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Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Propertymark has pledged its support for the Good Landlord Charter initiated by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham but has urged for greater...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Lomond has acquired the rental portfolio of a lettings agency operating in Greater Manchester.   Lomond snapped up the lettings book of Harvey...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

Well known lettings agency Gascoigne Halman has seen the move of two letting agents to one of its branches. Heather Wynn and...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Cornwall is the hottest spot in the rental market, not only home to the highest level of tenant demand, but also...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

Propertymark has given its backing to a clampdown by Housing Secretary Michael Gove on private landlords - although landlords themselves appear...

A north west England lettings agency has expanded with a swoop on a Preston-based business. Keenans Group has acquired Letting Locations for...

A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...

A family-owned boutique lettings agency in Salford, Greater Manchester, has taken a significant share in a nearby independent rival - and will...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...

The government is asking bailiffs not to enforce court possession orders in areas with the highest Coronavirus restrictions.  So although evictions can...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...

A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector.  Two new...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch.  The agency being...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

SDL Group is celebrating its 2,000th tenant in the new but fast-growing Build To Rent sector.  SDL works with developer Sigma Capital Group...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...

A Build To Rent operator is marking its 2,000th new-build home - an indication of how the sector is starting to...

One of the biggest and earliest companies investing in Britain’s fast-growing Build To Rent sector has expanded its partnership with one...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

Media reports suggest the Manchester Arena bomber was renting a short-let property in the centre of the city before he committed...

Sigma, a Build To Rent developer, has completed and let its 1,000th rental home - a symbol of this fast-growing part...

Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...

The problem of cannabis ‘farmers’ using privately rented properties to mass-produce the drug is at its worst in the West Midlands,...

Much publicity has been given to the Resolution Foundation’s report into falling home ownership - but the flip side is that...

Urban regeneration specialist Sigma Capital is the latest firm to announce it is entering the Build To Rent sector, seeking to...

Legal & General Capital (LGC) has announced that it is close to securing its second investment in the Build to Rent...