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A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...
26 July 2024
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The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...
25 July 2024
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Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...
25 July 2024
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The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...
25 July 2024
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Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...
25 July 2024
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Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
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A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...
24 July 2024
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A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...
24 July 2024
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Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...
24 July 2024
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A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...
23 July 2024
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Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...
23 July 2024
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The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
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A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
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A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...
22 July 2024
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New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...
22 July 2024
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Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
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A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...
19 July 2024
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Zoopla is now describing itself as ’the official data partner’ of the Channel 4 programme ‘Worst House on the Street’. Its data...
19 July 2024
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An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...
19 July 2024
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London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...
19 July 2024
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Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move. Valerie...
19 July 2024
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While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...
18 July 2024
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The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
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The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...
18 July 2024
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Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. New internal data from the company claims demand rose by 15%...
18 July 2024
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New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...
17 July 2024
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A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...
17 July 2024
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The Housing Secretary in the Welsh Government, Julie James, was one of several ministers to quit in yesterday's dramatic day of...
17 July 2024
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B-hive Block Management Partners Celebrates Major Milestone With Over 100 Businesses Onboard! B-hive Block Management Partners, part of the Vegner Group, who...
16 July 2024
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A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
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The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...
16 July 2024
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Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
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Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity. Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...
16 July 2024
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Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
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ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
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Industry technology provider Reapit is holding a webinar tomorrow giving agents “an opportunity for savvy agents to unlock profits through tried...
15 July 2024
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An executive with four decades of experience in the insurance sector has joined the board of accreditation service safeagent as a...
12 July 2024
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Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...
12 July 2024
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Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...
11 July 2024
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The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...
11 July 2024
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Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director. Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...
11 July 2024
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Franchise chain Winkworth says there’s been a greater supply of rental properties in the first half of the year, combined with...
11 July 2024
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The relentless acquisition programme of the private equity-funded Lomond Group continues apace with another acquisition announced today - the second this...
10 July 2024
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Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...
09 July 2024
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Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield. Its latest acquisition of...
09 July 2024
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An agency with a spectacular history has expanded its operations after acquiring the lettings portfolio of a rival. Andy Campbell, who owns...
09 July 2024
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High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...
09 July 2024
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Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London. The agency says this newly created role...
09 July 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...
08 July 2024
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Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...
08 July 2024
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Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...
08 July 2024
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My Property Box – a North East-headquartered lettings and sales agency – has struck a multi-million pound private equity deal for it...
05 July 2024
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Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...
05 July 2024
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One of the longest standing and best known lettings agencies in the south east has opened a new office in Esher. Curchods...
05 July 2024
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A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
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Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...
04 July 2024
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Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
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Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...
04 July 2024
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Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
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The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...
03 July 2024
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Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...
03 July 2024
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The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
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The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...
03 July 2024
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Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...
03 July 2024
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Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London. An additional HMO licensing...
02 July 2024
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A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...
01 July 2024
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A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
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The BBC is reporting that councillors in Manchester have launched a series of attacks on users of Airbnb and other short...
28 June 2024
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Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark. She says her role as President...
28 June 2024
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This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...
28 June 2024
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A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
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The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
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PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...
27 June 2024
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A female-run block management company says it’s achieved a 30% growth in its client base - and it doesn’t take kickbacks...
27 June 2024
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London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...
26 June 2024
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Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...
26 June 2024
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An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...
26 June 2024
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Spicerhaart has inked a deal to use Rex Software for its lettings and property management activities from early 2025. The agency chain...
26 June 2024
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Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...
25 June 2024
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The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...
25 June 2024
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The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
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Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...
25 June 2024
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Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital and house builder Kellen Homes have hit the 1,000 home milestone in Greater Manchester in...
25 June 2024
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A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...
24 June 2024
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Work has started on yet another Build To Rent scheme - this time a £13m project in Nottingham. The project, on a...
24 June 2024
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Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...
24 June 2024
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The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 2024
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Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
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The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...
21 June 2024
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Bristol’s latest Build To Rent scheme from Grainger claims its pre-leasing phase has exceeded expectations with over a third of homes...
21 June 2024
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The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
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Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...
20 June 2024
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Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...
20 June 2024
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A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
19 June 2024
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Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...
19 June 2024
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Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...
19 June 2024
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Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
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Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...