The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace. Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...
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16 June 2022
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Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
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An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...
23 May 2022
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A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...
04 May 2022
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A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...
31 March 2022
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The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
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A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...
24 March 2022
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A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...
11 March 2022
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Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...
21 February 2022
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Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
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A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
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Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...
06 December 2021
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A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...
23 November 2021
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Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...
11 November 2021
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New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
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Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...
14 September 2021
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A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...
24 August 2021
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Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
09 August 2021
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A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...
06 August 2021
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A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...
03 August 2021
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A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...
02 July 2021
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Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...
24 June 2021
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A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...
23 June 2021
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Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...
18 June 2021
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A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...
27 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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Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...
22 March 2021
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The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...
12 March 2021
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A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...
08 March 2021
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It’s taken what Propertymark calls “a rigorous selection process” to find the latest four regional representatives for the Association of Residential...
06 November 2020
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Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
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The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...
22 September 2020
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Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...
18 September 2020
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A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
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A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...
11 February 2020
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A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...
17 January 2020
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Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...
04 November 2019
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Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...
22 July 2019
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Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers. The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...
10 June 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
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A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...
30 April 2019
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Cornwall council has confirmed that it’s to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to try to win compensation for victims of...
25 April 2019
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Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...
10 April 2019
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The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...
10 April 2018
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Well known lettings industry figure John Hards is re-joining Countrywide as National Lettings Director with immediate effect. He first joined Countrywide in...
26 March 2018
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A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston. Truro Crown Court...
11 September 2017
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The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has extended its expulsion of a letting agency by an additional four years. Premier Property Management, based...
05 September 2017
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The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are...
21 June 2017
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The landlord of an HMO above a Chinese takeway in Cornwall has been fined for failing to comply with the requirements...
15 March 2017
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Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents. When approached by...
15 February 2017
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No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...
06 January 2017
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A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant. Cornwall...
20 December 2016
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Connells has appointed a new lettings area manager for Essex and Suffolk. Tracey Dumont, who has over 17 years in the industry,...
17 August 2016
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Connells has made a key appointment to drive the growth of its lettings division in the south of England. Stuart Cornwall, who...
21 June 2016
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Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...
04 February 2016
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A landlord has been cautioned and has agreed to pay £1,000 compensation to a tenant, and pay £2,000 towards legal costs,...
15 December 2015
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A landlord who did not remedy a string of safety concerns about a property he was letting has been ordered to...