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

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...

Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...

Independent agency Hardisty And Co has acquired a fourth branch in Leeds. It will be headed up by former owner and office...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...

A family-run lettings and sales agency has launched an employee of the year award in memory of a late colleague.   The...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...

A lettings agency has teamed up with a university to give young students an insight into how small businesses operate. Priestley’s, a...

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

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed.  Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...

Rents for individual rooms to let are rising fastest in Swansea, Bradford, Portsmouth and Swindon, with all of these locations seeing...

Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...

A man has been jailed for 10 years for deliberately running over a tenant during a heated row over a rent...

The controversial changes to landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief and to the wear and tear allowance “have failed to dampen the...