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Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually.  The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes.  However, rents...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...

A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...

The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

Section 21 evictions are set to soar even higher, a property association leader forecasts - because of the threat to abolish...

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...

A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...

A property company director who admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

The latest lettings market snapshot produced by London-focussed property data firm LonRes shows little change in the supply-constrained rental sector. However, figures...

Lettings agents within The Guild of Property Professionals think that the Renters Reform Bill could cause many landlords to quit.  Graham Wood,...

Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

Paragon Bank says the proportion of landlords with tenants in arrears has fallen to its lowest level since 2017. The same applies...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

Fines issued to agents for anti-money laundering non-compliance are getting bigger, reversing a downward trend seen throughout the pandemic, according to...

Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...

A consultation proposing a steep rise in council tax for second homes has won strong public support. Flintshire council in north Wales...

A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...

A safety training service is warning of “alarming statistics” showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a...

The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth.  Research from the British Property Federation and...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

A lettings agency group has made two moves to signal its commitment to being a forces-friendly employer.  Spicerhaart has signed the Armed...

Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...

Knight Frank has appointed a new head of lettings for its King’s Cross office in Central London.  Chris Nguyen joined Knight Frank’s...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

An agency tomorrow opens a new lettings and sales office in a location about to hear whether it’s won city status...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

One of the country's leading agency groups has signed a multi-year deal with PropTech firm Goodlord.  Andrews Property Group, which has 49...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...

Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...

Two well known PropTech providers to the lettings sector have announced they have now fully integrated their technology, meaning users of...

Anti-money laundering specialist FCS Compliance is to lead a free-to- attend Q&A webinar for Rightmove agents tomorrow.   Let’s Discuss Money Laundering is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

A former employee at the Staines-upon-Thames office of lettings agency Martin & Co has returned – as the branch’s new owner. Doreen...

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

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...

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

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...