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NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that  there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...

Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...

Local media in Bournemouth report that a man was stopped by the police when he was seen after dark carrying a...

A lettings agency’s research has revealed that rental demand has continued to climb across most major UK cities during the third quarter...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...

Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...

The Bournemouth branch of Martin & Co has acquired a local independent agent. Bullock & Lees, a local south coast firm, has...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

A free-to-use ‘Housing Early Prevention Service’ runs by a council on the south coast has been deemed such a success it...

An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...

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

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...

The sittings of the select committee looking into government proposals to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants resume this week...

The director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

Rightmove has revealed the locations where prospective tenants have searched for properties on its portal in 2017 - and the winning...

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...

An estate agency in Bournemouth has amended an advertisement after a complaint to a watchdog about the absence of any reference...

Housing association Radian is to build a £27m scheme of 113 Build To Rent homes in Bournemouth - its fourth BTR...

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

A letting agency in Hampshire has doubled in size after acquiring one of its competitors. LetCo, a four branch agency working across...

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

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...

A trio of recent acquisitions has ensured a national agency chain not only records its best ever annual growth, but also...

Bournemouth council has set up a private sector rental company which will see it buy properties and then let them.  The decision...