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![Latest Build To Rent scheme is 20-storey block of flats](/upload/images/shutterstock_1544096003.jpg)
Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing regional agency snaps up independent to extend reach](/upload/images/shutterstock_2056571528.jpg)
Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Cheaper to buy than rent in every major British city - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New owner for pair of franchised Lettings offices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Tax Grab - leading agency boss speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs turn on Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing agency group snaps up three regional agencies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114065.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Neil Cobbold, Managing Director at PayProp UK](/upload/images/400x310.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...
08 January 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
![Government slammed over clampdown on Airbnb and short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings agency’s acquisition takes it to nine branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the best yields for investors near universities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New branch opens for Connells high end brand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Connells’ high end brand John D Wood & Co. Is opening of a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. It occupies a stone-built...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the cheapest and dearest places to rent in England](/upload/images/shutterstock_23187856.jpg)
Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told ‘Get A Move On’ as licensing scheme flags](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Licenseimage400x310.jpg)
A council has told letting agents to ‘get a move on’ as it admits there’s been a slow start to its...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top award for legendary lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
The legendary Oxfordshire-based lettings agency Finders Keepers has won gold at the local British Property Lettings Award and silver in the...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investment hotspots for holiday home buyers revealed by survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Higher tax on second homes - another council speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs and Holiday Lets give huge cash boost to communities - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings supremo takes new role at agency group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short lets industry backs government register scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Lettings Candidate of the Year according to Propertymark…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Propertymark_Qualifications-400x310.png)
The Lettings Candidate of the Year has been named by Propertymark Qualifications, at an awards event at the British Museum. The successful...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent urges tenants to claim compensation from landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A lettings agent has taken the surprising step of encouraging tenants to seek compensation if their landlords fail to abide by...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![New housing minister confirmed - a former estate agent](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-Wide-InArticle.jpg)
In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency snaps up two firms but says no more acquisitions in 2022](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection400x310.jpg)
Midlands-based land and property agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up two more businesses. The acquisition of Wigwam Estate and Lettings Agents...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![New branch opens as franchisees celebrate three years with brand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![50 Not Out! Respected lettings agency celebrates half a century](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Leadership-400x310.jpg)
One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Study reveals best place for student accommodation investment](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb giving vouchers to encourage more short lets in key cities](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HandingOverKeys-mio-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government says city’s entire private rental sector must have licensing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Going Up! Five year rental forecast makes happy reading…](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC owed £270,000 by bankrupt lettings agent - court case halted](/upload/images/Back-link-images/equity%20release%20calculator(2).jpg)
Proceedings against a bankrupt letting agent have been delayed 10 weeks to allow mental health reports to be prepared. Madelaina Eftekhari is...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renters to suffer badly in cost of living crisis, warns analyst](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UpsetCouple-400x310.png)
Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned. Sarah...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Hong Kong sales centre set to boost investment in London](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Top rental investment locations - where’s hot and where’s not](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_265319498.jpeg)
A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents should offer digital platforms for tenants to check documents](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-Agreement-400x310.png)
Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Crisis - council urges action from Housing Minister](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agencies amongst those fined by HMRC for breaches](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency apologises following office protest by activists](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency has apologised after a campaign by activists about the condition of a rental property it manages. Protesters outside the...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Greenest areas to rent’ identified in latest survey](/img/default/lat.png)
If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pattinson move to Openview to achieve true, advanced automation](/img/default/lat.png)
The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients. Peter Grant,...
