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The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...

The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests.  Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...

Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

Daytime TV presenter Jenni Falconer is to host the Propertymark One conference on June 27. Tag-lined ‘Raise Your Game’ the event will...

Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...

Early bird tickets are now on sale for estate agent body Propertymark’s biggest event of the year at Wembley on June...

A statement to shareholders by the Savills lettings and estate agency admits that it under-estimated how strong the high end prime...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...

Local media in the Homes Counties report that two arrests were made after police were called by a lettings agency where...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...

There’s to be a new editor for Landlord Today from tomorrow, Thursday October 1. It’s to be Graham Norwood, currently editor of...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding.  EBG, which was...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

The fast-expanding Nick Dunning Associates - which acquired London agency Stirling Ackroyd over the summer - has strengthened its leadership team...

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

A buy to let investor who kept 24 adults and children in what a local council calls “appalling conditions” has a...

Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...

An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...

A selection of letting agents, estate agents and property professionals were recognised as 'outstanding learners' at the Propertymark Qualifications Awards last...

Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...

A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...

An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...

The franchise giant Century 21 UK has opened its latest estate and letting agency office - and it's in Southampton.  The office,...

The SDL Group says it is on course to become the UK's largest provider of Build to Rent services.  The firm, which...

A new online commercial property letting agency is using the residential model of offering a fixed fee-based service.  Virtual Commercial, which is...

Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...

Today sees the launch of what claims to be the UK's first online commercial estate and letting agency.  Virtual Commercial will offer...

The NFoPP Awarding Body has announced those candidates scoring outstanding achievements in property qualifications completed during 2015.  In total, 11 winners were...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that her group’s strategy of acquiring independent letting agencies continues...

Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...

Online repair reporting system Fixflo has revealed that other than English, Polish is by far the most commonly used language by...