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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

The Northwood franchise, which has more than 90 offices nationwide, has unveiled a new look for its lettings and estate agency...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

A trio of rent guarantee and referencing services are setting up their own law firm pitched at winning clients from the...

Utility management service Helpthemove has rebranded. The refresh, which has been produced alongside creative agency partner Jam, aims - in the words...

Small but fast-growing agency Propertynest has been confirmed as a British Franchise Association member. BFA members commit to running an ethical standards-based...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

A Leaders branch office revamp has been launched with claims of it being fully sustainable. The Lewes branch of Leaders - part...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...

OnTheMarket has been named amongst the UK’s best employers in The Times Best Places to Work 2023 initiative. The nationwide workplace survey...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

Leaders lettings agency has launched its new sustainable office in Aylesbury. The company insists that by 2030 all of its branches will...

A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

An estate agency formed by ex-Knight Frank staff says it plans to roll out nationwide. North Residential, a Harrogate firm which rebranded...

Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...

A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...

Leaders Romans Group is unveiling what it claims is a new ‘sustainable’ branch office for its Portico brand in Fulham, London. The...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...

A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...

Campaigners who turned on the Prime Minister on Tuesday were cock-a-hoop just 24 hours later when Liz Truss did another U-turn...

The relentless expansion of Lomond Group continues apace with the acquisition of a Leeds-based independent, ERE Lettings. ERE’s 600 units under management...

Build To Rent operator Sigma Capital Group Limited, which markets its homes under the private rental brand Simple Life, claims newer...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

A Winkworth franchisee has opened his fourth office in the same region in four years. Jamie Moore has opened a new office...

PropTech platform Plentific has snapped up husband-and-wife lettings software company TouchRight Software.  Over 500 clients across the UK use TouchRight, to create...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

It’s now the annual National Apprenticeship Week and Leaders Romans Group has outlined how it’s opening up opportunities to newcomers to...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander.  The capital funding package will be...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...

The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...

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A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

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

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

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

The PropTech firm CreditLadder is working with the Nationwide Building Society on a pioneering scheme to try to help tenants buy...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...