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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
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An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
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A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
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The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
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A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
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A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...
29 November 2019
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More details have emerged of the long-term scheme to site Build To Rent homes at Transport for London tube stations and...
29 November 2019
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The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...
28 November 2019
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A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...
27 November 2019
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There’s been a steep rise in the costs of landlord joining a compulsory licensing scheme operated by Labour-controlled Nottingham city council. The...
25 November 2019
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The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
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Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
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The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...
20 November 2019
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A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...
20 November 2019
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A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...
20 November 2019
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Flat-sharing website Ideal Flatmate has raised £2m in a funding round in order to expand to seven new cities in the...
20 November 2019
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A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...
19 November 2019
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Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...
19 November 2019
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The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...
18 November 2019
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The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...
15 November 2019
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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
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Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...
14 November 2019
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Canary Wharf is the latest prime area of London to secure a Build To Rent scheme. 10 George Street, by Canary Wharf...
14 November 2019
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The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
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A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...
13 November 2019
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The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
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The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
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It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...
11 November 2019
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London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
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A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
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The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise. Specifically, the...
07 November 2019
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Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...
07 November 2019
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Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...
06 November 2019
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A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
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A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...
31 October 2019
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Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
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The growing deposit alternative sector continues to be ultra-competitive with 15-branch agency Kings Lettings signing up to Zero Deposit. Kings Lettings operates...
30 October 2019
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Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...
29 October 2019
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The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...
25 October 2019
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Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...
24 October 2019
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Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...
23 October 2019
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Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...
22 October 2019
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Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...
22 October 2019
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A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...
21 October 2019
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An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...
21 October 2019
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Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
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Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
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A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...
18 October 2019
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A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...
18 October 2019
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New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
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If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...
17 October 2019
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UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
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Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...
15 October 2019
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Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...
14 October 2019
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In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...
14 October 2019
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A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...
14 October 2019
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Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...
11 October 2019
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Agent and co-founder of new end of tenancy PropTech solution The Depositary, Kristjan Byfield, has spoken to Letting Agent Today about...
10 October 2019
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One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...
10 October 2019
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Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...
09 October 2019
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A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...
08 October 2019
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The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...
07 October 2019
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Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...
04 October 2019
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A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...
03 October 2019
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There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...
03 October 2019
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A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...
01 October 2019
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A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...
01 October 2019
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An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
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Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...
01 October 2019
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High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...
26 September 2019
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High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...
26 September 2019
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The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
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The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...
23 September 2019
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Two London agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour two compensation awards. The first is Chase...
19 September 2019
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Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
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A leading lettings sector trade body says evidence shows the direct payment of benefit to landlords is the biggest possible contribution...
19 September 2019
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A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...
18 September 2019
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A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender. The...
18 September 2019
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Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...
17 September 2019
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A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
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The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...
16 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 2019
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Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...
16 September 2019
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London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...
13 September 2019
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Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...
13 September 2019
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Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...
13 September 2019
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The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...
11 September 2019
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New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
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A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...
06 September 2019
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Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...
06 September 2019
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Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...
05 September 2019
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There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants. A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...
05 September 2019
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A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...
05 September 2019
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Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...
04 September 2019
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Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...
03 September 2019
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Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...
02 September 2019
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A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...
29 August 2019
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More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...
28 August 2019
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London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...
27 August 2019
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It may seem as if governments and councils are falling over themselves to change the private rental sector to win the...
23 August 2019
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...
22 August 2019
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A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...
22 August 2019
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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
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With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...
16 August 2019
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Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...
15 August 2019
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A London lettings agency that has already acquired an independent has now received what is described as a “six figure” loan...
15 August 2019
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PropTech supplier Movebubble claims that over 450,000 tenants use its app. Users can schedule viewings, share feedback with agents or landlords or...
15 August 2019
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A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...
14 August 2019
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Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...
14 August 2019
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If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...
