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25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...
25 April 2024
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Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
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PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...
24 April 2024
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Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...
23 April 2024
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A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
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Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...
22 April 2024
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The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
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Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...
22 April 2024
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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
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A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...
19 April 2024
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A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...
19 April 2024
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Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...
19 April 2024
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The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...
18 April 2024
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An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...
17 April 2024
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Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...
17 April 2024
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The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
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Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...
15 April 2024
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A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
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Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...
15 April 2024
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The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...
12 April 2024
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A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...
12 April 2024
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The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...
11 April 2024
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Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...
11 April 2024
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Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
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Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members. HMLR launched a consultation last month as...
10 April 2024
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Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...
09 April 2024
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Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...
09 April 2024
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Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
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Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director. Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...
04 April 2024
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Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...
04 April 2024
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Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...
04 April 2024
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The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...
03 April 2024
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Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods. The four...
03 April 2024
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A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...
03 April 2024
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Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets. The new logbooks...
02 April 2024
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Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
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An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...
28 March 2024
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The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...
28 March 2024
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A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...
26 March 2024
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OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...
25 March 2024
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A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...
25 March 2024
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A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...
22 March 2024
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Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...
22 March 2024
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Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...
21 March 2024
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Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...
20 March 2024
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The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
20 March 2024
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Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...
19 March 2024
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Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...
18 March 2024
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Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...
14 March 2024
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Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...
14 March 2024
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Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...
13 March 2024
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The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...
13 March 2024
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Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...
13 March 2024
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The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...
12 March 2024
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A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...
11 March 2024
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Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...
11 March 2024
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A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces. Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...
11 March 2024
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Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...
08 March 2024
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Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...
07 March 2024
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Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year. A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...
07 March 2024
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The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
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London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...
06 March 2024
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A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
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Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...
05 March 2024
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Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is running a webinar examining how one client, Umega, used PropTech to more than double its...
04 March 2024
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Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...
04 March 2024
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A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
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Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...
01 March 2024
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Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...
29 February 2024
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Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...
28 February 2024
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National property services group, Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Purplebricks’ lettings chief to become a director in its property management...
28 February 2024
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Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...
28 February 2024
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Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...
27 February 2024
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Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...
23 February 2024
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A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...
22 February 2024
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Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...
22 February 2024
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New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...
22 February 2024
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Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...
21 February 2024
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Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...
20 February 2024
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Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...
19 February 2024
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The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...
16 February 2024
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Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...
16 February 2024
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Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit. Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...
15 February 2024
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Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...
15 February 2024
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Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
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Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...
14 February 2024
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London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...
14 February 2024
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Letting agents looking to boost the power of lead generation are invited to an exclusive event later this week. Agent Rainmaker is...
13 February 2024
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A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...
12 February 2024
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Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...
12 February 2024
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Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...
08 February 2024
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Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...
08 February 2024
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Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...
08 February 2024
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Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...
08 February 2024
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A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
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Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...
07 February 2024
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Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
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The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...