Archive

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

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...

Activists in the Acorn campaign group are lobbying a council in a bid to - in its words - “ban slum...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

Lomond Group has partnered with PropTech player Goodlord to provide IT services across the group's brands, which include Braemore, Stonehouse, Linley...

The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...

Leeds property investment agency ERE Property has undergone a company-wide rebrand in the UK and Hong Kong. No images have been released...

Independent agency Hardisty And Co has acquired a fourth branch in Leeds. It will be headed up by former owner and office...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

A student accommodation provider has been granted planning consent to turn a building in central Leeds into a 350-bed purpose-built block. Study...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

Leeds agency HOP - previously well known as Let Leeds - is expanding its office network with the launch of a...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities.  Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties.  Landlord Jack...

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

Labour-run Leeds city council is introducing a licensing scheme which requires landlords to pay up to £825 per property. The deadline for...

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

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...

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

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

Work has started on a new 216-unit Build To Rent project in Leeds; it’s to be known as Fabrik. Grainger is the...

An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks.  It’s...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

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

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...

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

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...

A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...

Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...

The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

A private equity company has made a £10m investment in Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson to fund further expansion. Founded by...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...

Research by a prominent letting agency suggests that the majority of renters in his city would be happy to sign tenancy...

Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...

Rightmove has revealed the locations where prospective tenants have searched for properties on its portal in 2017 - and the winning...

Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley has expanded its residential lettings team with the appointment of a new manager to cover...

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

Leeds Building Society is the latest major lender to reveal changes to buy to let lending ahead of new rules coming...

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...

A growing sales and lettings agency in Leeds has announced the recruitment of nine new members of staff. Morgans, which describes itself...

Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...

Legal & General has announced that its fifth Build to Rent scheme will be in Leeds. The site, Mustard Wharf, has permission...

A two-branch letting agent is offering landlords 0% management fees for six months in preparation for the proposed ban on agent...

The National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association have joined forces with Leeds city council to create a new accreditation system...

Manning Stainton, which has 19 offices in West and North Yorkshire, has completed the acquisition of a local independent agency.  AR Estate...

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...

The fast-growing Build To Rent sector has seen another boost in investment from a major player - Legal & General.    Earlier this week...

The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...

There has been relief within the industry following an Appeal Court judgement that landlords are not responsible for paying the council...

Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...

Leeds Building Society has changed its mortgage criteria in a bid to encourage longer-term private rentals.    The UK’s fifth largest society will...

Five new staff have been appointed at Leeds-based Morgans, bolstering the sales division of a company once known solely for its...

A senior mortgage lender is warning that government reforms of the buy to let sector could have wide-ranging and unintended consequences. Richard...

Tenants spend an average of 18 months in a rented property before moving on, according to new research by insurer Direct...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...

The Linley & Simpson agency, which has 11 offices across Yorkshire, has announced that it has taken over the rental portfolio...

Estate Agency AllStars is to take its training nationwide next year.  The company runs courses on What is Estate Agency, Prospecting School,...

Leeds company Morgans is expanding its lettings and sales operations - putting to bed once and for all the city’s former...

The shortage of rental accommodation in some university towns is so great that up to 22 people are competing for every...

A London agency has announced the launch of an educational property investment seminar business.  RE/MAX London launched RE/MAX Why What Where last...

The owner of a Leeds lettings agent fought back when masked men armed with a hammer, baton and metal bar raided...