13 August 2019
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The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...
12 August 2019
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It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...
12 August 2019
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Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...
09 August 2019
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A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....
09 August 2019
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Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...
09 August 2019
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A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...
08 August 2019
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Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...
07 August 2019
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The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...
06 August 2019
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Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...
02 August 2019
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A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...
02 August 2019
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A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
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A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...
31 July 2019
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Foxtons has announced that it is officially freezing its fees to landlords. The move was previewed in Foxtons’ recent trading statement which...
31 July 2019
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Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...
31 July 2019
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A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...
31 July 2019
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A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb. The Times reports that Toby...
30 July 2019
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The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...
30 July 2019
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The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index, looking at the market’s performance in June, has revealed year on...
29 July 2019
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Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm. David Alexander of...
29 July 2019
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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
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A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A platform which works with independent lettings agents and Build To Rent operators says it is linking them to provide mutual...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...
25 July 2019
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The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...
25 July 2019
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Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide. The...
24 July 2019
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Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...
24 July 2019
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A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...
24 July 2019
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The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...
24 July 2019
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The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...
24 July 2019
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Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...
22 July 2019
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Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
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The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been told by a lettings industry body that he’ll lose votes if he introduces rent controls...
19 July 2019
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Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...
19 July 2019
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Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...
17 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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Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...
11 July 2019
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The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...
11 July 2019
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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
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Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...
10 July 2019
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The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...
05 July 2019
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Average rents performed strongly across many parts of the country last month, but floundered in London and the South East. Goodlord's Rental...
05 July 2019
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Institutional investment in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector reached a record high last year, according to fresh research from Bidwells. The...
03 July 2019
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A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...
02 July 2019
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The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...
02 July 2019
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A London council wants to extend its private rental sector licensing scheme - and in doing so is boasting of the...
02 July 2019
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There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...
02 July 2019
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Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...
28 June 2019
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The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...
28 June 2019
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A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...
27 June 2019
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An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...
26 June 2019
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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...
26 June 2019
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A short lets management firm has acquired a PropTech platform and claims it will help owners “see their true profit potentials”...
25 June 2019
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A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...
24 June 2019
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A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...
24 June 2019
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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
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A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...
21 June 2019
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Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...
20 June 2019
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Local authority officers have found three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent,...
20 June 2019
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A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...
20 June 2019
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There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...
20 June 2019
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New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month. That’s a 2.6 per cent...
18 June 2019
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More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...
17 June 2019
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A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...
17 June 2019
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New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market. So far this year...
17 June 2019
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A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...
12 June 2019
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Consultation is underway to extend a landlord licensing scheme in a London borough where a third of households rents privately. Three types...
12 June 2019
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A record number of tenancies have been agreed above £5,000 per week in London during the first four months of the...
11 June 2019
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Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...
07 June 2019
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A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...
03 June 2019
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Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...
03 June 2019
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A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...
29 May 2019
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The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...
29 May 2019
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A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...
28 May 2019
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The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...
28 May 2019
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The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A portal called Oneandonlypro says it’s using Artificial Intelligence to try to identify the top 10 best areas in London for...
23 May 2019
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The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...
22 May 2019
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An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...
16 May 2019
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An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News

London agency Stirling Ackroyd - owned by Nick Dunning Associates, led by senior ex-Countrywide staff - has snapped up another independent...
15 May 2019
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The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...
15 May 2019
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A new PropTech tool already used by three leading agencies claims to identify and speed up contact between pre-qualified tenants and...
15 May 2019
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Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...
14 May 2019
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The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...
14 May 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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The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...
13 May 2019
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Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...
13 May 2019
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A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...
10 May 2019
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The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing that for the first time the value of awards...
08 May 2019
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A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...
08 May 2019
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New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...
07 May 2019
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New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
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A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...
02 May 2019
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A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...
02 May 2019
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New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...
