A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
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![UK’s most lucrative locations for holiday let income](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants flee cities as high rents push them to outer areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![ARLA agent is new head of Experts In Property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency brand remains even after acquisition by chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county. Christopher...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis Farms - agents asked to smoke out culprits](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties. The...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Holiday Homes - here’s where they are and what they’re worth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Loopholes - government slammed over additional properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand eases but tourist hotspot see dramatic rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Cornwall is the hottest spot in the rental market, not only home to the highest level of tenant demand, but also...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Empty homes and holiday homes totals on the rise - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Millions in tax lost through lettings loophole - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![League table shows holiday lets income and capital appreciation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Where’s Hot? Where’s Not? - new league table of tenant demand](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency predicts strong holiday lets summer coming up](/upload/images/Locations/Bournemouth-Pier-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agent spots illegal rental scam - and police refuse to get involved](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Franchise chain opens seventh office in the same county](/img/default/lat.png)
Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council offers free online training for letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Necessary’ licensing scheme still not agreed a full YEAR after consultation](/img/default/lat.png)
Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Rogue landlord stopped after string of offences](/img/default/lat.png)
A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fake News! Morale-boosting Psych Evenings help auctioneers](/img/default/lat.png)
Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House. The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Banned: Lettings agency boss who 'abused' tenant deposits](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Wrong move on Rightmove photos: spot the tenant and the agent....](/img/default/lat.png)
Our thanks to the eagle-eyed Richard Cross of B H Realty for spotting one or two less-than-perfect things on a Rightmove...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsman launches latest phase of clampdown on rogue lettings agents](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Ombudsman scheme has launched the third and latest phase of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents beware: new campaign to catch those ignoring law on fees](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agent says lettings sector starting to feel like a protection racket](/img/default/lat.png)
A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...