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![Section 21: Only small proportion of renters evicted, official data shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Latest house-building figures just 50% of what Labour wants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/PropertyPlanning.png)
Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Double digit annual rent rises still happening in some areas](/upload/images/shutterstock_2220387893(1).jpg)
The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Portal Fees Row: agents end boycott after agreeing new deal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274730083(1).jpg)
A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors plummet while the rest focus on high yield areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fears grow for rent controls as Labour reviews rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall in some areas but Connells enjoys lettings growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over 100 Build To Rent units coming from Barratt Homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuildHomes-400x310.png)
A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents rising in most areas as high interest rates hit long-term supply](/upload/images/shutterstock_1022926636.jpg)
Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour “serious about change” and “grasping the nettle” - top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_739797655.jpg)
Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency reveals head of fast-expanding super prime lettings office](/upload/images/shutterstock_528642268(1).jpg)
Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London. The agency says this newly created role...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates, not election worry, hold back housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency to use Private Equity cash to acquire rivals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
My Property Box – a North East-headquartered lettings and sales agency – has struck a multi-million pound private equity deal for it...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond snaps up 2,000-unit lettings book](/upload/images/shutterstock_2456603509(1).jpg)
The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents have “toughest job” in era of high rent rises - claim](/upload/images/NB-Movepal-June24-blog-1-Are-we-set-for-summer-surge.jpg)
Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Expect more rent rises in July following long-term trend](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367412269(3).jpg)
Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index. The Index, which analyses...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge numbers of empty homes discovered as rental supply falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_327904043.jpg)
An insurance firm’s analysis of official figures show there are now no fewer than 760,821 vacant properties in England, Scotland and...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb regulation review of controversial Scots licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency that Refurbs and offers Guaranteed Rent is expanding](/upload/images/shutterstock_1906337941(2).jpg)
A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Much? Another £400k needed to rent in retirement](/upload/images/shutterstock_2010700313.jpg)
People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Five agencies win ‘Let Of The Year’ awards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Northern Ireland joins The ValPal Network](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/TVPN/TVPN_NI_EAT_Jun24.png)
We’re absolutely delighted to announce that, after 10 years, we’re able to expand The ValPal Network to Northern Ireland. Since our launch...
19 June 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Rogue agency bosses fined after HMO licence controversy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS rings alarm bells over state of lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313087447.jpg)
The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Guidance for Agents on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
Mandatory smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms will be introduced to private rented sector properties in Northern Ireland. Under the Smoke, Heat...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Would Tories’ Stamp Duty Policy really turn renters into buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents may be rising again over the summer - new prediction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month. Rents across...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla welcomes back regional agent as portal rivalry hots up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...
03 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
![Rogue lettings agency fined again for failing to secure tenancy deposits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Equity share offer to senior agency staff as firm marks milestone](/upload/images/shutterstock_1842889660.jpg)
London lettings and sales agency Martyn Gerrard has this month celebrated 60 years of fulfilling the property dreams of those living...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Asking Rents still in positive territory in all but one region](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Asking rents continue to show positive growth in all regions except Greater London, the UK’s largest rental market, where they continue...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![We’re Looking For Agencies To Buy - unusual statement from firm](/upload/images/shutterstock_1132842653.jpg)
Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy. The family-owned agency is...
23 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
![Most homes cheaper to rent than buy, even with large deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Yes to Regulation and No to Rent Controls - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hate Crime - Anti-Second Home Posters reported to police](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most lucrative locations for holiday let income](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency set up 28th branch after latest acquisition](/upload/images/shutterstock_2153864217(1).jpg)
North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan housing tax policies criticised by Left-wingers](/upload/images/shutterstock_2259917245.jpg)
Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good News - buy to let yields at their highest for six years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Masterclass aims to help agents dominate local markets](/upload/images/shutterstock_344790224.jpg)
Fine & Country says it’s staging so-called Masterclass sessions with experts creating strategies “to help agents dominate the prime property market...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises moderating as market stabilises ahead of summer](/upload/images/shutterstock_1775103674.jpg)
The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year. The price per property over...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand to stay strong as first time buyers struggle](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313187740.jpg)
Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Banking Group rental project now has 2,000 properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Minister to address agents ahead of General Election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under half of homes listed to let are actually available - industry figure’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274659213.jpg)
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows market returning to normal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2271512647.jpg)
Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency has not paid Fixed Penalty Notice in dispute over deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative service plays up ‘unaffordable’ rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2205886299.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Demand cools and supply rises - new lettings analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates to stay high despite this week’s good inflation news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election hopeful demands New Towns to solve housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 Hotspots for portfolio buy to let investors](/upload/images/shutterstock_1640429362(2).jpg)
Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional Property Awards - the search is on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark bats off surprisingly downbeat housing index](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax Just before...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents over a quarter higher than at the start of Covid - new stats](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920(1).jpg)
The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year. And looking...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns on landlords’ and tenants’ differing rent expectations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry boss slams government for ‘grandstanding’ on rent issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency set up in a front room will stay in family ownership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bank aims to support building of new rental homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It! - agents say Bank should cut rates now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MPowered%20Mortgages%20cuts%20rates%20MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government figures show another sharp rent rise](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-Small-InArticle.jpg)
Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Give tax perks to renters to help them buy, urges think-tank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2260960137.jpg)
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property portal claims industry-first with AI investment](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148418683.jpg)
A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence. The local portal...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Advice for agents on tenants with banned dog breeds](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/ManWithDog-400x310.png)
Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor and landlord purchases rise, despite soaring taxes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1210308844.jpg)
The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
20 March 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
![Rents Still Rising in most areas of UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
Asking rents continue to show positive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland. That’s according to respected property website...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Powers to evict anti-social tenants set to be beefed up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour. In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb sharing short lets data with another government department](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...
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
![Chancellor reveals property tax change in Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_214851442.jpg)
The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![London lettings agency expands network with 14th branch office](/upload/images/shutterstock_183593600.jpg)
London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Key appointments made to agency’s relaunched lettings division](/upload/images/shutterstock_1350916184.jpg)
Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Latest Rent Changes and Voids revealed in fresh analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(8).jpg)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Building society bans mortgages on holiday let properties](/upload/images/shutterstock_1953578092.jpg)
A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Historic agency snaps up independent lettings business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Large family-run regional agency snaps up independent rival](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...
21 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
![Buy to let portfolio used for housing association tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Major agency reinstates lettings division three years after sell-off](/upload/images/shutterstock_1309929943.jpg)
Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House Prices see small monthly gains - new index shows stronger market](/upload/images/2023%2011%2023%202.jpg)
Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fast-expanding agency reveals 10th acquisition in six years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond announces another regional rental portfolio acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket president welcomes latest lettings agency to drop Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile agency snaps up London independent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Heating Private Rental Properties - council claims EPC success](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Irish agency snaps up UK independent lettings and sales firm](/upload/images/shutterstock_2319504085.jpg)
One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Voids and rents show market “isn’t cooling down anytime soon”](/upload/images/shutterstock_81193501.jpg)
Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wealthy tenants demand prime rental units ‘with highest spec’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1892708161.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent investment rockets, focussed on major cities](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(1).jpg)
The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Year Bounce - strong start to 2024 housing market says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 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
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figure reveals tax burden paid by private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...