02 May 2019
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One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...
30 April 2019
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Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move. The agency says the typical...
29 April 2019
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How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...
24 April 2019
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The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...
24 April 2019
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The senior executive who has bought out the lettings side of a Glasgow agency business says increased use of PropTech is...
24 April 2019
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A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...
23 April 2019
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A rogue letting agent has been ordered to pay £42,596 in fines and costs of £10,626 after pleading guilty to a...
23 April 2019
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A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...
23 April 2019
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A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...
18 April 2019
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Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...
18 April 2019
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Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...
18 April 2019
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The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...
17 April 2019
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Belvoir has snapped up another independent lettings agency in the south east. Grey & Co, located at Wembley Park in north London,...
17 April 2019
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Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise. Data from Hamptons...
15 April 2019
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Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...
11 April 2019
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Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...
11 April 2019
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The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...
09 April 2019
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Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...
09 April 2019
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Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...
09 April 2019
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High end lettings agency Harrods Estates says it has seen a 10 per cent rise in tenancy renewals in the Knightsbridge...
09 April 2019
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The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...
05 April 2019
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A PropTech lead generation app that dubs itself the ‘Uber for Lettings Agents’ has launched in Manchester. The app, from Movebubble, already...
04 April 2019
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London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...
04 April 2019
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A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...
04 April 2019
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A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...
02 April 2019
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Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...
01 April 2019
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The number of London landlords exiting the market last month was a whopping 125 per cent higher than the national average. The...
29 March 2019
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It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...
28 March 2019
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The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...
27 March 2019
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A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...
26 March 2019
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A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
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Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...
21 March 2019
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The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
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The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...
19 March 2019
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A dawn raid on unlicensed HMOs in north London last week were the latest sign of a crackdown on rogue operators...
19 March 2019
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The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
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Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...
15 March 2019
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Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...
12 March 2019
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The London-focussed rental app Movebubble has revealed major new investment from Build To Rent developer Quintain, which is taking a 10...
12 March 2019
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The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...
11 March 2019
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Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...
11 March 2019
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Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...
11 March 2019
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New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...
08 March 2019
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A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
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A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...
06 March 2019
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Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...
06 March 2019
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The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
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Rents over three prime London areas rose by 1.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2018 according to property data...
01 March 2019
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Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...
01 March 2019
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PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...
27 February 2019
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Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future. Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...
27 February 2019
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Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...
25 February 2019
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Letting agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...
25 February 2019
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London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...
22 February 2019
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The lettings department of a central London independent agency is claiming its busiest January in some years. Russell Simpson, a family-run independent...
21 February 2019
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The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...
20 February 2019
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Over 250 new units constructed by Telford Homes are to be used for Build To Rent according to a deal announced...
20 February 2019
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More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...
19 February 2019
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A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...
18 February 2019
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Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...
18 February 2019
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Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
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A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...
14 February 2019
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You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...
14 February 2019
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Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday. The taxis will operate...
14 February 2019
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A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...
13 February 2019
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12 February 2019
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Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...
12 February 2019
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Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...
12 February 2019
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Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...
11 February 2019
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A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...
11 February 2019
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A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...
08 February 2019
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The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...
08 February 2019
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Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...
08 February 2019
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Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...
07 February 2019
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High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...
07 February 2019
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The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...
06 February 2019
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The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...
05 February 2019
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Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...
04 February 2019
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A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has taken the unusual step of commenting on, and welcoming, the outcome of a court case...
01 February 2019
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Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...
31 January 2019
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The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...
30 January 2019
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The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...
29 January 2019
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London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
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The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
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There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...
24 January 2019
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We are used to stories of councils condemning letting agents and landlords - but now a London council is praising the...
24 January 2019
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A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...
22 January 2019
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A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
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The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...
21 January 2019
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A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 January 2019
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Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos. Across Britain as...
21 January 2019
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There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...
