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Savills has moved into a new office in Bath, occupying over 2,500 square feet in a prominent on a prominent shopping...
10 November 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...
06 June 2023
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Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...
02 May 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...
06 January 2023
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A news website is reporting that a landlord cut the asking rent of a property after social media criticism of its...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
02 August 2022
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Agents with landlord clients who let properties in Central West Bromwich are being reminded to check if they should apply for...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties. Gatwick and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...
21 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...
20 September 2021
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The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...
01 September 2021
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Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...
02 August 2021
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The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...
28 May 2021
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Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...
19 May 2021
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Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...
02 April 2021
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Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
17 February 2021
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Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs. As is often the case with such schemes, the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom. The...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...
13 January 2020
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A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
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A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...
22 August 2019
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Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...
15 August 2019
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A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...
24 June 2019
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A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...
12 June 2019
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Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...
21 May 2019
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A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...
24 April 2019
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10 April 2019
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Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News
An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...
21 November 2018
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A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...
06 November 2018
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An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...
13 September 2018
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Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...
04 July 2018
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A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...
03 July 2018
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A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...
15 June 2018
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A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...
08 June 2018
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Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...
06 June 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...
23 May 2018
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A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...
22 February 2018
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A fine of over £29,000 has been imposed on an absentee landlord whose property was said to have put tenants’ lives...
19 January 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...
11 December 2017
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A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...
01 December 2017
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The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...
18 October 2017
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Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
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Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...
21 September 2017
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The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...