
11 August 2022
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The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...
11 August 2022
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A PropTech supplier says streamlining processes in the lettings sector could benefit agents, landlords and tenants alike, by producing a simpler...
11 August 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...
10 August 2022
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The government is relying on the private rented sector to bolster its high-profile Homes for Ukraine programme - despite a series...
10 August 2022
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A PropTech platform that boasts 200 letting agents and landlords amongst its current clientele has won over £500,000 in additional funding...
10 August 2022
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teclet, part of the OnTheMarket Group, has completed the integration of Muuvo into its lettings and management platform. The Muuvo platform uses...
10 August 2022
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Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...
10 August 2022
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Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.” While...
10 August 2022
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PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...
09 August 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
09 August 2022
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Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...
09 August 2022
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Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...
09 August 2022
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An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...
09 August 2022
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UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...
08 August 2022
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A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...
08 August 2022
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Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...
08 August 2022
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Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...
08 August 2022
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The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...
08 August 2022
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Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
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A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...
05 August 2022
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Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...
05 August 2022
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The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...
05 August 2022
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An agency connected with high profile developer Churchill Retirement Living has been rebranded and is offering a new lettings service. Churchill Sales...
05 August 2022
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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...
04 August 2022
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Data from Rightmove shows how an interest rate rise today, when the Bank of England meets, might effectively boost demand in...
04 August 2022
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HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...
04 August 2022
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A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...
04 August 2022
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One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...
04 August 2022
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A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
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Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...
03 August 2022
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With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...
03 August 2022
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Average monthly room rentals are at their most expensive ever according to lettings platform SpareRoom. It says in London the typical monthly...
03 August 2022
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PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...
03 August 2022
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A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
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Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...
02 August 2022
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Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
02 August 2022
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Belvoir says that during the six months to the end of June income increased 11 per cent on the year before,...
02 August 2022
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Propertymark has issued the government with a stark warning - without incentives to landlords, the private rental sector will shrink, rents...
02 August 2022
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The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...
01 August 2022
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OnTheMarket is overtly using its teclet lettings PropTech as a means of enticing agents on old discounted rates to pay full...
01 August 2022
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Midlands-based land and property agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up two more businesses. The acquisition of Wigwam Estate and Lettings Agents...
01 August 2022
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The rise and rise of Rightmove continues apace. Figures for the first half of 2022 released at the start of the weekend...
01 August 2022
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Rental sector support companies Canopy and Housing Hand have announced a partnership. Housing Hand will serve as a rental guarantor for renters...
01 August 2022
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Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...
29 July 2022
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An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...
29 July 2022
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OnTheMarket is launching a management fee protection product, developed with tenant referencing platform Canopy and insurance broker the Alan Boswell Group....
29 July 2022
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The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...
29 July 2022
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An independent agency chain operating in the Garden of England has just located one of its office to a former coffee...
29 July 2022
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London-focussed lettings agency Benham and Reeves says renters who secured bargain properties during the pandemic now face huge rent rises when...
28 July 2022
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MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...
28 July 2022
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Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...
28 July 2022
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Two senior agents are joining the Propertymark Qualifications board to bring a combined 64 years of experience. Jan Hytch - residential and...
28 July 2022
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A Build To Rent operator is cashing in on the surge in demand for allotments by creating mini-versions at one London...
28 July 2022
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A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...
27 July 2022
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A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...
27 July 2022
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OnTheMarket claims it’s on track to achieve its strategic aim - to create “a tech-enabled property business across the broader property...
27 July 2022
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27 July 2022
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The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...
27 July 2022
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The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...
26 July 2022
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Propertymark says letting agents should be aware of the financial implications of failing to deregister tenant deposits. This kind of failure after...
26 July 2022
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Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...
26 July 2022
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A Purplebricks divisional lettings director has quit the troubled online agency and is returning to Spicerhaart, where she worked until a...
26 July 2022
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A floorplan supplier to the agency industry claims such plans lead to higher rents for comparable properties. However, the sample used by...
26 July 2022
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Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...
25 July 2022
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It’s being reported that a prominent independent agency is to be snapped up by the fast-growing Leader Romans Group. Isle of Wight...
25 July 2022
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Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...
25 July 2022
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The latest report from ARLA Propertymark shows that at last the average number of properties available for rent per agency branch...
25 July 2022
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New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...
25 July 2022
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A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
22 July 2022
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Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...