21 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Police called to protest outside lettings company office](/img/default/lat.png)
Police were called to a protect outside a lettings firm in Oxfordshire after a crowd picketed the office over a dispute...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where Build To Rent is threatening Buy To Let](/img/default/lat.png)
The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists stage DSS protest outside agency office](/img/default/lat.png)
Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent in court over unlicensed rent-to-rent HMO](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Compliance PropTech firm inks deal with Hunters network](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Boris Johnson’s choice of agent to let his country house](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s Time To Talk About PropTech](/img/default/lat.png)
Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Letting agent “illegally working” without redress scheme membership](/img/default/lat.png)
The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![New mega-agency will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties](/img/default/lat.png)
The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam “socially irresponsible” councils pushing licensing](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fifth of city’s private rental homes have serious problems - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists want to build rent strike momentum across student sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Council HMO rules force agency to ban tenant from using bedroom](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Activists gather outside city agency after licensing protest](/img/default/lat.png)
Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average rent in England almost unchanged from five years ago](/img/default/lat.png)
The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fund manager names agency to handle lettings portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour council proposes controversial city-wide licensing scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: favoured buy to let locations with tenants in situ](/img/default/lat.png)
A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Blow for Airbnb and short lets in landmark appeal ruling](/img/default/lat.png)
A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Collapse of Airbnb popularity produces glut of long-term stock](/img/default/lat.png)
One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency in 50th year snaps up five-branch independent](/img/default/lat.png)
A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Council warns rental sector after “scary” fire at HMO](/img/default/lat.png)
A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Supply surge - new listings soar following market relaunch](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand drops across UK cities as tenants stay put during pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Swedish investors behind massive UK Build To Rent fund-raising](/img/default/lat.png)
A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group snaps up another independent chain](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business. scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour council wants city-wide licensing and possible £12m windfall](/img/default/lat.png)
Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Technology will be crucial to maintaining relationships for letting agents in the 2020s](/img/default/lat.png)
Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...
17 January 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Top cities for buy to let revealed by new market tracker](/img/default/lat.png)
A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Yet another independent snapped up as consolidation continues](/img/default/lat.png)
[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Council uses drone to identify illegal rental ‘beds in sheds’](/img/default/lat.png)
A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![“It’s Illegal!” - council licensing scheme blasted by trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Room rents up 8% since the Tenant Fees Act, claims online platform](/img/default/lat.png)
An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Disaster for buy to let investors if Berlin-style rent freeze happens](/img/default/lat.png)
New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![RLA threatens council over 'unlawful' and 'discriminatory' accreditation scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Room rental data shows small rises across most UK regions](/img/default/lat.png)
New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Council to educate letting agents on accurate property descriptions](/img/default/lat.png)
The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![High praise for agency after landlord evicts couple with new-born baby](/img/default/lat.png)
Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Franchise Group brand snaps up independent agency’s lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Oxfordshire sales and lettings agency Parkers - one of the brands of The Property Franchise Group - has snapped up the...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Letting out parking spaces is moving up a gear, figures suggest](/img/default/lat.png)
LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency diversifies into letting car parking spaces in city centre](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Martin & Co snaps up family agency to become largest in area](/img/default/lat.png)
The local branch of franchise operation Martin & Co has acquired family business Oliver James’s Witney office to become the largest...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rent To Buy - might this be the next big idea from the government?](/img/default/lat.png)
The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide announces resignation of leading lettings figure](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide has announced that Dan Channer - a well-known figure in the lettings industry generally, and managing director of Oxford-based Finders...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![More politicians back controversial site that reviews letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Council endorses lettings review website ‘to improve rental stock’](/img/default/lat.png)
Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Franchise Group's Martin & Co acquires another independent](/img/default/lat.png)
The Oxford franchisee of Martin & Co has acquired the nearby Kidlington office of independent local agency Oliver James. This takes the number...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Massive rise in pensioners who rent privately, warns pressure group](/img/default/lat.png)
The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fine for BTL investor after unlicensed HMO was let to disabled](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord has been fined a total of £7,298 for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation in Oxford that was...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Romans back on the acquisition trail and looking for volunteers...](/img/default/lat.png)
Romans - part of the leading property company, The Leaders Romans Group - is on the acquisition trail again. Between 2013 and...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide director to lead agency's 13-office lettings team](/img/default/lat.png)
Andrews Property Group has announced that Hannah Norris to lead its lettings business across its three major regions of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Don't raise rents - try to keep tenants' letting agent tells landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says it is encouraging its London landlords to avoid rent rises and instead focus on retaining...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Campaign set up to 'force' government to honour fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: affordability means spare bedrooms are on the way out](/img/default/lat.png)
Affordability pressures in the private rental sector mean that far fewer tenants are now renting properties with spare bedrooms according to...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Abolish S21 evictions - latest demand from Generation Rent pressure group](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest demand by anti-letting agent pressure group Generation Rent is for the government to abolish the right of landlords or...