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04 December 2020
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It’s taken what Propertymark calls “a rigorous selection process” to find the latest four regional representatives for the Association of Residential...
06 November 2020
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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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A business owner who calls himself a “frontline agent” is the new Vice President of ARLA Propertymark. David Votta, owner of Votta...
09 October 2020
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Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...
18 September 2020
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Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
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A proposed licensing regime in Kent has been abandoned because of fears it would drive landlords away. Medway council proposed a scheme...
28 August 2020
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A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...
22 June 2020
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The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...
04 June 2020
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We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...
08 May 2020
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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
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The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
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An ambitious Kent agency and management company has secured a £3.8m loan to underwrite a management buyout and an acquisition programme. Miles...
06 March 2020
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Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...
26 February 2020
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A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
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Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...
14 January 2020
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The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...
30 October 2019
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The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...
24 October 2019
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The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...
25 September 2019
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A respected lettings and sales agent has opened up about his own mental health issues and those which exist thanks to...
07 August 2019
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A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...
16 July 2019
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Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
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Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...
19 June 2019
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Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...
03 June 2019
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The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...
03 June 2019
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The online property management platform Howsy, formerly known as NoAgent, has launched a new package for landlords. The platform says Howsy Protect...
14 May 2019
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Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...
02 April 2019
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Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...
26 March 2019
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More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
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The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...
15 January 2019
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Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...
04 January 2019
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Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...
13 December 2018
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The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...
27 November 2018
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One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...
20 November 2018
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A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...
05 November 2018
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Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...
17 October 2018
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OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...
29 August 2018
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Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...
06 August 2018
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Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...
25 July 2018
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Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
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Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...
20 July 2018
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Essex-based Balgores Property Group, which operates across that county and in Kent, has snapped up Woollens estate agents in Dagenham. Woollens has...
02 July 2018
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The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...
15 June 2018
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11 May 2018
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The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...
04 May 2018
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Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...
28 March 2018
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A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...
23 March 2018
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A Kent county councillor says letting agents “would have to be pretty dumb” to allow a situation arise whereby they would...
19 March 2018
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A lettings agency has written to MPs setting out an eloquent case for a cap on agents’ fees levied on tenants...
10 January 2018
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Tunbridge Wells independent Alexandre Boyes has snapped up the lettings and sales book of Edenbridge agency Foxwood Maclean. First established in 1877...
21 December 2017
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A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...
08 December 2017
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Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...
08 December 2017
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A lettings agent who stole thousands of pounds collected from tenants has been jailed for 20 months. Kent Online reports that gambling...
16 October 2017
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The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
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The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...
23 June 2017
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Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...
12 May 2017
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The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...
09 May 2017
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The controversial landlord who made provocative remarks about some tenants leaving ‘curry smells’ in his properties is now complaining to the...
04 April 2017
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Fergus Wilson, long-regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let investor and landlord despite recent attempts to sell some of his homes,...
24 March 2017
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Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...
23 January 2017
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Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...
12 January 2017
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The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...
09 January 2017
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Specialist mortgage lender OneSavings Bank is the latest to announce that it is introducing stricter affordability assessments for all new buy...
21 December 2016
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Britain’s biggest buy to let landlord, Fergus Wilson, says new investors now will never be able to enjoy the scale of...
12 December 2016
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A digital property management platform that automates the rental process including marketing, bookings, reference checks, maintenance and compliance, claims it is now...
05 December 2016
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Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...
02 December 2016
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Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...
02 November 2016
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Canterbury is the latest council to consider setting up its own letting agency. The authority hopes to tempt private landlords with promises...
06 October 2016
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Gillian Kent - once employed by News International to run a portal to rival Rightmove - has now been appointed chairman...
02 September 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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Connells has made a key appointment to drive the growth of its lettings division in the south of England. Stuart Cornwall, who...
21 June 2016
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A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...
13 June 2016
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Connells Group has acquired another letting agency - Touchstone Residential Lettings, which has nine offices in Kent, Buckinghamshire and the west country. TRL's...
09 May 2016
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A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...
22 March 2016
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Fergus and Judith Wilson, regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let landlords, are reported to have sold their empire of hundreds...
10 December 2015
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A respected survey of the buy to let market says proposed tax changes and the increased stamp duty on additional homes...
04 December 2015
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Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...
01 October 2015
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The country’s biggest buy to let landlord is to raise rents by up to 33 per cent, and puts the blame...
14 September 2015
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A letting agency has announced that it has formed a partnership with a heating installer to provide support for its managed...
21 August 2015
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Fergus Wilson, the controversial buy to let guru who reportedly owns around 1,000 rental properties, is to stand for Police and...
05 August 2015
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Controversial buy to let property mogul Fergus Wilson has given his backing to the government over its controversial extension of Right...
04 August 2015
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Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...