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A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
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Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
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A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...
25 April 2022
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A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...
31 March 2022
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The Labour Mayor of Bristol has spoken out about the threat to the mainstream rental sector posed by the proliferation of...
14 March 2022
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One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...
08 March 2022
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Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...
22 February 2022
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Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...
21 February 2022
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Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
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Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...
17 February 2022
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A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...
15 February 2022
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Birmingham, Bristol and Leicester are seeing the fastest growth in Buy To Let investment according to new figures from a business...
27 January 2022
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Bristol council has approved plans to introduce licensing in more parts of the city. Additional Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes will be...
20 December 2021
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Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...
09 December 2021
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A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
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A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...
26 November 2021
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A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...
25 November 2021
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Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...
20 October 2021
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A lettings agency’s research has revealed that rental demand has continued to climb across most major UK cities during the third quarter...
05 October 2021
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Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...
07 July 2021
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A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...
22 June 2021
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A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...
03 June 2021
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Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...
26 April 2021
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An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...
16 March 2021
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The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...
12 March 2021
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Letting agents and landlords in a major city have been requested to see if there is a ‘spare’ four bedroom property that...
09 March 2021
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS What...
04 March 2021
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A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...
03 March 2021
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The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...
29 January 2021
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A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...
27 January 2021
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A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...
19 January 2021
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Build To Rent giant Grainger has purchased the rights to a 231-home development in Bristol for around £63m. In a statement to...
12 January 2021
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Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
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The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
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It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
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A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...
14 October 2020
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Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
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A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...
02 October 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...
24 September 2020
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One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...
21 September 2020
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A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...
25 August 2020
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The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...
20 August 2020
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03 July 2020
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Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...
24 June 2020
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The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...
16 June 2020
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There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...
28 May 2020
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An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...
21 May 2020
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A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...
12 May 2020
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Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...
11 May 2020
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Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...
08 April 2020
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The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
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23 March 2020
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A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...
10 March 2020
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A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...
27 February 2020
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A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...
27 February 2020
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A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector. LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...
14 February 2020
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A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...
10 February 2020
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
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A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...
16 January 2020
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A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
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A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
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Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
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The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...
24 October 2019
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A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...
01 October 2019
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A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...
25 September 2019
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An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...
11 September 2019
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A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...
14 August 2019
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Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies. The agency was...
06 August 2019
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An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...
11 July 2019
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An activists’s group which in the past has held protests immediately outside letting agents’ offices is appealing for £10,000 to develop...
21 June 2019
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New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
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A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...
19 June 2019
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The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they...
12 June 2019
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A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...
06 June 2019
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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
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One of the most pro-licensing local authorities in the country has extended its own scheme to include the entire centre of...
05 April 2019
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The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...
27 March 2019
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A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
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A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...
22 March 2019
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Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...
18 February 2019
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A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 January 2019
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Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...
27 December 2018
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LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...
21 November 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...
12 November 2018
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A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...
06 November 2018
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A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...
30 October 2018
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The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...
01 October 2018
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Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...
17 September 2018
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Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...
06 August 2018
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A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...
26 July 2018
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The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...
18 July 2018
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Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...
06 June 2018
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Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
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The local media in Bristol are reporting that landlords in the city are complaining that they face backruptcy if a hugely...
27 February 2018
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Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...
22 February 2018
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Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
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A former councillor says letting agents should be responsible for ensuring student tenants know how to organise their bins in a...
04 January 2018
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Rightmove has revealed the locations where prospective tenants have searched for properties on its portal in 2017 - and the winning...
21 December 2017
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Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...
04 December 2017
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A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...
30 November 2017
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A yellow minibus-style van parked in a residential street has been advertised on small ads site Gumtree as being to let for...
10 October 2017
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Consumer group Which? says ‘micro-apartments’ - which have proliferated in recent years - may not be good investments. The group has focussed...
22 August 2017
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Bristol council is resuscitating a so-called ‘rental standard’ which it expects local letting agents to meet. Back in January 2016 Letting Agent...
11 July 2017
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Hunters says its franchise agents and offices may suffer less than other firms thanks to their sales operations. Addressing the Hunters Group...
