Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...
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Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...
22 March 2024
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Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...
07 February 2024
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A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...
05 January 2024
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Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...
28 November 2023
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A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...
22 November 2023
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A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s first Belvoir branch franchises has changed hands after approaching three decades. The resale of Belvoir Lincoln, one of...
30 June 2023
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New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...
23 June 2023
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Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...
03 May 2023
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Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers. Research from lettings...
25 April 2023
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A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
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Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...
17 March 2023
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The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...
22 February 2023
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Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...
15 February 2023
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The long-standing head of an agency’s property management and lettings divisions is stepping up to become a partner in the company. Andrew...
10 January 2023
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Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...
06 January 2023
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Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years. This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...
15 November 2022
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The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
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Northern property specialist Bradley Hall has opened a new rental and sales office in Leeds city centre. The firm has expanded its...
03 November 2022
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Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...
12 October 2022
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Leaders Romans Group has launched what it claims is its first sustainable branch lettings office. Its Brighton city centre branch, operating under...
12 September 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
09 August 2022
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The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...
08 August 2022
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Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...
28 July 2022
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Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...
05 July 2022
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An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...
14 June 2022
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A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...
20 May 2022
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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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A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
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New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...
08 April 2022
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Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
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A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
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New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
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The central Birmingham branch of franchise giant Belvoir is celebrating its 15th anniversary by moving to a prestigious new city centre...
24 February 2022
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The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...
22 February 2022
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New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
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There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...
20 January 2022
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The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...
20 January 2022
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One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....
18 January 2022
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A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...
10 January 2022
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An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...
06 January 2022
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A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
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The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...
17 November 2021
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Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...
08 November 2021
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Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...
28 October 2021
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A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some 21,000...
27 October 2021
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A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
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Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...
13 October 2021
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New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
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The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
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Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
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Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...
19 August 2021
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Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...
12 August 2021
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A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...
10 August 2021
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An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...
27 July 2021
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Midlands estate agency Webb’s is expanding its operations after opening a new office in Lichfield city centre. The agency already has offices in Cannock,...
21 July 2021
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Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...
15 July 2021
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For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...
09 July 2021
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Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...
26 May 2021
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The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...
13 May 2021
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A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...
04 May 2021
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Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...
28 April 2021
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A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...
22 April 2021
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Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...
14 April 2021
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There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...
02 April 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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The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
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Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...
28 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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One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...
09 December 2020
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The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...
28 October 2020
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Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...
21 October 2020
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A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...
01 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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The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
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A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...
25 February 2020
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Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...
21 February 2020
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Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...
09 December 2019
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Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
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There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
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An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...
27 September 2019
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There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 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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A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
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A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...
15 April 2019
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The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...
09 April 2019
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A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...
22 March 2019
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Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks. It’s...
05 March 2019
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Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...
21 February 2019
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A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...
25 January 2019
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One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...
22 January 2019
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Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...
21 November 2018
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A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...
12 November 2018
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With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...
11 October 2018
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Plans have been unveiled for a 23-storey development comprising 307 Build To Rent units, located overlooking Cardiff Bay. IM Properties and its...
08 October 2018
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One of the UK’s largest block management agencies, the Residential Management Group, has opened a new northern office in recognition of...
16 May 2018
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Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, has snapped up a 132-flat Build To Rent scheme in Southampton for £27m. The project...