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Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...

A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new series of educational videos for agents. The Guild’s Learning Platform serves as a...

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...

An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...

London lettings and sales agency Martyn Gerrard has this month celebrated 60 years of fulfilling the property dreams of those living...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...

High profile independent lettings agency base property specialists is marking its 20th anniversary with a new video-first website. The agency - located...

The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive growth in all regions except Greater London, the UK’s largest rental market, where they continue...

A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy.  The family-owned agency is...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

Deposit alternative provider, flatfair, has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, 56% of tenants chose...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...

A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the British economy could accommodate three interest rate cuts this year, with Kate cuts...

Build To Rent developer and operator Dandara Living has struck a partnership with deposit alternative service flatfair. Dandara joins other BTR operators...

Letting agents are being encouraged to sign up so a mystery shopper can assess their performance. KnowYourMarket, a market research firm in...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

A previously low-profile property and land research platform, has entered a partnership with Rightmove. Addland, which claims to have “a community” of...

A young couple are taking on the franchise of lettings agency Martin & Co in Exeter. Local couple Nik and Rosie Davey...

Rightmove is rolling out displaying the new Material info Parts B & C fields on listings, following a number of months...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has acquired the book of business of the Boococks agency as part of its West Yorkshire growth...

Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...

An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency.  Preston Baker...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...

Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate.  Savills, and...

The agency Centrick has been appointed to launch and operate a new multi-million-pound Build To Rent development in Leicester.  Centrick will provide...

Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...

A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...

Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...

A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...

The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...

The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...

A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR. HLR was established in 1986, growing...

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

It's reported that the Lomond estate agency group, which is heavily backed by private equity and which has expanded through serial...

Claire Williams, the former team principal of the legendary Williams Formula One Team , has been named as one of the...

Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...

A lettings agent who is also on the executive of Propertymark claims one of Britain’s tourist hotspots has been over-run with...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...