22 July 2022
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Next week a webinar will give landlords and other property professionals an opportunity to put questions directly to one of the...
22 July 2022
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A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...
22 July 2022
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A quarter of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears - and when it comes to...
22 July 2022
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PropTech operator Lettingaproperty has won £750,000 to build a new rental platform of landlords and tenants. The cash boost, from the MEIF...
21 July 2022
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Another analysis of the lettings market by PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that the intense heat is not confined to the...
21 July 2022
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A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...
21 July 2022
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A market snapshot of lettings in the second quarter of this year has described the supply shortage as “massively under-performing”. The comment...
21 July 2022
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Fine & Country has diversified its marketing to include podcasts and radio advertising. Chief marketing officer Emilie Despois says: “We have always...
21 July 2022
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A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...
20 July 2022
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An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...
20 July 2022
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The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...
20 July 2022
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Tenancy Deposit Scheme, the not-for-profit government-backed protection service, has announced an upgraded PropTech integration with automated deposit registration platform MRI Software. TDS...
20 July 2022
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A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...
20 July 2022
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Letting agents should communicate regularly and proactively with their landlords and tenants to help them understand the proposed reform of the...
19 July 2022
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A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
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Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...
19 July 2022
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Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...
19 July 2022
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Samuel Estates, an agency based in south west London, has snapped up local independent Home Lets. Established in 2004 the first Samuel...
19 July 2022
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Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
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Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...
18 July 2022
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Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...
18 July 2022
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Hat and Home announced its third branch this week, in the Berkshire town of Bracknell. The agency is relatively new - it...
18 July 2022
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A company claims that some 18 per cent of property firms have seen a rise in criminals attempting to launder money...
18 July 2022
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Fourteen Trading Standards authorities across a swathe of England are embarking on an enforcement project to check lettings agency compliance. The Central England...
15 July 2022
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A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...
15 July 2022
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The sales director of a property investment firm says high house prices, rising interest rates and the broader cost of living...
15 July 2022
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The number of middle-age and later life tenants living in privately rented homes has accelerated faster than those under the age...
15 July 2022
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The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing rises in interest rates, it’s been claimed. Property website Home,...
15 July 2022
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The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...
14 July 2022
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A bootcamp which claims to help agents add up to £1m revenue to their business is to return this summer. The Agent...
14 July 2022
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Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...
14 July 2022
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Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
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The small UK Association of Letting Agents trade body says that the government’s proposal to scrap Section 21 is grabbing headlines...
14 July 2022
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Six agencies have been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to wronged complainants. One was the Belvoir...
13 July 2022
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Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
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London’s rental market appears to be retuning to some kind of normality according to new data from LonRes. The average time it...
13 July 2022
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Propertymark has entered into a deal with a PropTech firm to help it grow in Scotland. The partnership will see Homesearch collaborate...
13 July 2022
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The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage service. Pivotal Growth...
13 July 2022
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...
12 July 2022
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Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...
12 July 2022
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Letting agencies will soon be able to calculate their carbon footprint as part of an initiative called The Sustainable Agents scheme. It’s...
12 July 2022
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Rightmove hosts its latest anti-money laundering webinar next week. The hour-long session at 10am on Tuesday July 19 - a week today...
12 July 2022
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The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices. Maxine...
12 July 2022
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House price growth in prime country and coastal locations is beginning to plateau after two years of runaway growth, with urban...
12 July 2022
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A new survey by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests that out of the 20 per cent of households who now rent...
11 July 2022
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The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform...
11 July 2022
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A rogue tenant occupying a property for up to nine months and refusing to pay rent could cost a combined £10,000...
11 July 2022
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Automated lettings and management platform teclet - which is owned by OnTheMarket - has completed another integration with a PropTech supplier. This...
11 July 2022
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The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...
11 July 2022
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AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...
08 July 2022
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Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...
08 July 2022
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Landlords and agents face a growing risk of rent arrears and tenant fraud because of the cost of living crisis. That’s the...
08 July 2022
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Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...
08 July 2022
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A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...
08 July 2022
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A prominent lettings Industry figure has slammed Boris Johnson’s latest housing market utterances, branding them “off the cuff” and likely to...
07 July 2022
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A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...
07 July 2022
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A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...
07 July 2022
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If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...
07 July 2022
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Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
07 July 2022
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Knight Frank is offering its 2,200 UK staff a company-branded debit card which allows them to buy cheap foreign currency. Currensea’s card,...
