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The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...
02 February 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...
29 January 2021
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A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...
25 January 2021
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A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
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Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
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Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...
14 December 2020
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Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs. As is often the case with such schemes, the...
14 December 2020
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...
01 December 2020
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Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...
25 November 2020
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The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
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A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...
18 November 2020
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A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
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It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
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A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...
03 November 2020
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Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 2020
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Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord. During September, the average rent for...
08 October 2020
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The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...
01 October 2020
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The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...
30 September 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...
24 September 2020
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West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...
16 September 2020
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A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...
10 September 2020
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The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
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Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
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Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...
04 August 2020
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A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
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The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...
24 July 2020
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New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...
20 July 2020
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The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...
03 July 2020
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The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...
25 June 2020
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PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...
03 June 2020
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For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...
22 April 2020
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Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
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The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...
24 March 2020
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A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s steady-as-she-goes in the rental market according to the latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods dropped slightly in...
06 March 2020
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The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...
03 March 2020
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Two estate agencies in the same city have merged - but it means one long-standing agency’s name will disappear. The Leicester firm...
03 March 2020
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When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...
28 February 2020
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The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...
20 February 2020
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The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...
07 February 2020
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The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...
29 January 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...
20 December 2019
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A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
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Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...
10 December 2019
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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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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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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 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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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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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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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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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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Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...
17 September 2019
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Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days. The data,...
04 September 2019
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Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...
23 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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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
From: Breaking News

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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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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As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...
13 June 2019
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...
06 June 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
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A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...
24 May 2019
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A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...
22 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
From: Breaking News

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...
07 March 2019
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A local authority in the Midlands has admitted what many people have believed for some time - despite a slew of...
22 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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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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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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Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...
24 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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East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...
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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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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The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

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

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the company calls “buoyant figures” for the UK lettings market in October. Following a...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...
16 August 2018
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The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...
12 July 2018
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Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings market is looking distinctly healthier now than a month ago according to data just released by board company Agency...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...
14 June 2018
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13 June 2018
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Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Midlands-based SDL Group has announced the sale of a Birmingham residential lettings portfolio to Lomond Capital. SDL Property Management now focuses on...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Board company Agency Express says the buoyant start to the year’s lettings market has given way to a slowdown. In its February...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from LSL Property Services suggest that rents have increased across the UK by an average 2.5 per cent in the...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency IPS Estates is partnering with Midlands auction specialist SDL Auctions to sell tenanted properties online. IPS Estates, based in Derbyshire, will...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance. Both cities enjoy average rental...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of rental growth picked up in November, with the cost of a new let across Great Britain rising...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of rental growth slowed between September and October according to Countrywide. The cost of the average new let in...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says a record 64,672 tenants left London over the last 12 months with an unusually-high proportion going on to rent elsewhere. Some...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet. HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A Leicestershire agency chain has acquired a rival Leicester-based independent. Whitegates, which has offices in Loughborough, Mountsorrel and central Leicester, has acquired...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

July’s activity data from board company Agency Express has revealed a significant slowdown in the number of rental properties coming on...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings and sales agency in the West Midlands has merged with its franchise outlet. Lawsons was founded by Sally Lawson in...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Leaders and Romans have announced that both brands are seeking to expand this year through acquisitions following what they call "a...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales. The average...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Sigma Capital, one of the earliest investors in the UK Build To Rent sector, is creating a new brand called Simple...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

An immigration minister has revealed that 91 landlords have been issued with civil penalties since the Right to Rent scheme was...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK grew by a modest 1.12 per cent in 2016 according to buy to let lender Landbay -...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An East Midlands estate agency has opened its third lettings office, saying the rental market has 'defied expectations'. Richard Watkinson and Partners,...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do. That is the result of a...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry group is advising agents and landlords to be vigilant against a problem that has been stopping vendors selling their...
01 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest data from board company Agency Express’ Property Activity Index has shown a larger than usual summer fall in the...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News

An enterprising letting agency in the east Midlands is to stage a series of events under the title The Future of...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The problem of cannabis ‘farmers’ using privately rented properties to mass-produce the drug is at its worst in the West Midlands,...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow. Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents for individual rooms to let are rising fastest in Swansea, Bradford, Portsmouth and Swindon, with all of these locations seeing...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News

More than half of tenants would move or consider moving to a different town or city in order to buy a...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Latest data from board company Agency Express suggests that last month’s lull in the lettings market was short lived - although...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Belvoir franchise letting agency group has taken the unusual step of calling for clarity on government migration policy. Belvoir managing director...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

In the three months after the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on April 1, landlord purchases accounted...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet. Data shows that rents agreed on...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The burgeoning Build To Rent sector has received another shot in the arm with news that regeneration specialist Sigmas is setting...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined almost £25,000 for a series of failings relating to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Birmingham-based Salih...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The frenzy of investor purchasing of buy to let units ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline has led to an...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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

HomeLet’s monthly rental market monitor shows that rents are still rising across the UK. It says rents on new tenancies outside of...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The government is planning to update its Right To Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country,...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in Greater London for new tenancies are rising at the slowest rate for almost two years. Data from HomeLet shows rents...
10 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey of 5,000 landlords suggests that 50 per cent of them are not prepared for the introduction of Right To...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Home Office has issued a statement overnight saying letting agents and landlords can begin the controversial Right To Rent checks...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says tenants serious about wanting to buy could do themselves a favour by flatsharing - and save themselves £210 a...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A new portal has been launched to publicise possible student investment properties. At the moment it has under 30 properties, almost all...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Tenants in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The published results of the Right to Rent pilot scheme are disappointing and mostly unhelpful insists the Association of Independent Inventory...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News

After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Another independent sales and lettings agency group has been snapped up by Belvoir, which takes it over the 200-office threshold. The 16-office...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...
28 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...
17 September 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

The Residential Landlords’ Association has taken Shelter to task for what it describes as “emotionally charged” media statements about alleged harassment...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...
07 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Right To Rent pilot project has forced letting agents and landlords into ‘increased racial profiling’ according to the Joint Council...
04 September 2015
From: Breaking News

In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News

More and more agents are witnessing increases in the cost of renting, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Its latest...
24 July 2015
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Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...
15 July 2015
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A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...
15 July 2015
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A lettings and sales agent in the Midlands has renewed his appeal for help following an apparent arson attack on his...
09 July 2015
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The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...
29 June 2015
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Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...
26 June 2015
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The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...
24 June 2015
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Leaders has just completed its biggest acquisition deal to date, taking its UK-wide branch network to 99. It has acquired Derby’s agency...
23 June 2015
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The National Landlords Association says next month is the next key date for the roll-out of the government’s controversial immigration checks...
19 June 2015
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Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the housing...
05 June 2015
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Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK. Direct...
05 June 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay fines adding up to over £6,600. Balwinder Singh Dhadwal was prosecuted at Dudley Magistrates’ Court...
02 June 2015
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The head of lettings at Carter Jonas has warned the government not to rush ahead with a national rollout of immigration...
27 May 2015
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An East Midland lettings agency sold to Countrywide in what is reported to be a seven-figure deal. Underwoods has been trading for...
22 May 2015
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Countrywide Residential Lettings has announced another expansion with the purchase of PIP Lettings in the East Midlands. Countrywide says this another step...
18 May 2015
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The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...
15 May 2015
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With the Conservatives now having an overall majority, there is speculation that the pilot immigration checks which letting agents and landlords...
11 May 2015
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Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...