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Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

A fraudster lettings agent must repay £122,922.68 to her old firm within three months - or face yet more time in...

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

A former lettings manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding her agency employers for almost five years - but there’s uncertainty over...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

Savills has promoted Sophie Candlin, a negotiator in its south west London Teddington office, to become its head of lettings. She takes...

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

Officials from the Welsh Government and the head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent team are to address...

Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

A controversial database which will allow widespread access to the identities of rogue letting agents and landlords has been backed by...

The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...

The National Audit Office has made scathing criticisms of government efforts to build more affordable housing. The public spending watchdog says the...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

Prime lettings agent John D Wood & Co has announced its new head of lettings.  It’s Tanya Hasking who is currently director...

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

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...

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...

An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...

The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...

An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

A lettings agent in Slough, called Saville Park Ltd, has been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an outstanding award of £300.  TPO received a complaint from tenants...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

A London council has embarked on consultation over two new private rental licensing schemes - and says they are needed as...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...