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...
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![Top London agency acquires major lettings management platform](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online lettings agency being sold in ‘distressed sale’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Hybrid-Property-400x310.jpg)
The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental affordability worsens in five areas of the UK](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where rental demand is strongest across the UK](/img/default/lat.png)
A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Yield league table revealed for large-scale regeneration areas](/img/default/lat.png)
Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: favoured buy to let locations with tenants in situ](/img/default/lat.png)
A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Commuter location yields not always better than in-London yields](/img/default/lat.png)
New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - top locations for yield-and-capital-growth combined](/img/default/lat.png)
A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals best average buy to let yields by property type](/img/default/lat.png)
One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Supply surge - new listings soar following market relaunch](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Yields ease but rental market riding the Coronavirus challenge](/img/default/lat.png)
New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand drops across UK cities as tenants stay put during pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech platform makes pitch for agents let go by High Street firms](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago. It says it’s enjoyed...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Does paying 50% of salary in rent really make an area affordable?](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: the optimum property type for the best buy to let yield](/img/default/lat.png)
Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let league table reveals where demand is strongest](/img/default/lat.png)
A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Defunct online agency snapped up by PropTech rival](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s a drag: agency’s advice on tackling tenants who smoke](/img/default/lat.png)
Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Upad closure: rival agencies offer help to stranded customers](/img/default/lat.png)
Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how little a typical buy to let investor makes in a year](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor. Howsy says the average landlord...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![High-profile online lettings agency acquired by digital rental service](/img/default/lat.png)
Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![£5m new funding for PropTech anti-agency management platform](/img/default/lat.png)
Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants pay up to 83% of their salary in rent, claims online firm](/img/default/lat.png)
An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...