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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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;...