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Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

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

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

Dealing in OnTheMarket shares will cease at 7.30am on December 12 following yesterday evening’s announcement that the CoStar takeover had won...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

Portsmouth and Southsea lettings agency Chinneck Shaw has been appointed to manage the first purpose-built Build to Rent project from Ravelin...

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

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

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

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

Belvoir franchisee Lloyd Rumbold has completed on the acquisition of Belvoir West Bridgford, adding a fourth franchise to his portfolio of...

The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...

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...

An agency is claiming a record for the sum at which it is letting a seven bedroom property in north London. Aston...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member.  Available in 43 languages...

Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

The mismatch between demand and supply will keep the rental market strong in 2023 according to an agency chief. Nicky Stevenson, managing...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years.  This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...

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

An agency connected with high profile developer Churchill Retirement Living has been rebranded and is offering a new lettings service. Churchill Sales...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

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

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

A politician is raising the possibility that people who live in private blocks and let out their apartments via Airbnb or...

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

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

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

Specialist property lender Castle Trust Bank has agreed a £13.2m development loan for a Build To Rent scheme within a mixed...

Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

London’s short lets sector has bounced back from the Covid shutdowns and is now stronger than hotels and serviced apartments. That's the result...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...

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

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

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

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...