06 July 2022
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A cloud-based software firm that’s been snapped up by a major PropTech company is urging agents to embrace the cloud. Openview -...
06 July 2022
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PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. The annual...
06 July 2022
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New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...
06 July 2022
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Prime lettings agent John D Wood & Co has announced its new head of lettings. It’s Tanya Hasking who is currently director...
06 July 2022
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Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...
05 July 2022
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Rightmove’s Landlord and Tenant Services division is moving to a new headquarters. It’s 110 staff will shift from Killingworth to Quorum Park in...
05 July 2022
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Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...
05 July 2022
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The average rent in the UK reaches £1,113 pcm, up almost 1.0 per cent in the past month. When London is excluded,...
05 July 2022
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Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...
05 July 2022
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It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...
04 July 2022
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The independent Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings has just been acquired by Ashtons, the company’s third acquisition in just 15...
04 July 2022
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Birmingham’s Labour-controlled council is launching a consultation on a vast expansion to its existing HMO Additional Licensing scheme. The proposal is for...
04 July 2022
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The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...
04 July 2022
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A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...
04 July 2022
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A lettings agency in Kent has been drawn into a spat about rent levels following a councillor’s comment on Twitter. Liberal Democrat...
01 July 2022
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A council claims that a pilot licensing scheme has discovered a very high proportion of rental homes requiring improvement. Plans to extend...
01 July 2022
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Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
01 July 2022
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Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...
01 July 2022
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Some parts of London have recorded over 50 per cent of sales as second or additional properties. Research by lending firm Octane...
01 July 2022
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The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...
30 June 2022
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A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...
30 June 2022
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A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...
30 June 2022
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Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
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Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
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Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...
29 June 2022
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Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...
29 June 2022
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Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...
29 June 2022
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Tenants are being offered what’s called a “fixed price green energy option” ahead of another fuel price hike this autumn. The deal...
29 June 2022
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The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...
29 June 2022
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Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...
28 June 2022
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The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...
28 June 2022
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A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...
28 June 2022
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A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
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Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...
28 June 2022
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One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 2022
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A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...
27 June 2022
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Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
27 June 2022
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Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...
27 June 2022
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The Shepherd’s Bush office has the largest lettings portfolio of all the Winkworth offices across the capital - and now it...
27 June 2022
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An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...
24 June 2022
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There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...
24 June 2022
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Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...
24 June 2022
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A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...
23 June 2022
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A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A high profile former chief executive of Propertymark is discussing agency industry issues in a new podcast. The new service - from...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
23 June 2022
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The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
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A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is alleged to have used violence and vandalism over a prolonged period against the tenants of at least...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...
22 June 2022
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An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

For the first time since November 2019, rents in London grew faster than any other region in the country. That’s the claim...
22 June 2022
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Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...
21 June 2022
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The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
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John D Wood & Co has celebrated a major anniversary by opening its new headquarters in Belgravia. It’s 150 years ago since...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...
21 June 2022
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David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...
21 June 2022
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The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents with landlord clients who let properties in Central West Bromwich are being reminded to check if they should apply for...
20 June 2022
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Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham. The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors the growing number of local council licensing regimes, has teamed up with an insurance broker. The link...
17 June 2022
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Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
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Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...
17 June 2022
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Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...
16 June 2022
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The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
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A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
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The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace. Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...
16 June 2022
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A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...
16 June 2022
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Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...
16 June 2022
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What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...
15 June 2022
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The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...
15 June 2022
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OnTheMarket says its innovations with partnerships in the lettings sector have played a part in its successful growth. In the 12 months...
15 June 2022
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...
15 June 2022
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A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...
15 June 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...
15 June 2022
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The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
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New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...
14 June 2022
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An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...
14 June 2022
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A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...
14 June 2022
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A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...
14 June 2022
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A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims. The...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...
13 June 2022
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Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...
13 June 2022
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TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...
13 June 2022
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The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The costs of buy to let fixed rate mortgages have risen sharply with more increases likely if, as expected, the Bank...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
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The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...
10 June 2022
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Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...
09 June 2022
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The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...
09 June 2022
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Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents. Agents from businesses...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

High profile Welsh lettings agency Peter Alan has acquired West Quay Estates & Lettings as part of its long term strategy...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...
07 June 2022
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Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot project which claims it will cut down on ‘back office’ chores...
