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Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The auction - often seen as an ideal opportunity for investment buyers - is going through a torrid time in the...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city. The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Newcastle-based agency Walton Robinson is offering a buy to let property sourcing service. This year, the agency claims it’s secured rental increases...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A north of England agency is going green as it replaces its existing car fleet electric vehicles. The purchase of two Volkswagen...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...
16 February 2022
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Agent Rainmaker is holding another of its ARX Mastery events, in a bid to promote growth in the lettings agency sector...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Flatfair has named a series of agents now signed up to its deposit alternative products. These include Jones Robinson, Haslams, Andrew Craig,...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A bizarre fine imposed on a managing agent by a local authority appears to have been reversed because the council flouted...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
If you haven’t been to the Agent Rainmaker LIVE event before, then it is pretty difficult to explain how this event...
12 August 2021
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....
09 December 2020
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If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House. The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
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
A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A rent guarantor service says it’s already chosen 25 lettings agents to take part in a trial of what it calls...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A rent guarantor provider claims that deposits which prospective tenants are required to pay are often reduced if such a service...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting on...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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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
It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...
29 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
A former councillor says letting agents should be responsible for ensuring student tenants know how to organise their bins in a...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Police officers have seized well over £6,000 worth of cannabis and drug manufacturing equipment after being tipped off by a letting...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Two independent agencies in Newbury are merging. After a 40 year career in agency, Jeffery Brown from Atkinson Keene decided to retire...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News
A total of 17 letting agencies have signed up to a rental charter set up by a Labour MP. Alan Whitehead, Labour...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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A rogue landlord faces a court bill of almost £40,000 after being caught cramming 24 people into a house in north...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is predicting that rents are likely to increase even faster than house prices in the...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News
A letting agency has announced that it has formed a partnership with a heating installer to provide support for its managed...