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Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...
14 November 2023
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Husband and wife Daren and Susan Cope, alongside son James and daughter Annie, are bringing their different agencies under one roof. So...
14 November 2023
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Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...
14 November 2023
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The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...
13 November 2023
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Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...
13 November 2023
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Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...
13 November 2023
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The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...
13 November 2023
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A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...
13 November 2023
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The government is considering five different options for ground rent as the reform process for the sector begins. The government is committed...
13 November 2023
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A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...
10 November 2023
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The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...
10 November 2023
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Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...
10 November 2023
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Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county. Christopher...
10 November 2023
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Savills has moved into a new office in Bath, occupying over 2,500 square feet in a prominent on a prominent shopping...
10 November 2023
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The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...
09 November 2023
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The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns. This is...
09 November 2023
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Knight Frank’s Marylebone residential office has welcomed Luke Hewens as Head of Lettings. Hewens began his property career as lettings negotiator in...
09 November 2023
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Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...
09 November 2023
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Agents’ trade body Propertymark has pencilled in June 14 2024 as the date for its second Propertymark One event. Last summer’s event,...
09 November 2023
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An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...
08 November 2023
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One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...
08 November 2023
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Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 November 2023
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The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...
08 November 2023
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The ValPal Network - a lead generation product from Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today and other Today titles -...
08 November 2023
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Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...
07 November 2023
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...
07 November 2023
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PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord. Kamma’s...
07 November 2023
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Two well known agencies are to merge in Scotland. Cullen Kilshaw LLP, a solicitors and lettings and estate agency, is to merge...
07 November 2023
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New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
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A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...
07 November 2023
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An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details. That’s according to...
06 November 2023
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Goodlord is set to unveil at least 10 upgrades to its platform in a webinar this afternoon at 2pm. The enhanced platform,...
06 November 2023
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HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...
06 November 2023
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The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
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A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...
06 November 2023
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There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
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The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...
03 November 2023
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PropTech service The Lettings Hub has announced a new strategic partnership with client accounting platform LettsPay. This follows on from four additional...
03 November 2023
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Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...
03 November 2023
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Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England. According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...
03 November 2023
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David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...
02 November 2023
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Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...
02 November 2023
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The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...
02 November 2023
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One of Scotland’s oldest property and legal brands - Simpson & Marwick - has been snapped up by a newcomer to...
02 November 2023
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Propertymark has welcomed the government’s commitment to end the practice of council tax of banding single rooms in HMOs, potentially saving...
02 November 2023
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There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...
01 November 2023
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Propertymark has pledged its continued support for the annual Smart Meter Awareness Week. Launched by Smart Energy GB, the UK government-backed campaign...
01 November 2023
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The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...
01 November 2023
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A limited number of tickets are still available for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards. Olympian Roger Black MBE will appear at the...
01 November 2023
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Propertymark has donated £5,200 to the industry charity Agents Giving, which works with lettings and estate agents to encourage, support and...
01 November 2023
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Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...
31 October 2023
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A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...
31 October 2023
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New data reveals a 68 per cent surge in reports of meter tampering and energy theft during winter. The data - revealed...
31 October 2023
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Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
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Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...
31 October 2023
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A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...
30 October 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
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One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...
30 October 2023
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Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...
30 October 2023
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Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...
30 October 2023
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A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...
27 October 2023
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Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...
27 October 2023
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The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...
27 October 2023
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The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...
27 October 2023
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Some 48 per cent of tenants are currently living with one or more housing disrepair issues, it’s being claimed. The problems include...
27 October 2023
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A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...
26 October 2023
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...
26 October 2023
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Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...
26 October 2023
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A lettings and property management platform has broken ranks with much of the industry over the Renters Reform Bill. While most agents...
26 October 2023
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Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...
26 October 2023
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Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...
25 October 2023
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Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...
25 October 2023
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One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...
25 October 2023
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Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...
25 October 2023
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PropTech supplier Lettspay has launched a new client account banking service for letting agents and property managers in partnership with Griffin...
25 October 2023
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MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...
24 October 2023
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The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...
24 October 2023
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A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...
24 October 2023
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The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...
24 October 2023
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The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...
24 October 2023
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The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...
23 October 2023
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More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...
23 October 2023
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Savills has appointed Marielle Papadopoullos as head of lettings in its key Hampstead office. Papadopoullos, who joins as a director, has over...
23 October 2023
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An online lettings platform is attacking agents for their fees, which it describes as a “waste” of landlord funds. Hello Neighbour, a...
23 October 2023
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Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...
23 October 2023
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The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
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A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...
20 October 2023
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There’s been a significant increase in the buy to let mortgage product range according to analysis by independent service Moneyfacts. A year...
20 October 2023
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The Belvoir franchise giant has scooped a London Stock Exchange award for business, environmental, governance and social issues. It’s won the Best...
20 October 2023
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Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...
20 October 2023
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Trade body Propertymark says fees will remain unchanged next year. “We’d like to thank all our members for their continued commitment to...
20 October 2023
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Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...
19 October 2023
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A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...
19 October 2023
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A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
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There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
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The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...
19 October 2023
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Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...
18 October 2023
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The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...