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Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...

A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023.  Based on analysis...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

Households living in rental properties across the North of England face the biggest financial headache from soaring fuel price rises, according...

Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...

A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...

A north of England agency is going green as it replaces its existing car fleet electric vehicles. The purchase of two Volkswagen...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

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

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months.  Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units.  Linley &...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

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

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...

Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has revealed where voids are at their worst in the rental sector - and where...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

Surrenden Invest, which specialises in selling off-market new-build properties to buy to let investors, has opened an office in the north...

Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...

The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...

Credit rating consultancy Experian says it is cheaper to rent than buy in 84 per cent of areas, while it's cheaper...

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...

Sequre Property Investment says it has seen a five per cent increase in enquiries and a 12.4 per cent increase in...

National estate agency chain Leaders has announced the acquisition of two property businesses in the north of England. Yesterday it took over...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

Mark Alcroft, the former managing director of Bridgfords Estate Agents, has joined Leaders with the aim of growing the business in...

All regions of the UK will see falling owner-occupation levels and more private renting over the next decade, with particular rises...

A new portal has been launched to publicise possible student investment properties. At the moment it has under 30 properties, almost all...

Who are you?     Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...

A north of England letting agent has made an outspoken attack on “bad tenants’ who hide behind apparent “legal loopholes.” Tariq Zarin...