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Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

The renters’ group ACORN, which has held numerous protests at individual letting agents’ offices, has apologised after one of its local...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

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

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

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

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

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

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

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

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

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

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

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

Lettings agents are being invited to tell a big city council how to improve its private rental sector strategy.  Manchester local authority...

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

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

An independent letting agency has reported its success in helping two large Build to Rent (BTR) developments to successfully let properties...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

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

PropTech supplier Movebubble claims that over 450,000 tenants use its app. Users can schedule viewings, share feedback with agents or landlords or...

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

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

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

A platform which works with independent lettings agents and Build To Rent operators says it is linking them to provide mutual...

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

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

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...

Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

A PropTech lead generation app that dubs itself the ‘Uber for Lettings Agents’ has launched in Manchester. The app, from Movebubble, already...

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

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

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...

Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...

The latest property completed in the ever-growing Build To Rent sector is a 44 storey tower standing at 141 metres tall. The...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...

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

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

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

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

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

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

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

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

A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch.  The agency being...

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

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

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

SDL Group is celebrating its 2,000th tenant in the new but fast-growing Build To Rent sector.  SDL works with developer Sigma Capital Group...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...

A Build To Rent operator is marking its 2,000th new-build home - an indication of how the sector is starting to...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...

Hybrid agency EweMove is claiming massive growth for its branch in south Manchester, which it says has seen its lettings and...

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

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

One of the biggest and earliest companies investing in Britain’s fast-growing Build To Rent sector has expanded its partnership with one...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...

One of the UK’s largest block management agencies, the Residential Management Group, has opened a new northern office in recognition of...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

Labour insists that if it forms the next government it will introduce ‘living rents’ in a new range of affordable homes...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

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

Lomond Capital has announced its second acquisition in two weeks by acquiring south Manchester lettings and sales agency Hallmark Residential.  The deal...

There has been a record number of new student accommodation bed spaces delivered in 2017, with possible consequences for future buy...

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

A campaigning letting agent says that at the start of this financial year the total cash value of deposits held in...

Manchester city centre-based agency Ascend Properties has acquired local independent company Living Quarter. The deal will see Ascend’s number of managed properties...

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...

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

Media reports suggest the Manchester Arena bomber was renting a short-let property in the centre of the city before he committed...

A letting agency is urging landlords to respond to the consultations for three selective licensing schemes in its local area. homes4u, which...

Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...

Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards.   The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...

Manchester, which already has a major private rental sector licensing scheme, is now consulting on extending it with a third phase...

Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...

Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...

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

Sigma, a Build To Rent developer, has completed and let its 1,000th rental home - a symbol of this fast-growing part...

Credit rating consultancy Experian says it is cheaper to rent than buy in 84 per cent of areas, while it's cheaper...

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...

Two complaints about an advertisement for a property have been upheld by a watchdog - which has now banned a letting...

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

Almost all of the UK's major towns and cities saw fewer available buy-to-let properties listed during August when compared with July. Property...

Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has secured £200m in funding from institutions to expand its portfolio - and it’s looking for...

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...

Sequre Property Investment says it has seen a five per cent increase in enquiries and a 12.4 per cent increase in...

Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...

The problem of cannabis ‘farmers’ using privately rented properties to mass-produce the drug is at its worst in the West Midlands,...

Much publicity has been given to the Resolution Foundation’s report into falling home ownership - but the flip side is that...

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has been given the go-ahead for Manchester city centre.   Moorfield, a UK real estate private...

A man who posed as a letting agent to swindle landlords and tenants has been jailed for just over two years.   Legal...

New research by an online property lending company reveals that those towns which were strongest in voting ‘Leave’ in the EU...

The Select Property Group has won planning permission for 506 residential apartments in a prime Manchester city centre location.   The two buildings...

A young independent agency in Manchester is set to hit a £1.5m turnover target after just 18 months following the addition...

The Property 118 website - which last week won a notable victory in the Court of Appeal against a building society...

Campaign group Generation Rent is running a research project into letting agent fees via a comparison website named Letting Fees UK. The...

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

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...

Countrywide - which has already acquired a string of letting agencies in recent months - continues to demonstrate its emphasis on...

The average tenant spends a total of £577.64 on letting agent fees, according to new research. The research, carried out by an...

A typical tenant in a two-bed property in England will have paid over £40,000 in rent in the past five years...

Grainger - which last week committed to spend £850m on the burgeoning UK Build To Rent sector - has announced that...

An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...

The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...

It’s probably a question you’ve never asked yourself but one online flat sharing agency has calculated the most expensive and the...

Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax proposals are set to hit domestic buyers far more than international investors, according to...

A letting agent has been told he faces a possible jail sentence after admitting stealing thousands of pounds from tenants. The Manchester...

Peer-to-peer lender Lendinvest, using data from Zoopla and the Land Registry, says Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry and Oldham produce the highest...

The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...

Congratulations to Buckley Frayne Estate Agents and SageWard Residential Lettings - the latest winners of the ESTAS Agent Of The Month...

Rendall & Rittner, which currently manages 40,000 residential properties for institutions and developers, is opening a new office as part of...

The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has said the acquisition of best-in-class urban-based lettings agencies will be a major plank of her...

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...

A letting agency has won a management deal for new-build homes which a landlord can buy with a choice of size,...

Who are you?     Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...

A trio of recent acquisitions has ensured a national agency chain not only records its best ever annual growth, but also...

A mother and her young son were put at risk of suffering carbon monoxide poisoning for seven years at their home,...

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

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...

Urban regeneration specialist Sigma Capital is the latest firm to announce it is entering the Build To Rent sector, seeking to...

Manchester-based estate and letting agency Ascend Properties claims it has secured lettings deals with clients in China, Kuwait, Canada and Ireland,...

Manchester based Ascend Properties says it has smashed its 1,000-unit target within just one year of trading - and is now expanding across...

Legal & General Capital (LGC) has announced that it is close to securing its second investment in the Build to Rent...

A landlord described as a professional opera singer has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 for refusing to comply with...