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![Experts warn against corporates monopolising private rentals](/upload/images/shutterstock_467960120.jpg)
The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Towers up to 17 storeys for latest Build To Rent scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Southampton council has approved a big new Build To Rent scheme on the site of a disused gasworks. Hawkstone Properties Ltd and...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost 350 new Build To Rent flats in vast regeneration scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
A £300m transformation of part of Glasgow is continuing apace following the completion of a 346-unit Build To Rent scheme. The scheme,...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent provider claims record breaking rental unit growth](/upload/images/shutterstock_1778683922.jpg)
Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency appointed to service new Build To Rent scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The agency Centrick has been appointed to launch and operate a new multi-million-pound Build To Rent development in Leicester. Centrick will provide...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket claims parity with Rightmove for new-build listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brownfield Development isn’t the only answer, agents tell government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/1%20RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT%20Construction-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent sector creates its own Code of Practice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over £2,150 pcm for new Build To Rent scheme - and it’s outside London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS Warning: rents still rising as landlords quit lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beware 1% Deposits - Knight Frank lays into government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s London expansion taps into growing foreign investment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ForeignMoney-400x310.png)
Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer insists Awaab’s Law will be extended to private rental sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929449678.jpg)
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove snaps up rental-focussed reviews website](/upload/images/shutterstock_2166900137.jpg)
A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tens of thousands of new homes built on flood plains, claims insurer](/upload/images/2051783474.png)
New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Row over government bid to turn renters into first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants additional health and safety cladding measures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Historic building snapped up for Build To Rent development](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of prime London new builds in 2023 went to foreign investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government house building failures as rental supply drops](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New energy efficiency U-turn welcomed by leading agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rayner’s policy won’t solve housing shortage says top Labour MP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Connells launches rent-to-buy scheme to shift new build flats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New ‘Rent Then Buy’ scheme aims to woo tenants into ownership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Build To Rent developments revealed](/upload/images/shutterstock_1702341103.jpg)
A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leading agency bosses to star in portal podcast for movers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1433456582.jpg)
Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket. Hosted by...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![New London office for agency with 4,800 units under management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ethical lettings agency reveals new website](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - would a General Election make it or break it?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Surcharge triggers long-term slump in off-plan sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property company boss rubbishes 100% mortgage help for tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Returning%20Homebuyer%20Show%20Scotland.png)
A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to allow councils to limit new build sales to first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stand by for 1,000 new Build To Rent homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand still on the rise as RICS calls for Budget help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ hopes rise for a soft landing for sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index. Indeed, the industry...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents work to be probed by competitions watchdog](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Are EPCs reliable for estimating energy efficiency?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Build To Rent firm says it’s helping reverse rental stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Post-Covid Lifestyle' pioneered by Build To Rent offering](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government consultation launches to improve safety post-Grenfell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech chief invests in ground-breaking private rental fund](/upload/images/library/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politician wants Airbnb hosts to switch properties to long-term rentals](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![New build house sizes shrinking, claims new survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Interiors/EmptyRoom-400x310.png)
A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Town votes on ban for new homes being sold as holiday lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent regulation needed on top of rental sector reforms - Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency wins race to manage high profile Build To Rent scheme](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_ARPM.png)
A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents letting high-rise flats ‘must engage with residents over safety’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government should go further on ground rents, say agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency triples in size after 11 acquisitions in little over a year](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Latest Build To Rent scheme is flagship for regional expansion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Maintenance-400x310.png)
Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Two key lettings appointments by top agency](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - would new builds be best for buy to let?](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Should holiday lets be restricted to buyers with long-term local links?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/staycation%20resize.png)
The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![London Commuter Belt is targeted by new Build To Rent developer](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents urge government cash to use empty homes for renters](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Huge premiums possible on new-build rentals - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Snapped Up! More independents acquired by ambitious agency group](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stock shortage to worsen unless massive rental targets are met](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Hong Kong sales centre set to boost investment in London](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent investment to improve rental stock energy efficiency](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lib Dems want big rental sector controls ‘to solve housing crisis’](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Restrict buy to let - Conservative’s shock demand to government](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Conservative-logo400x310.png)
A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank rental plans much larger than originally announced](/upload/images/Logos/LloydsBank-logo400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Higher demand for car charging means government must do more](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Two more cities targeted for major Build To Rent schemes](/upload/images/Locations/SheffieldTownHall-400x310.jpg)
Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Heatpump proposals may be hot air, suggests PropTech platform](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Best new build buy to let investment - a house or a flat?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarketStockImage-2-400x310.jpg)
New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![More buy to let and Build To Rent new-builds ‘will help developers recover’](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarket400x310.jpg)
Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent giant claims ‘leasing record’ after lettings spree](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/headline%20400%20x%20310.png)
Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Who says print's dead? Former Yorkshire Post HQ becomes latest BTR development](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/headline%20400%20x%20310.png)
The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sheffield vote of confidence – Linley & Simpson consolidates with acquisition](/upload/images/Logos/LinleySimpson-2019-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rise in investor demand for properties to continue, predicts Zoopla](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green Light for huge new Build To Rent development](/upload/images/library/BuildtoRent-1-400x310.jpg)
Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property management agency soars to handle 300-plus schemes](/upload/images/library/PrincipleEstateManagementOffice-400x310.jpg)
Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Town with 57% second homes clamps down on future lettings](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarketStockImage-2-400x310.jpg)
A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![First tenants to move into Lloyds Bank rental units this summer](/img/default/lat.png)
Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Premium Build To Rent’ properties on City of London fringe](/img/default/lat.png)
British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record number of Build To Rent planning consents, with big suburban surge](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government confirms rental reform to be pushed through this year](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Future of renting? Fund is to buy and let 2,000 properties](/img/default/lat.png)
Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![House is let for £4,246 per night - and it’s gone to a 24 year old](/img/default/lat.png)
A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year. The heiress, who...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty surcharge and investor worries behind off-plan sales fall](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternative operator’s new Build To Rent link with PropTech firm](/img/default/lat.png)
Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users. The partnership with...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid is forcing rental market into a ‘once in a lifetime change’](/img/default/lat.png)
The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![34-storey block of flats set to dominate new Build To Rent scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![HMOs in the firing line: Another city ponders a clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency named to handle lettings at new Build To Rent city scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings management firm becomes partner in big city development](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fund manager names agency to handle lettings portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another new Build To Rent development announced](/img/default/lat.png)
The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy to lets should be sold “at knockdown prices” - renters group](/img/default/lat.png)
A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![HSBC puts temporary stop on accepting BTL mortgage applications](/img/default/lat.png)
HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Kick-start your agency out of lockdown - key webinar this morning](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![New-builds look best in virtual viewings, claims top lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget “fails tenants” say trade groups - but at least no new rental taxes…](/img/default/lat.png)
The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...