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A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
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Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...
07 April 2022
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New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...
30 March 2022
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A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
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Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. The company has revealed that...
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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Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...
25 October 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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A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
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A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 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 town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...
28 July 2021
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A rogue tenant has tried to bribe two letting agents with hush money after they discovered his cannabis growing factory. Anisi Hamollari,...
29 June 2021
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A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...
23 June 2021
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If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...
22 June 2021
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After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...
25 May 2021
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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...
24 May 2021
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Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...
19 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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A heroic lettings agency in the south west of England has stepped up to the plate this half-term week by offering...
28 October 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 landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...
23 January 2020
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A seaside council has issued over £15,000 in fines to owners of unlicensed HMOs. Torbay council in south Devon adds that “a...
23 October 2019
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Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...
16 October 2019
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Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...
26 September 2019
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The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...
06 August 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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A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...
06 June 2019
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A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...
28 February 2019
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Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...
28 January 2019
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The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon. In June...
18 December 2018
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An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...
29 August 2018
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The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...
19 June 2018
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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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Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...
16 February 2018
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A crooked lettings agent has been ordered to repay thousands of pounds from his pension. As previously reported on Letting Agent Today...
12 February 2018
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A letting agent has been spared jail despite stealing over £7,600 from tenants to subsidise his failing business. Simon Cawley, from Kingsbridge...
29 January 2018
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Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...
22 November 2017
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West Country chain Bradleys Estate Agents has acquired Premier Lettings, formerly situated in the Preston area of Paignton, Devon. Premier had...
29 August 2017
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An inquest into the suicide of a well known local estate agent in the West Country has heard that there had...
03 July 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 director of a letting agency in Devon has been released on bail until June 2. In November and December, Letting Agent...
22 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 local newspaper says a Plymouth lettings agent has been arrested by police on suspicion of theft, fraud and money laundering. Last...
23 December 2016
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An estate agent from Devon who conned landlords, tenants and even his friends out of a total of £157,250 has been...
11 October 2016
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An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...
07 April 2016
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The ongoing court case involving a former letting agent has now heard that the nine cases of fraud being considered allegedly...
24 February 2016
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A former letting agent has pleaded guilty of nine offences of fraud involving the retention of deposits and rents belonging to...