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![Online lettings model the big winner from the pandemic - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sunak warned on property taxes - Don’t use us to pay Covid debts!](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![David Alexander is joint CEO of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
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![James Lindsey, apropos agent](/img/default/lat.png)
How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...
20 January 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![2021 could be a good year for the rental market after all, says agent](/img/default/lat.png)
The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Some agents have atrocious compliance failures, claims expert](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax hike risks mass exodus from buy to let - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents “slow to respond to consumers moving online” - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Living without Section 21 evictions – lessons from the Scottish market](/img/default/lat.png)
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Unify UK property tax to attract investors, agency boss says](/img/default/lat.png)
Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why did Chancellor ignore private rental sector? asks lettings guru](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![High street decline forces commercial investors to shift to residential](/img/default/lat.png)
The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Evictions: English landlords seek advice from Scottish counterparts](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants must get interest-free loans to clear Covid arrears - agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents must adapt quickly to the new normal By David Alexander, joint Managing Director of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...
28 August 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Agent backs eviction ban extension but wants cash help for landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t evict anyone during virus crisis says leading lettings expert](/img/default/lat.png)
A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cut could reinvigorate buy to let says lettings chief](/img/default/lat.png)
A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rob Trotter, Associate Director at apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...
22 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Apropos transforms the residential property management process](/img/default/lat.png)
Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...
18 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech service criticises “same old traditional” letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech service says it wants to by-pass professional agents and cater just for self-managing landlords. What’s more, it’s promoting the fact...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top lettings agency to shed jobs with new online platform at risk](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online property management platform goes live with agents in key cities](/img/default/lat.png)
A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities. Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big London and SE England bias in buy to let investor profile](/img/default/lat.png)
A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb trying to tempt landlords seeking higher yields - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Savvy landlords can still make Buy To Let work insists property chief](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online lettings portal raises £7m as it prepares for New Year launch](/img/default/lat.png)
High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander. The capital funding package will be...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech property management platform signs 25 partners for launch](/img/default/lat.png)
The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour tones down Right To Buy proposal for private rental tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Accept end of S21 or let Build To Rent take over, says agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to prepare for ‘last straw’ in maintaining profitability](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Further criticism of Labour's controversial Right to Buy plans](/img/default/lat.png)
A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector must prepare for more older tenants, says top expert](/img/default/lat.png)
The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Beginning of the end for Let Only Tenancies, says leading expert](/img/default/lat.png)
We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s War: Tories and lettings chiefs tear into Labour Right To Buy plans](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let now so restricted by law, investors must try something new](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![New housing court in England and Wales 'should follow Scots model'](/img/default/lat.png)
A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Latest buy to let hotspot unveiled by property management guru](/img/default/lat.png)
Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm. David Alexander of...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property chief locks horns with rent control campaigners](/img/default/lat.png)
A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Many agents regard tenants as just ‘cash cows’ claims property chief](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings expert sounds Airbnb warning to landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 long overdue admits lettings chief](/img/default/lat.png)
The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Double whammy for buy to let as rents stagnate and taxes rise](/img/default/lat.png)
Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Support for Fees Ban from lettings experts: 'it is positive, not negative'](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tiny rent increases over the past year, reports new research consultancy](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos. Across Britain as...