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Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

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

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

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

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

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

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

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

Property agency James Douglas has acquired a rental service and launched its own lettings arm in the south Wales city of...

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

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

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

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

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...

It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...

Martin & Co - part of the TPFG franchise giant - has purchased another independent agency. Father and son duo Jaspal and...

Lomond has snapped up another small lettings agency - its fifth acquisition in as many weeks. It’s purchased Sussex-based Howard & Co...

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

The company which in 2021 tried to introduce the concept of asking potential tenants and buyers to pay to view a...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

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

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

Thousands of pounds of landlords’ money may be lost as a result of the administration of high-profile London lettings agency Douglas...

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

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...

A London-focused lettings agency is partnering with Barratt London to encourage Indian investors. Barratt London, with 40 years’ experience in the capital...

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its fourth business so far this year - and with it, hundreds of lettings...

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

Agency brothers Matt and Neil Baldock have completed the purchase of one of Chelmsford’s oldest letting agencies, First Choice.  The brothers will...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

A study by consumer intelligence service TwentyCi shows a continued severe under-supply of properties in the private rental sector.  It says that...

London-focussed lettings and sales agency Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year, having snapped...

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

Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

An agency is claiming a record for the sum at which it is letting a seven bedroom property in north London. Aston...

One of the country’s first Belvoir branch franchises has changed hands after approaching three decades.  The resale of Belvoir Lincoln, one of...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has launched a rolling subscription model for tenants’ contents insurance. Now tenants pay for their contents cover...

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

High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...

Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...

Five franchisees who purchased an investment platform say they want to double the size of the business by 2028. Established in 2007,...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

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

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

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