Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...
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![Backing for Ground Rent Cap being announced this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leaseholder Right to Manage webinar for agents and landlords - free](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Passive income from buy to let is a myth, warns legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy. This is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers warn that Renters Reform Bill will reduce supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A law firm says the Renters Reform Bill is driving buy to let investors to quit because of their fears over...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![High end agency’s new lettings head has 20 years local experience](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims record rental figure for seven bedroom mansion](/upload/images/TheBishopsAvenuemansion_Bedroom1_ASTONCHASE.jpg)
An agency is claiming a record for the sum at which it is letting a seven bedroom property in north London. Aston...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency bans rival rent bids after angry protests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Franchise brand opens new office and eyes further expansion](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Webinar offers expert guidance for agents on residential leases](/upload/images/library/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
Agents, leaseholders and freeholders can gain an insight into one of the most contentious areas of leasehold with a free webinar...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour rent freeze aims to “re-direct profit back to workers”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![MP says Airbnb glut contributing to “devastation” of city](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims fastest-ever letting of mansion on Billionaires’ Row](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMapPins-400x310.jpg)
An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fast-growing agency completes its sixth acquisition in three years](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyContract-400x310.jpg)
The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency moving into sales after snapping up rival firms](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sleep Out to Help Out! Wonderful work by Knight Frank](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group makes fourth acquisition so far in 2021](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired another lettings agency - the fourth lettings-led acquisition this year. This time it is Guardian Residential Lettings...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Consolidation Continues: Another independent snapped up](/img/default/lat.png)
Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Independent agent to rebrand as corporate branch later this month](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced another acquisition - this time it’s the EuroLet agency at Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire. The single-branch office...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![London room rents plummet as new Covid strain adds more woe](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Strict appointments, social distancing and signage all in place](/img/default/lat.png)
** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Council gives advance rent to landlords backing homelessness scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency back in lettings, five years after portfolio acquired by Leaders](/img/default/lat.png)
An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![London Bishops call for greater protection for private sector tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Help the rental sector solve the housing crisis' Chancellor is told](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector unprepared for tax changes, accountancy firm warns](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let expert release video 'shows' for use by agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...