Matthew Lane

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Lettings platform Goodlord has opened its doors north of the border.  ...
An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as ‘hedging against inflation and currency devaluation’. ...
A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure sum’ through crowdfunding to commercialise its ‘innovative and time-saving technology’. ...
The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same day that they’re listed. ...
We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year and what could be in store for the UK’s private rented sector. ...
A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary last week, will be a landlord-friendly minister. ...
An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say they would be willing to fork out up to 10% more in rent each month for smart features in ...
One of the leading estate agency groups in the UK has said it places high value on internal development following the promotion of one of its own to a high-profile position within the company. ...
It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a popular development at the huge regeneration project of Nine Elms. ...
Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to booby-trap them in order to prevent anyone entering. ...
Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit support, according to a leading trade body. ...
An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. ...
A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of tenants facing long-term housing insecurity and problem debt. ...
The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when it comes to rogue tenants and the time and cost required to evict them. ...
Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months after launching in the Steel City, following the confirmation of another acquisition deal. ...
As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here. But given the not insignificant number of Chinese students and young professionals who study and live in the UK, ...
A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new Housing Secretary and the sacked Robert Jenrick licking his wounds on the backbenches. ...
The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. ...
A six-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, has been handed to a former lettings agent from Eastbourne for charges of fraud. ...
LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This is set to be supported by ongoing investment, planned acquisitions and product development. ...
It now progresses to the so-called Report Stage....
The BoE has come to a decision on interest rates...
The House of Lords committee stage now continues until May...
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