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An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy.  The branch is the sixth Belvoir...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...

An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...

Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation.  We...

It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

SDL Group is celebrating its 2,000th tenant in the new but fast-growing Build To Rent sector.  SDL works with developer Sigma Capital Group...

A Build To Rent operator is marking its 2,000th new-build home - an indication of how the sector is starting to...

LSL’s corporate client department, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services, is beefing up its offer to Build To Rent institutional investors...