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Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, one of London’s largest independent property services groups, has appointed an experienced figure to oversee the company’s...

Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...

Agency and real estate company JLL is going head-to-head with Airbnb after launching its own short term rentals platform.  The website, called...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

A PropTech lead generation app that dubs itself the ‘Uber for Lettings Agents’ has launched in Manchester. The app, from Movebubble, already...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...

The JLL lettings agency has launched a ‘virtual property manager’ for a small number of Build To Rent tenants, claiming it...

JLL says its London offices saw increased demand in the third quarter of the year, underpinned by the student sector. Lonres data...

The number of lettings transactions in Prime Central London in the second quarter of this year slumped 15 per cent compared...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

The JLL lettings team says it is now seeing competitive bidding now taking place on a number of developments in central London. The firm...

A new Build To Rent scheme being launched shortly in Greenwich offers tenants an on-site concierge-style ‘host’, a lounger, co-working space...

Prime Central London’s lettings market has improved gradually during the first two quarters of the year according to JLL.   It says transaction...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

A property described as Europe’s largest rental co-living block, The Collective Old Oak in London’s Paddington, is up for sale with bids...

JLL has made three new director-level appointments to its prime London lettings team.   Andrew Keelan has joined as associate director and manages...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

Chelsea estate agency Russell Simpson has appointed a new senior lettings director in a bid to boost the firm’s rental offering.  Having...

An event that has been billed as Europe’s most senior networking event for real estate innovators takes place in London on...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Movebubble, a firm which has in the past offered renters a service where someone attends viewings on their behalf - has...

There have been falls in rents in some price ranges in London thanks to an oversupply of stock, according to lettings...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result.   “Relocation...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

The additional homes stamp duty surcharge is contributing to a slowdown in the central London development market according to JLL. The number...

JLL says there has been a remarkable 150-fold rise in the number of London residential properties listed on lettings website Airbnb...

The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...

JLL is forecasting that average rents across the UK will rise by 4.5 per cent next year, followed by a 4.0...

There has been a 94 per cent increase in prime central London tenancies year-on-year claims Lucy Morton of W A Ellis,...

One of London’s high-end letting agents says it has experienced a sharp increase in tenant demand since the election after a...

Rents in Prime Central London have risen 7.4 per cent over the course of the past year despite being unbchanged for...