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Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

Exeter council in Devon is promoting a scheme to private landlords by calling it a “cost-effective solution for landlords who want...

There will be up to six new branches opened this year for the franchise brand Winkworth. The agency made its announcement in...

South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...

A former marine is the franchise holder of a brand new Belvoir office close to a famous military base in south...

A retired estate agent has pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching fire safety in Devon. Retired Force and Sons agent David...

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

A rogue tenant has tried to bribe two letting agents with hush money after they discovered his cannabis growing factory. Anisi Hamollari,...

A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...

If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

A 133-unit co-living rental scheme is to be built in the Devon city of Exeter. The scheme will place an emphasis on community living...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

A heroic lettings agency in the south west of England has stepped up to the plate this half-term week by offering...

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...

A seaside council has issued over £15,000 in fines to owners of unlicensed HMOs.  Torbay council in south Devon adds that “a...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon.  In June...

An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...

Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...

A crooked lettings agent has been ordered to repay thousands of pounds from his pension. As previously reported on Letting Agent Today...

A letting agent has been spared jail despite stealing over £7,600 from tenants to subsidise his failing business.  Simon Cawley, from Kingsbridge...

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...

West Country chain Bradleys Estate Agents has acquired Premier Lettings, formerly situated in the Preston area of Paignton, Devon.     Premier had...

An inquest into the suicide of a well known local estate agent in the West Country has heard that there had...

The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are...

The director of a letting agency in Devon has been released on bail until June 2.   In November and December, Letting Agent...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

A local newspaper says a Plymouth lettings agent has been arrested by police on suspicion of theft, fraud and money laundering.    Last...

An estate agent from Devon who conned landlords, tenants and even his friends out of a total of £157,250 has been...

An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...

The ongoing court case involving a former letting agent has now heard that the nine cases of fraud being considered allegedly...

A former letting agent has pleaded guilty of nine offences of fraud involving the retention of deposits and rents belonging to...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...