22 May 2017
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Legal & General has announced that its fifth Build to Rent scheme will be in Leeds. The site, Mustard Wharf, has permission...
15 May 2017
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The campaign group Acorn, which has in the past named individual letting agencies that it claims are charging unfairly high fees,...
09 May 2017
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A US firm that is believed to want a slice of the UK’s growing short-lets market has made a key business...
12 April 2017
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Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...
27 March 2017
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Bath is to have a major Build To Rent scheme from Legal & General, believed to be the first development of...
22 March 2017
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A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...
13 March 2017
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Bristol council has given consent to a 255 unit city centre Build to Rent scheme to be constructed and managed by...
02 March 2017
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A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...
23 February 2017
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Bristol lettings agency Livnlet has told the Advertising Standards Authority it is removing four testimonials from its website after a complaint...
22 February 2017
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Mark Clare, the former Barratt Developments chief executive, is to be the next chairman of Britain’s current largest listed landlord, Grainger,...
05 January 2017
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Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Build To Rent sector has seen another boost in investment from a major player - Legal & General. Earlier this week...
08 December 2016
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A Birmingham letting agency and a landlord have been fined £5,590 for failing to obtain an HMO licence and for breaching...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Financial results from Grainger, which is already the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, reveals the potential profits to be made by...
02 December 2016
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A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...
29 November 2016
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The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced. Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...
29 November 2016
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A review website called Marks Out Of Tenancy relaunches next month to provide what its creator calls a “trusted platform on...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Affordability pressures in the private rental sector mean that far fewer tenants are now renting properties with spare bedrooms according to...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £4,200 in fines and costs for not having a licence for his...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords in one of the country’s most politically-volatile cities are preparing to meet the local council to protest at...
10 October 2016
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The average UK tenant expects to remain part of the Private Rented Sector for a further decade, according to a new...
14 September 2016
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The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...
12 September 2016
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A company operating a number of buy to let properties has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 by magistrates for...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The campaign group ACORN, which has in the past organised protests outside letting agency offices, is up in arms that a...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Two private landlords have been found guilty of failing to obtain the appropriate licenses for their properties. Jagtar and Jagdish Kandola, who...
08 August 2016
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A man who posed as a letting agent to swindle landlords and tenants has been jailed for just over two years. Legal...
02 August 2016
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A new property tech startup is launching this month with the promise that it will “completely transform the way university students...
01 August 2016
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Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...
02 June 2016
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Tenants spend an average of 18 months in a rented property before moving on, according to new research by insurer Direct...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A community group that has in the past staged protests at letting agents’ offices in Bristol has now organised a petition...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A typical tenant in a two-bed property in England will have paid over £40,000 in rent in the past five years...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign group which last year held protests outside letting agents’ offices in Bristol is claiming victory in persuading the city’s...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Capital, which last week announced its intention to work with a Dutch pension fund manager to build 3,000...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...
04 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...
12 January 2016
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We’ve seen large numbers of local councils set up private rental accreditation systems, and a string of politicians from all major...
08 January 2016
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Countrywide has acquired Woods Estate Agents, a Bristol-based lettings and sales agency with five branches covering the city and north Somerset. Woods...
07 January 2016
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Estate Agency AllStars is to take its training nationwide next year. The company runs courses on What is Estate Agency, Prospecting School,...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A series of raids on privately let properties in the westcountry appear to have taken place as a way of holding...
09 November 2015
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A so-called 'ethical lettings charter' established by a group that has campaigned against some letting agencies, is set to be adopted...
08 October 2015
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The office of a letting agency that urged its landlord clients to consider increasing rents has been the subject of an...
04 September 2015
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A London agency has announced the launch of an educational property investment seminar business. RE/MAX London launched RE/MAX Why What Where last...
20 August 2015
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Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for July. Bristol Property Centre won...
18 August 2015
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Yet another ‘rental standard’ has been set up a a local council to create what it calls ‘a kitemark’ which can...
10 August 2015
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A student landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay over £12,400 after pleading guilty to...
08 July 2015
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A landlord who overcrowded his property has had to pay over £4,500 after being prosecuted by his local council. The property in...