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02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A platform which works with independent lettings agents and Build To Rent operators says it is linking them to provide mutual...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform. The move means agents who process both...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A former agent made redundant by LSL Property Services is the 125th franchisee for EweMove. Damien Guest, who has worked in agency...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lead generation app that dubs itself the ‘Uber for Lettings Agents’ has launched in Manchester. The app, from Movebubble, already...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has launched a 10-element tool kit for agents ahead of the fees ban on June...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday. The taxis will operate...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire. LetCo, which operated chiefly...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...
14 December 2018
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Belvoir is unveiling a new logo this morning, incorporating the strapline ‘Property is personal’. “Belvoir has always been a progressive company which has contributed...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...
01 August 2018
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One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News
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Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Essex-based Balgores Property Group, which operates across that county and in Kent, has snapped up Woollens estate agents in Dagenham. Woollens has...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let lender Paragon says it has seen a 'marked shift' towards buy-to-let activity among professional investors. The organisation reports that this is...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Two of the leaders of PropTech company Goodlord have revealed some of the issues that this month drove the company to...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Treasury has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that the ban on credit card surcharges which came into effect in recent...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Service has created the new post of chief operating officer, with the first postholder charged with “leading our...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Oxford franchisee of Martin & Co has acquired the nearby Kidlington office of independent local agency Oliver James. This takes the number...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets. Bartlett, who was previously...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has revealed that is has made one of its largest ever single office acquisitions. Martin & Co Plymouth...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Connells Group is expanding its head office functions with a further office in Bedfordshire to provide ”capacity for planned business growth...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A study of over 3,000 tenants has found that an increasing number of renters are 'very happy' with their living situation. LSL...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Airbnb, until now regarded as a platform used mainly by holidaymakers, is now preparing a tool that will identify apartments and...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A US firm that is believed to want a slice of the UK’s growing short-lets market has made a key business...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL’s corporate client department, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services, is beefing up its offer to Build To Rent institutional investors...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Bristol council has given consent to a 255 unit city centre Build to Rent scheme to be constructed and managed by...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the world’s largest ‘temporary furnished accommodation’ specialists is reported to have £20m to spend on renting property to re-let...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns & Webber, has acquired Aspire Management Services Surrey Ltd, an...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The chairman of the Residential Landlords’ Association has restated how he sees the private rental sector could help solve the country’s...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord’s company has been left with a bill of over £14,000 for letting unlicensed flats in north London. Appearing at Highbury...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result. “Relocation...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One of Belvoir's newest and youngest franchise owners has completed on a substantial acquisition to kick-start his new business. Luke Marchbanks, 25,...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Romans Group has snapped up Handovers in Guildford, another acquisition using its £30m facility for expansion purchases. Handovers is now fully-incorporated...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

As one of the UK’s leading specialist suppliers to the lettings industry, Rent4sure understands the importance of supporting our customers with...
05 April 2016
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Belvoir Lettings, which operates over 210 outlets across the UK, has seen its pre-tax profit surge beyond £2m at Belvoir Lettings. In...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is next week formally announcing that it is acquiring the large Oxford-based lettings agency Finders Keepers. Countrywide says the agency -...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A senior relocation and human resources expert says Right To Rent will not change the behaviour of any letting agent or...
04 February 2016
From: Breaking News

In a constantly changing legislative environment, the importance of keeping up-to-date in terms of knowledge and skills has never been more...
02 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired two further lettings agencies - Pullin Rose at Frome in Somerset and Sky Lettings in Southampton. The acquisitions...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Q: What does it say on your business card? Head of Indirect Sales & Partnership Products Q: What does your role involve? I head up...
06 January 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

The government is asking whether its proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second and subsequent homes...
30 December 2015
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association insists that some media forecasts of the impact of the new three per cent stamp duty surcharge...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...
12 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Rendall & Rittner, which currently manages 40,000 residential properties for institutions and developers, is opening a new office as part of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired another lettings independent - Selective Lets in Dunstable - following a series of recent purchases and takeovers. Selective...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The Romans Group has snapped up Meldrum Salter Edgley letting and estate agency in Guildford following its recent acquisition with James...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...
30 June 2015
From: Breaking News

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...
26 June 2015
From: Features

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising agents to alert clients to changes to two areas of tax on property...
08 May 2015
From: Breaking News

There are “advantages all round” in the certainty that three-year tenancies and even rent controls can offer, according to the head...
28 April 2015
From: Breaking News

Q: What does it say on your business card? I’m actually new at the company so haven’t got mine yet but when...