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Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

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PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

A platform which works with independent lettings agents and Build To Rent operators says it is linking them to provide mutual...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

A former agent made redundant by LSL Property Services is the 125th franchisee for EweMove.  Damien Guest, who has worked in agency...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

A PropTech lead generation app that dubs itself the ‘Uber for Lettings Agents’ has launched in Manchester. The app, from Movebubble, already...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has launched a 10-element tool kit for agents ahead of the fees ban on June...

Letting agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday.  The taxis will operate...

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire.  LetCo, which operated chiefly...

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...

Belvoir is unveiling a new logo this morning, incorporating the strapline ‘Property is personal’. “Belvoir has always been a progressive company which has contributed...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals  The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

Essex-based Balgores Property Group, which operates across that county and in Kent, has snapped up Woollens estate agents in Dagenham. Woollens has...

The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...

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...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...

Two of the leaders of PropTech company Goodlord have revealed some of the issues that this month drove the company to...

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

The Treasury has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that the ban on credit card surcharges which came into effect in recent...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...

The Tenancy Deposit Service has created the new post of chief operating officer, with the first postholder charged with “leading our...

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

The Oxford franchisee of Martin & Co has acquired the nearby Kidlington office of independent local agency Oliver James. This takes the number...

The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

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

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets.  Bartlett, who was previously...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...

The Property Franchise Group has revealed that is has made one of its largest ever single office acquisitions. Martin & Co Plymouth...

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...

Connells Group is expanding its head office functions with a further office in Bedfordshire to provide ”capacity for planned business growth...

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

A study of over 3,000 tenants has found that an increasing number of renters are 'very happy' with their living situation. LSL...

Airbnb, until now regarded as a platform used mainly by holidaymakers, is now preparing a tool that will identify apartments and...

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...

A US firm that is believed to want a slice of the UK’s growing short-lets market has made a key business...

The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...

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

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...

Bristol council has given consent to a 255 unit city centre Build to Rent scheme to be constructed and managed by...

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...

One of the world’s largest ‘temporary furnished accommodation’ specialists is reported to have £20m to spend on renting property to re-let...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...

Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns & Webber, has acquired Aspire Management Services Surrey Ltd, an...

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...

Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords’ Association has restated how he sees the private rental sector could help solve the country’s...

The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...

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

Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result.   “Relocation...

A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

  A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...

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

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...

The Romans Group has snapped up Handovers in Guildford, another acquisition using its £30m facility for expansion purchases. Handovers is now fully-incorporated...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...

As one of the UK’s leading specialist suppliers to the lettings industry, Rent4sure understands the importance of supporting our customers with...

Belvoir Lettings, which operates over 210 outlets across the UK, has seen its pre-tax profit surge beyond £2m at Belvoir Lettings. In...

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

Countrywide is next week formally announcing that it is acquiring the large Oxford-based lettings agency Finders Keepers. Countrywide says the agency -...

Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...

A senior relocation and human resources expert says Right To Rent will not change the behaviour of any letting agent or...

In a constantly changing legislative environment, the importance of keeping up-to-date in terms of knowledge and skills has never been more...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...

Connells Group has acquired two further lettings agencies - Pullin Rose at Frome in Somerset and Sky Lettings in Southampton. The acquisitions...

A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...

Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...

Q: What does it say on your business card?   Head of Indirect Sales & Partnership Products Q: What does your role involve? I head up...

The government is asking whether its proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second and subsequent homes...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

The National Landlords’ Association insists that some media forecasts of the impact of the new three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...

Rendall & Rittner, which currently manages 40,000 residential properties for institutions and developers, is opening a new office as part of...

Connells Group has acquired another lettings independent - Selective Lets in Dunstable - following a series of recent purchases and takeovers.  Selective...

The Romans Group has snapped up Meldrum Salter Edgley letting and estate agency in Guildford following its recent acquisition with James...

Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising agents to alert clients to changes to two areas of tax on property...

There are “advantages all round” in the certainty that three-year tenancies and even rent controls can offer, according to the head...

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

Gareth Styles of Grants Independent Estate Agents, Woking writes: When considering opening a new office in Woking Surrey I met with several...