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![40 Not Out! Valerie celebrates four decades in lettings](/upload/images/shutterstock_1663645951.jpg)
Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move. Valerie...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ending S21 is fine says leading agent - but safeguards needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour housebuilding targets should be copied, lettings chief demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_709034560.jpg)
Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Date set for King’s Speech for new government to reveal programme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Details have emerged of the first major events of the new government, whatever the result of the General Election on Thursday. Probably...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond acquires well known south of England agency chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![No explicit pledge to spread rent controls further in Scotland - SNP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond continues aggressive growth strategy with new acquisition](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148206195.jpg)
Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snapped up by private equity-funded firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency hails “transformational” merger with lettings giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Online agency buys lettings book of internet rival](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter spotlight on discrimination against LGBTQ+ private tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1787772302.jpg)
Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness. Shelter has...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group new deal worth £5m more than early reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Second homes and incomer buyers are good news - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - will it become law by July 4?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2371733763.jpg)
A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Emoov, pioneer online agency, acquired by small family business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pity The Poor Renter - analyst says tenants face tough conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians should realise how rent controls force landlords out - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_2144683563.jpg)
The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stop Killing Market with Rent Controls, agents tell minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![For Sale! Agency with 42,500 units under management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
It's reported that the Lomond estate agency group, which is heavily backed by private equity and which has expanded through serial...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to understand key tenancy agreement differences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political Chaos is perfect time to ditch rent controls - housing bodies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2414859941.jpg)
The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![ESTAS announce new PropTech headline partners for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_377461951.jpg)
The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Grow Your Lettings Agency - free webinar this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agencies merge lettings teams and set up Joint Venture operation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand easing at last says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons To Be Sold? Media speculation grows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost No Reduction in Buy To Let Supply, insists think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Furious at Permanent Rent Controls proposed by politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ single demand of government - solve the housing emergency!](/upload/images/shutterstock_2315839575.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Franchisee snaps up rival independent after 14 years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mould and Damp: Agents should act now, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647(1).jpg)
Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters’ resilience dropping - analyst’s warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Giants Merge - final shareholder approval secured](/upload/images/shutterstock_1181919937.jpg)
The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Built To Rent wins lavish praise from property management report](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829.jpg)
A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live. Centrick says...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech student lettings platform expanding further overseas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing agency group snaps up three regional agencies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114065.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Double digit annual rent inflation for five quarters in a row](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big mortgage rate cuts likely this year - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two of the largest lettings agencies propose to merge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of permanent rent control proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians demand Christmas ban on Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Last Ditch Bid to save unpopular freeholds from Gove’s law change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More guarantors demanded as economy slump goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Changing face of Private Rental Sector revealed by new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency celebrates 30 per cent rise in lettings business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Two of PropTech’s biggest names announce merger](/upload/images/shutterstock_796863820(1).jpg)
Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames private rental sector for growing child homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent says second home clampdown is no answer to long-term shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents get angry with pro-rent control politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Carbon Monoxide Warning - test alarms as winter approaches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Family of agents bring three agencies under one roof](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Husband and wife Daren and Susan Cope, alongside son James and daughter Annie, are bringing their different agencies under one roof. So...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Merger between two agencies will see one brand name disappear](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Two well known agencies are to merge in Scotland. Cullen Kilshaw LLP, a solicitors and lettings and estate agency, is to merge...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness surge means Chancellor must invest in rental sector - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![tlyfe's Rent-Ready Solution: Revolutionising the Lettings Market with Over 50,000 Tenants and 200 Agent Branches on Board](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/openbrix/360x280.png)
Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Failure! Annual rent rise in double figures despite rent controls](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council sets up own lettings agency to woo private landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 U-turn - more details given by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark Backs Radical New Property Tribunal System](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has backed the idea of a new property tribunal system for Wales to simplify court processes. The proposal merges nine current...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rayner slams Tory rental “failures” but light on Labour policy details](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New How To Rent Guide to be issued today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Young tenants delay life-changing decisions while renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove to be quizzed on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of renters struggle to make payments - Which?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls at heart of Shelter’s General Election manifesto](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent jumps on the awards bandwagon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The Build To Rent sector has now joined those parts of the property sector with a dedicated awards event. The awards -...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![More tenants struggling to pay rent - government figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_424330099.jpg)
More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fine & Country increases brand coverage in Scotland](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the agency has added a further...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark's legal plea to government - ‘be fair to rental sector’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal concern over new aid for tenants in eviction cases](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
The Law Society is raising concerns over the effectiveness of a new support service aimed at tenants at risk of losing...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Evictions set to take longer and cost more from today](/upload/images/shutterstock_1783457318.jpg)
The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Gove they’re disappointed with housing pledges](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spare Room sector remains tiny niche market - new figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_1469197097.jpg)
A new study claims to reveal what it calls “a significant disparity in the spare room rental market.” The research shows that...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill on agenda at flagship agent training event](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Details have emerged of a flagship agent training event to be held later this year. Agent Rainmaker Live is to be a...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![New marketing chief for high profile lettings agency](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House%20with%20Key.jpg)
Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings and sale s agencies, has appointed Giles Milner as its first chief marketing officer. Having worked...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![How To Convert from Let-Only to Fully Managed](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Fraudster lettings agent jailed and cannot be a director](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs2-400x310.jpg)
Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge fines for agency and management company over safety failures](/upload/images/Fine(1).jpg)
A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls extended despite Propertymark opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1032274147.jpg)
The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists threaten action if rental reform ‘does not deliver’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of 100% mortgage aimed at renters](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Inventories to become key as fire rules tighten further - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency targets lettings growth - says new acquisition just the start](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Possession numbers soar ahead of rent cap and eviction ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter angry at Hunt’s ‘nothing about housing’ Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Over £25,000 fine for property management firm boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New curbs on holiday lets are “inhumane” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hundreds of agency branches to be Food Bank donation centres](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Historic agency merges with chartered surveying firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell government - get your act together](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snaps up nearby lettings operator](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze U-turn welcomed by leading agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze and Eviction Ban to continue until autumn at least](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![What do agents want in 2023? New survey reveals all](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023Loading-400x310.png)
This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...