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The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...

Three councils will be sharing £1.21m in public cash over the next two years to tackle poor quality properties in the...

In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...

Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

A Derbyshire estate agent has escaped a driving ban after being found smoking cannabis in a car. Annabelle Lamb was spotted with...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

A landlord has been hit with more than £5,500 of fines and costs after he allowed a family with three young...

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”.  Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...

A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...

Lettings agency IPS Estates is partnering with Midlands auction specialist SDL Auctions to sell tenanted properties online. IPS Estates, based in Derbyshire, will...

A fine of over £29,000 has been imposed on an absentee landlord whose property was said to have put tenants’ lives...

Leaders has snapped up the 500-plus property portfolio of Derby-based lettings firm MBM Management Limited.   The company was established in 1996 and...

Fergus Wilson, long-regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let investor and landlord despite recent attempts to sell some of his homes,...

In the week that the government announced a ban on letting agents levying fees on tenants, one multi-office estate agency has...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a private landlord for failing to provide safe accommodation - with a bill of over £10,000 to...

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...

A letting agency has announced its support for new rules which will allow landlords to evict illegal immigrants without a court...

A letting agent is urging landlords to try to circumnavigate tax changes aimed at the buy to let sector by incorporating...

Leaders has acquired Home Counties estate agency Aston Mead in a deal which brings it additional branches in two new areas,...

Leaders has just completed its biggest acquisition deal to date, taking its UK-wide branch network to 99. It has acquired Derby’s agency...