18 January 2019
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A controversial Labour-controlled local authority which already has 91 per cent of its private rental properties inside licensing schemes is now...
17 January 2019
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A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
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Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...
16 January 2019
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Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...
16 January 2019
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Lettings agency Haart says it will return up to £20m in deposits to existing tenants if they sign up to a...
15 January 2019
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More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...
15 January 2019
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A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...
14 January 2019
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The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...
11 January 2019
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A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...
09 January 2019
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Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...
07 January 2019
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The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 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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The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...
03 January 2019
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
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Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close. Firstly...
31 December 2018
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A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
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Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...
27 December 2018
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Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...
27 December 2018
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A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...
24 December 2018
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A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...
19 December 2018
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There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...
19 December 2018
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A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...
18 December 2018
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The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
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New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...
17 December 2018
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Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...
14 December 2018
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Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...
13 December 2018
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Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...
12 December 2018
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Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...
12 December 2018
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High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...
12 December 2018
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Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...
11 December 2018
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HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...
11 December 2018
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One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...
10 December 2018
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A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...
10 December 2018
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Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...
10 December 2018
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
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A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...
06 December 2018
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Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart. The company’s latest...
06 December 2018
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Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...
05 December 2018
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A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...
05 December 2018
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One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...
04 December 2018
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Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...
30 November 2018
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London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service. It's going to use...
30 November 2018
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The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...
29 November 2018
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The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...
29 November 2018
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OnTheMarket, which is beginning to undertake occasional property research, has released data identifying what proportion of tenants’ salaries are spent on...
28 November 2018
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Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
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A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...
26 November 2018
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We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
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Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...
26 November 2018
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More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...
23 November 2018
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A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...
22 November 2018
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Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...
22 November 2018
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LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...
21 November 2018
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A London property firm must repay no less than £60,000 in rent after a council obtained a Rent Repayment Order against...
20 November 2018
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Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...
16 November 2018
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The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...
16 November 2018
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A rental management firm has launched a new home-sharing platform which it says is aimed at everyone wanting a place to...
16 November 2018
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15 November 2018
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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
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The online agency Home Made, which says it’s London’s only premium online platform for the rental sector, has raised a further...
13 November 2018
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The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...
13 November 2018
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So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008. This means that the...
12 November 2018
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A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...
09 November 2018
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The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...
08 November 2018
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Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...
07 November 2018
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A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...
06 November 2018
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The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...
06 November 2018
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An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...
05 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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Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay awards. One is OJ Residentials Limited trading...
05 November 2018
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Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...
02 November 2018
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A property management firm is launching with a claim that its charges are under a third of some rivals. Online service ManageMyHome...
01 November 2018
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The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
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The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
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Two property companies which failed to follow a local council’s lettings sector licensing scheme have been fined a combined £32,000. Owners of...
30 October 2018
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Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
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Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector. Between...
26 October 2018
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The area of staffing can be a very uncomfortable one, but as the future of the lettings industry crystalises, it’s clear...
24 October 2018
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After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...
24 October 2018
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Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...
24 October 2018
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One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...
23 October 2018
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Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...
19 October 2018
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JLL says its London offices saw increased demand in the third quarter of the year, underpinned by the student sector. Lonres data...
17 October 2018
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A property management company which kept up to 23 adults in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500 by a council in...
17 October 2018
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A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...
16 October 2018
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A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...
16 October 2018
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The growth in tenancies agreed in London’s super-prime sector has slowed sharply from 20 per cent earlier this year to just...
16 October 2018
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New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...
16 October 2018
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Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...
15 October 2018
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Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...
10 October 2018
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A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...
05 October 2018
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A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...
04 October 2018
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Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...
04 October 2018
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The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...
04 October 2018
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A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...
03 October 2018
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A London local authority which is part way through its five year additional HMO licensing scheme wants lettings agents to give their...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...
27 September 2018
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The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...
27 September 2018
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...