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The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...
10 April 2024
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HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...
20 March 2024
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Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live. Centrick says...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A former Economics Editor and Chief Political Correspondent of ITN will be a keynote speaker at the Propertymark One conference in...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...
26 October 2023
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The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise. A net balance of...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A respected property lawyer is accusing the government of helping nuisance tenants at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. Ian Narberth,...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform. The integration within TecLet claims to save...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out. Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation. We...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards is calling for more due diligence checks to be made following the jailing of a rogue letting agent for...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest report from ARLA Propertymark shows that at last the average number of properties available for rent per agency branch...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...
07 July 2022
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The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...
23 February 2022
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PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has expressed a sigh of relief at a decision this week by the Appeal Court, which ruled in favour of...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...
26 January 2022
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Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies. The firms snapped up are family-run...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...
02 November 2021
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A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...
21 September 2021
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New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...
19 August 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...
02 August 2021
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London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
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
Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices. The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...
05 March 2021
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A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Proptech platform Residently claims its technology is now “free to the property sector.” The platform currently offers a contactless rental process which...