07 June 2022
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A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in Prime London are still rising rapidly and the number of new lettings is limited thanks to the lack of...
06 June 2022
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Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...
01 June 2022
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Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A student-specialising lettings agency has been named as franchise of the year at the brand’s annual awards. Nicholas Humphreys Nottingham, one of...
01 June 2022
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Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in the number of private rental properties on the past decade, despite sweeping tax and regulation...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Property management platform and CRM provider teclet - owned by the OnTheMarket Group - has revealed another integration into its platform. This...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The man behind the Ideal Flatmate rental platform has now set up a Build To Rent portal called Your Place. All properties...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new software integration has produced what its creators claim will be the first data-driven lettings CRM. Agents that use both Street.co.uk...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency. Linley & Simpson has added another...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

RH and RW Clutton has opened a new lettings and sales office in Sussex. Senior director George Back says: “Through our increased presence...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, one of London’s largest independent property services groups, has appointed an experienced figure to oversee the company’s...
26 May 2022
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A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has justified the switch of one of its highest profile executive’s titles from ‘director of property data’ to ‘director of...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Acorn Group has opened its 40th branch - and it says it’s on the look-out for new acquisitions, including those...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Many private renters are misguided on what actually contributes to their credit score and thus may not be taking the correct...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Belvoir Group, one of the country’s largest multi-brand property franchises, is rebranding to distinguish itself from the Belvoir lettings and...
24 May 2022
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An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Industry suppliers are linking up to host a webinar for agents this week outlining the growing risks of tenancy fraud. HomeLet, Let...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

An Airbnb host who let three properties in a city has been fined for using domestic recycling facilities and failing to...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The largest operator in London for the niche co-living sector has doubled the size of its portfolio in the east of...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A tech firm claims the “vast majority” of agents who use WhatsApp and some other instant messaging platforms are not fully...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Part of the fast-growing Lomond Group of lettings agencies has signed a new partnership deal with a major football club. Stonehouse in...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost-of-living crisis is leading to further dependence on the Bank of Mum and Dad, following an extended period of support...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

New figures show that post-pandemic rental prices are on the rise across the majority of the capital but that some rents...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new market snapshot puts the average rental rise across the UK at a remarkable 18 per cent over the past...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes. The...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital. That’s the suggestion...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The massive Belvoir franchise network has signed up 360 of its franchisees to the PropTech service Kamma. The franchisees include those under...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A high end agency brand says pricing in the rental market continues to rise because of demand exceeding supply - and...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A London agency says properties in its patch let in just five days. Draker Lettings in Fulham has just 22 available instructions...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A guide has been launched to help letting agents put empathy at the heart of customer care and ensure customers benefit...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...
11 May 2022
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Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
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Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Research from price comparison service Comparethemarket suggests that 48 per cent of renters do not have contents insurance. Of those, more than...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...
11 May 2022
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The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
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Just over 7,000 households in London have been threatened with homelessness in the past three years alone after being issued with...
10 May 2022
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A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank. The high...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A council-run private rental sector lettings agency which so far claims to manage 300 properties it launching an advertising campaign to...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit is launching a new option which it says gives tenants more flexibility to split the guarantee...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...
05 May 2022
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Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

London lettings platform Rentd says a property rented with bills included may be convenient but it will also be expensive. Rentd says...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The founder of a leading letting agency coaching organisation has won a coveted international award. Agent Rainmaker was set up by Sally...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation. Nearly one in...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the best-known names in lettings in London and the south east has renewed its partnership with PropTech supplier Goodlordfor a...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...
29 April 2022
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...
28 April 2022
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An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...
28 April 2022
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A PropTech supplier says it’s created a solution to letting agents and landlords who must remain compliant and who want to...
28 April 2022
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A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...
28 April 2022
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The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...
27 April 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...
27 April 2022
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An agency tomorrow opens a new lettings and sales office in a location about to hear whether it’s won city status...
27 April 2022
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The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...
27 April 2022
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Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
26 April 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...
26 April 2022
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A new and huge private rental licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42...
26 April 2022
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A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...
26 April 2022
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An activist at the centre of a controversy involving a London letting agent has used a left-wing website to explain how...
25 April 2022
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An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...
25 April 2022
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A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...
25 April 2022
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A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...
25 April 2022
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Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...
25 April 2022
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Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
22 April 2022
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The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted...
22 April 2022
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One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...
22 April 2022
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Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...