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Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

The chief executive of the UK's largest franchise agency, Belvoir, says the number of letting and estate agents will 'undoubtedly fall'...

The UK’s largest franchise agency has secured funding which it will use to strengthen its growth and acquisition strategy. Belvoir has secured...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

Franchises giant Belvoir says there are over 10,000 potential acquisition targets which could be wanting a way out of the lettings...

Belvoir has reported a year of strong growth in 2017, with group revenue up 14 per cent and pre-tax profit soaring...

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...

The Bulman agency in Whitehaven is to be rebranded as Belvoir, the company’s first in Carlisle. On top of that the amalgamation of...

Belvoir has told its shareholders that it aims to acquire agencies that exit the lettings sector when the ban on fees...

The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...

Franchise giant Belvoir has given a glowing report to shareholders, saying it exceeded its 2017 target for portfolio acquisitions by franchisees. During...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

Northwood, a wholly owned subsidiary of Belvoir, has made five portfolio acquisitions in the past two months. At the end of August, Belvoir...

Belvoir Lettings, the UK's largest property franchise, has been named as Franchise of the Year at the Negotiator Awards.  Belvoir has been...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...

Belvoir is reporting a record year for franchise license renewals in 2017 with 34 offices across the country celebrating a collective...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...

Belvoir has told shareholders and the City that it now has 57,637 lettings units under management following the addition of 1,310...

Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector.   “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...

Belvoir, which has over 300 high street offices, has acquired Brook Financial Services Ltd, which trades as Mortgage Advice Bureau, in...

Belvoir is recruiting more central office staff to support franchisees, with a 40 per cent increase in workers at the company's...

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...

The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...

Belvoir Cardiff has completed the acquisition of a management portfolio of 130 rental properties. The purchase of all properties managed by Letwise...

The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...

The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...

The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...

We often report local authorities criticising the standards of letting agents and landlords - now here's a quite different story. Letting agents...

Belvoir's Portsmouth office has acquired the local Lettings Direct business, adding a further 100 managed properties to its portfolio.    The move coincides...

Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...

The UK's largest franchise agency has expanded into the Orkney Islands.  Belvoir's Amjed Rasul, owner of its Inverness franchise, has acquired Orkney...

The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...

Belvoir says the majority of franchise owners in its 170-strong network are reporting a shortage of family housing as one opf...

Belvoir has been celebrating its very first franchise owner, 20 years ago this month - and the business, in Moray, is...

The Belvoir franchise letting agency group has taken the unusual step of calling for clarity on government migration policy.   Belvoir managing director...

One of Belvoir's newest and youngest franchise owners has completed on a substantial acquisition to kick-start his new business.  Luke Marchbanks, 25,...

One of the country's largest franchise agencies has announced that it is opening nine new offices.  Belvoir has recently launched branches in...

A business start-up service says the cost of joining a franchise lettings agency can range from £2,495 to a hefty £150,000...

Who are you? Luke Mason, from IntelliLet. I help letting agents with every aspect of their business, but particular focus is on...

The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...

Belvoir Lettings, which operates over 210 outlets across the UK, has seen its pre-tax profit surge beyond £2m at Belvoir Lettings. In...

Former Newton Fallowell chief executive Mark Newton has joined the board of Belvoir as an executive director. Newton Fallowell was bought out...

The average tenant spends a total of £577.64 on letting agent fees, according to new research. The research, carried out by an...

Government policies aimed at curbing the buy to let market are directly leading to more pressure on the lettings sector, according...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

Dorian Gonsalves, director of commercial and franchising at Belvoir, is urging the government to dramatically increase the availability of social housing...

Figures from the 211-office agency Belvoir shows that average rents in Britain exceed the pre-downturn late 2008 figure by a mere...

Another independent sales and lettings agency group has been snapped up by Belvoir, which takes it over the 200-office threshold. The 16-office...

Lettings franchise group Belvoir Lettings has suffered a setback in its profits.  In the six months to the end of June, the...

Franchise agency Belvoir is urging landlords to budget and plan for mandatory changes to the energy efficiency of rental properties, coming...

Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for June.   The Birmingham Central branch...

Belvoir has launched four new offices, taking the franchise firm’s tally to over 160 and on target to reach its goal...

A letting agency accounts clerk recruited to replace an employee dismissed because of theft has now herself been found guilty of...

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...

Belvoir Lettings, one of the UK's largest agency franchises, is continuing its expansion programme with three new offices. Rayson Wilshaw, a sales...

Belvoir remains unrepentant after criticism from some quarters over an email sent to tenants last week intimating that a vote for...

Belvoir has launched a new apprenticeship scheme for would-be letting agents.  Working alongside qualifications consultancy LMPQ, Belvoir will be offering talented young...