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27 March 2024
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England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
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Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...
19 March 2024
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The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
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A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...
11 March 2024
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The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
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The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...
01 March 2024
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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
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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
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Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...
14 February 2024
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Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
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There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
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Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...
25 January 2024
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Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...
24 January 2024
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Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
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Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
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A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
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A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...
08 January 2024
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Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...
08 January 2024
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A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations. The Register of Overseas...
27 December 2023
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One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...
22 December 2023
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Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
15 December 2023
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The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...
30 November 2023
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Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 November 2023
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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
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Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...
14 November 2023
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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
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One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...
30 October 2023
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Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...
30 October 2023
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The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...
16 October 2023
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Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
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Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...
05 October 2023
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Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...
05 October 2023
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Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...
29 September 2023
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Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...
01 September 2023
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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
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A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...
16 August 2023
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New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...
08 August 2023
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Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...
03 August 2023
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The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...
01 August 2023
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After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...
17 July 2023
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A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...
14 July 2023
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A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...
06 July 2023
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Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with training guru Dean Gill taking the reins. He succeeds previous...
06 July 2023
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Two animal charities - Cats Protection and Dogs Trust - have started recruiting MPs to their campaign in favour of pets...
13 June 2023
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The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...
08 June 2023
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A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...
01 June 2023
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In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...
17 May 2023
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Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...
09 May 2023
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Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...
27 April 2023
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New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...
14 April 2023
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The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 April 2023
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Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
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An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...
30 March 2023
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The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
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A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
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A council has prosecuted an agency and landlord for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar Homes Ltd...
06 March 2023
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The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...
20 February 2023
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One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...
08 February 2023
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It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...
08 February 2023
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The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...
31 January 2023
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Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round. The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...
26 January 2023
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High end agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty - which has properties to let at up to an eye-watering cost of £80,000...
24 January 2023
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The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
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Demographic data from the latest Census suggests that the Private Rental Sector now provides homes for 20.3 per cent of the...
06 January 2023
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One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...
30 December 2022
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Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...
19 December 2022
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Two members of Ellis & Co’s Mill Hill team have bought out the branch. Ellis & Co Mill Hill’s Paul Glass has...
15 December 2022
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Trends in the lettings market “do not bode well for renters on low incomes” according to an analyst. Jack Godby of lettings...
09 December 2022
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The average rent for a new letting has increased by £117 per month since last year, reaching £1,078 per calendar month...
09 December 2022
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Agents have only until the end of tomorrow, December 2, to feed into Propertymark’s response to a new consultation on the...
01 December 2022
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The government is urging all overseas entities who own property in the UK to register at Companies House. The Register of Overseas...
30 November 2022
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The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
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As the Rishi Sunak government’s lower ranks finally take shape, the junior ministers working with Housing Secretary Michael Gove have been...
31 October 2022
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Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
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It’s being reported in Scotland that Propertymark, along with other lettings sector trade bodies, are seeking legal advice on that country’s...
14 October 2022
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A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...
13 October 2022
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The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...
29 September 2022
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A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...
21 September 2022
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The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes. In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...
21 September 2022
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A new survey shows a significant majority of investors believe buy to let has lost its shine. Investment platform Shojin’s survey -...
15 September 2022
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A high profile agent has renewed his attack on politicians. David Alexander - who heads up DJ Alexander, part of the Lomond...
14 September 2022
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A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...
08 August 2022
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Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...
05 August 2022
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A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
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Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...
26 July 2022
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New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...
25 July 2022
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A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...
22 July 2022
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Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
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The Shepherd’s Bush office has the largest lettings portfolio of all the Winkworth offices across the capital - and now it...
27 June 2022
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John D Wood & Co has celebrated a major anniversary by opening its new headquarters in Belgravia. It’s 150 years ago since...
21 June 2022
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A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
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New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...
14 June 2022
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A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...
09 June 2022
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Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
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Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...
31 May 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...