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Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

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

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

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

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

Lomond has snapped up another small lettings agency - its fifth acquisition in as many weeks. It’s purchased Sussex-based Howard & Co...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...

Franchise brand Northwood says its strategy of expansion through acquisition is paying dividends - with more to come. Northwood managing director Phil...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

Spicerhaart Lettings has expanded expands its property management division with two key appointments. Natalie Giles has been appointed as the new Property...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

Retirement housing specialist Pegasus wants to become a big player in Build To Rent and has employed the  Savills agency to...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...

A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...

Lettings income for LSL Property Services increased two per cent in the past year - at just the time the company...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth.  Research from the British Property Federation and...

The relentless expansion of Lomond Group continues apace with the acquisition of a Leeds-based independent, ERE Lettings. ERE’s 600 units under management...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...

OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

The Build to Rent sector has grown by 14 per cent in the year to the end of the first quarter...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

Grainger, one of the biggest forces in the UK’s Build To Rent sector, says it has proved the resilience of the...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

The PropTech platform Movebubble has upgraded its features to increase rivalry between lettings agents and thus enhance the renting experience for...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, says its trading during the first quarter of this year suggests it’s outperforming its expectation...

Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...

Northwood has snapped up two independent agencies - Northwood Warminster have successfully completed on the acquisition of Wilsons of Westbury while...

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

The UK’s largest property franchise business, Belvoir Lettings, says it beat its own ambitious target for its franchisees’ Assisted Acquisitions programme...

Plans have been unveiled for a 23-storey development comprising 307 Build To Rent units, located overlooking Cardiff Bay. IM Properties and its...

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...

Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

Buy-to-let lender Paragon says it has seen a 'marked shift' towards buy-to-let activity among professional investors. The organisation reports that this is...