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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

A marketing expert is encouraging agents to invest more time and money in digital activities.  Richard Combellack, commercial product officer at PropTech...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

Belvoir franchisee Lloyd Rumbold has completed on the acquisition of Belvoir West Bridgford, adding a fourth franchise to his portfolio of...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

The vast majority of auctions - widely regarded as a favourite for buy to let investors acquiring properties - are now...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

Lettings agency Hamptons, now part of Connells, has hired a former Strictly Come Dancing and Countryfile star to front a property...

An agent has spoken out about a proposal to allow huge council tax rises on second homes and empty properties. New Scottish...

Revenue from property taxes in Scotland has dropped significantly so far this year, according to a prominent lettings agency.  DJ Alexander Ltd...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...

The rental market in Prime London continues to suffer from a severe stock shortage according to recent data from property consultancy...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

Trends in the lettings market “do not bode well for renters on low incomes” according to an analyst. Jack Godby of lettings...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...

A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

A former marine is the franchise holder of a brand new Belvoir office close to a famous military base in south...

The second largest resale in Belvoir’s history has taken place with the husband and wife behind the Southampton franchise buying Belvoir...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning - a change from previous research...

A mortgage company chief executive is warning that house price falls of up to 15 per cent are likely between now...

Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

GetGround - which until now has been a service to help landlords form companies - has launched GetProperty, a service guiding...

Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

A quarter of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears - and when it comes to...

Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...