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The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...

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

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...

The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...

A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...

The week begins with news of another agency acquiring an independent. This time it’s Alexander & Co, a Bedfordshire firm, which has...

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group.  Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...

The landlord of an HMO has been fined £3,300 for failures to meet his obligations, particularly regarding fire safety. At Northampton magistrates...

A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...

A rogue landlord in Corby has been ordered to pay over £20,000 and sign up to a Criminal Behaviour Order which...

Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...

Harrison Murray Lettings is holding a roadshow to showcase what it calls “its experienced and professional service for landlords and tenants.”   Over...

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...

It has been confirmed that letting agency Underwoods Town and Country has been snapped up by Countrywide for a seven figure...

Lettings and sales agency Sharman Quinney has acquired Gilbert & Thomas Estate Agents.   This takes Sharman Quinney’s network total to 20 branches...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...

Councillors in Northampton are to discuss plans to create a ‘social’ lettings agency to improve standards of privately-let homes. The proposal -...