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Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Mistoria is opening its sixth office in the north west of England. The new branch in Cheadle follows Mistoria’s existing outlets in...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

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

A property campaigner says the failure of the police to investigate a lettings agent who was eventually convicted of fraud after...

Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...

A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...

A fraudster has been jailed after being convicted on nine counts of fraud, theft and forgery relating to property firms which...

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

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

The case made by two landlords to have a judicial review of section 24 of the 2015 Finance Act - triggering...

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

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

The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...

The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...

There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...

The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...

More details have emerged of the campaign rally to be held next month in support of the bid for a judicial...

The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...

Another £50,000 has already been raised through crowd-funding to help meet the costs of mounting a legal challenge to George Osborne’s...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

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

A trio of criminals have been jailed for 18 years after using the cover of a lettings agency to allow them...

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...

The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...

HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...

The two landlords mounting a legal challenge to the mortgage interest tax changes proposed by Chancellor George Osborne have released a...

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...

A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...

The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...

The man behind the Platinum Property Partners company are mounting a legal challenge to this year’s buy to let tax changes...

A tenants’ campaign group is planning a series of protests this coming weekend outside offices of lettings agencies which allegedly do...

Countrywide has announced plans to recruit over 200 apprentices in the next year, working on a training programme drawn up with...