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![Agent’s unique insight into “no end in sight” rental crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_2131821733(1).jpg)
A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![TV presenter turns lettings agent and fronts his own advert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![House price slowdown hitting every region says Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major regional independent agency opens its 11th branch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPurchase-1-400x310.jpg)
Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings. Managing...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![HMO property agency and landlord hit with fine and costs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined400x310.jpg)
A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction House keeps local charities in the pink…](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental market open for business in new Tier 4 areas](/img/default/lat.png)
Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market slows in August after post-lockdown boom](/img/default/lat.png)
The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![London room rentals plummet as virus fall-out hits lettings sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rental market strong this summer says board company index](/img/default/lat.png)
Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![National rental market stable as Christmas lull approaches](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban silver lining: It may save the High Street office, says agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents to soar 15% as battered landlords pull out, says RICS](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Husband and wife agency owners start search for lettings firms to acquire](/img/default/lat.png)
A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency acquires fourth independent company in the same city](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders has acquired its fourth agency in the same city, Norwich, in a sign of what it calls its commitment to...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market hit worrying low in recent weeks, says board firm](/img/default/lat.png)
July’s activity data from board company Agency Express has revealed a significant slowdown in the number of rental properties coming on...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lettings administrator admits stealing £16,000 from Savills branch](/img/default/lat.png)
A former administrator at a Savills letting office has admitted embezzling around £16,000 from the firm over a five and a...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental market remains robust after summer slowdown](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK rental market remains resilient, despite an expected summer slowdown in activity. This is the message from the latest Agency Express...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents still rising in most areas but rate of growth slows says HomeLet](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow. Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Massive regional rent differences as average nears £1,000 pcm](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest survey of private sector rents by HomeLet shows very large regional differences with one area seeing a 4.9 per...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market slowing but average rent still up by 8.5% in a year](/img/default/lat.png)
After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...