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A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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

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

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector. LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties. Landlord Jack...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour-run Leeds city council is introducing a licensing scheme which requires landlords to pay up to £825 per property. The deadline for...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Work has started on a new 216-unit Build To Rent project in Leeds; it’s to be known as Fabrik. Grainger is the...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector. Two new...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield. Rents were up...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A private equity company has made a £10m investment in Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson to fund further expansion. Founded by...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by a prominent letting agency suggests that the majority of renters in his city would be happy to sign tenancy...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the locations where prospective tenants have searched for properties on its portal in 2017 - and the winning...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley has expanded its residential lettings team with the appointment of a new manager to cover...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Leeds Building Society is the latest major lender to reveal changes to buy to let lending ahead of new rules coming...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A growing sales and lettings agency in Leeds has announced the recruitment of nine new members of staff. Morgans, which describes itself...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced that its fifth Build to Rent scheme will be in Leeds. The site, Mustard Wharf, has permission...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A two-branch letting agent is offering landlords 0% management fees for six months in preparation for the proposed ban on agent...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association have joined forces with Leeds city council to create a new accreditation system...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Manning Stainton, which has 19 offices in West and North Yorkshire, has completed the acquisition of a local independent agency. AR Estate...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Build To Rent sector has seen another boost in investment from a major player - Legal & General. Earlier this week...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been relief within the industry following an Appeal Court judgement that landlords are not responsible for paying the council...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Leeds Building Society has changed its mortgage criteria in a bid to encourage longer-term private rentals. The UK’s fifth largest society will...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Five new staff have been appointed at Leeds-based Morgans, bolstering the sales division of a company once known solely for its...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A senior mortgage lender is warning that government reforms of the buy to let sector could have wide-ranging and unintended consequences. Richard...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenants spend an average of 18 months in a rented property before moving on, according to new research by insurer Direct...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Linley & Simpson agency, which has 11 offices across Yorkshire, has announced that it has taken over the rental portfolio...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate Agency AllStars is to take its training nationwide next year. The company runs courses on What is Estate Agency, Prospecting School,...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Leeds company Morgans is expanding its lettings and sales operations - putting to bed once and for all the city’s former...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The shortage of rental accommodation in some university towns is so great that up to 22 people are competing for every...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News

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