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23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...
08 February 2024
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A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The partners of high end agency and property consultancy Cluttons have announced the completion of a management buyout. James Gray continues as...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Inheritance Tax totalled £4.6 billion for the HM Treasury between April and October - that’s £500,000 up on the same period...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has donated £5,200 to the industry charity Agents Giving, which works with lettings and estate agents to encourage, support and...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
West Wales Home Rentals - part of an agency group set up three decades ago - has snapped up the property...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Chester-based Residential Estates, established over 30 years ago, has been rebranded as Guestz. The firm says it’s from a local lettings and...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord who is also the owner of a High Street lettings agency has been fined £17,293 for breaching housing licence...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has bagged Arun Estates, one of the UK's largest agency groups, in a deal involving the TecLet lettings platform. TecLet, an...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Oakfield Estate Agents in Hastings has snapped up a rival firm - Redwell Estates - in nearby Bexhill oil Sea. Neil Newstead,...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of a property investment firm has been disqualified from being a director for 12 years following the discovery that...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that agents have been kicked out of The Property Ombudsman in recent months for failing to pay compensatory...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Director Fariview Estates & Director keyhive.io What is ‘company name’...
23 January 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Stirling Ackroyd Group says it’s delivered 20 per cent revenue growth alongside the opening of five lettings and sales offices...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-standing head of an agency’s property management and lettings divisions is stepping up to become a partner in the company. Andrew...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
An agent operating an HMO on Deeside without a licence and breaking other housing laws has been fined £28,000. Flintshire council carried...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s being reported in Scotland that Propertymark, along with other lettings sector trade bodies, are seeking legal advice on that country’s...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Five agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme - all for compliance failures. The first is Home Trader Properties, in...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The shortlists for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards have been announced, with four vying for Lettings Candidate of the Year. The awarding...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has named a new lettings manager for its Chelsea branch. Jonathan James has been working in the industry for the past...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Samuel Estates, an agency based in south west London, has snapped up local independent Home Lets. Established in 2004 the first Samuel...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Six agencies have been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to wronged complainants. One was the Belvoir...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices. Maxine...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
High profile Welsh lettings agency Peter Alan has acquired West Quay Estates & Lettings as part of its long term strategy...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...
09 May 2022
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The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
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Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...
08 March 2022
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A two-branch lettings agency in Hertfordshire has ceased trading and says it will soon be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. A statement...
01 March 2022
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UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...
01 February 2022
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New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Two agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay compensation awards. Thamlet Estates, based in east London,...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark President Maxine Fothergill has lifted the lid on what is required of a letting agent holding that position in...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading agency handling international investors and buyers says Russians will displace the Chinese as the main purchasers of buy to...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...
11 August 2021
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The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News
An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...
21 May 2021
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A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...
22 April 2021
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Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside. This follows acquisitions...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired independent firm NW Estates in Warrington, for an undisclosed sum. Ascend says the acquisition - which includes the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent has spoken out at a local council landlord licensing scheme, suggesting it might just be nothing more than...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Three agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards. In the case of Foremost Lettings Ltd...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...