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15 August 2022
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Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...
12 August 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...
10 August 2022
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A PropTech platform that boasts 200 letting agents and landlords amongst its current clientele has won over £500,000 in additional funding...
10 August 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
09 August 2022
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Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...
09 August 2022
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The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...
05 August 2022
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A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
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PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...
03 August 2022
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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
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Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...
29 July 2022
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A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...
27 July 2022
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Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...
19 July 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...
11 July 2022
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New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...
06 July 2022
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Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...
05 July 2022
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It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...
04 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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Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...
24 June 2022
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An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...
22 June 2022
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Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham. The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...
17 June 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...
15 June 2022
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TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...
13 June 2022
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A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...
07 June 2022
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Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...
06 June 2022
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Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...
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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Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...
30 May 2022
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A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency. Linley & Simpson has added another...
27 May 2022
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Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...
26 May 2022
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Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, one of London’s largest independent property services groups, has appointed an experienced figure to oversee the company’s...
26 May 2022
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A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
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The largest operator in London for the niche co-living sector has doubled the size of its portfolio in the east of...
20 May 2022
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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
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Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...
19 May 2022
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Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...
13 May 2022
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One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...
11 May 2022
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One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...
09 May 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
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Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
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One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...
22 April 2022
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Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...
22 April 2022
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The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...
22 April 2022
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The owners of Martin & Co’s Aldershot branch have grown their managed portfolio by more than a fifth after acquiring local...
14 April 2022
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A PropTech supplier which helps agents and landlords identify private rental sector licensing issues has announced a new partnership. Geospatial technology firm...
12 April 2022
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Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...
07 April 2022
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Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...
06 April 2022
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A key figure at Propertymark has joined popular lettings agency supplier The Lettings Partnership as commercial director. Sarah Davies’ role at Propertymark...
04 April 2022
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A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...
01 April 2022
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Rightmove’s latest webinar tomorrow will focus on the revenue generation opportunities that exist at every stage of the process of letting...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...
27 March 2022
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A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
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Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...
11 March 2022
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Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...
09 March 2022
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Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...
08 March 2022
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Dawsons Property has acquired the rental portfolio of Liberty Properties in Swansea. “We shall be looking to hold both landlord and tenant...
07 March 2022
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The success of Foxtons’ lettings division has directly attributed to the London-focussed agency’s strong performance in the past year. A trading statement...
03 March 2022
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The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...
02 March 2022
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The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...
22 February 2022
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An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...
22 February 2022
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A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...
07 February 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent. Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...
02 February 2022
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Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is hosting a new webinar this week for agents, focused on navigating the current rental market. Taking place tomorrow the webinar...
24 January 2022
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Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...
21 January 2022
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There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...
20 January 2022
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A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...
19 January 2022
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A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...
19 January 2022
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One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....
18 January 2022
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London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...
17 January 2022
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An agency has made its third acquisition in recent years - this time snapping up a town’s longest established lettings agency. Whitegates...
11 January 2022
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One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...
04 January 2022
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An agency has issued a statement strongly rejecting the negative mood music surrounding the private rental sector. Chris Wood and Ross McDonald...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies. The firms snapped up are family-run...
17 December 2021
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A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies. Thornley Groves, is expanding its...
07 December 2021
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Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims. Sequire Property Investment...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition. Hamza Anwar...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...
26 November 2021
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One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
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Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...
10 November 2021
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The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank. From 2025 new rules...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...
08 November 2021
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A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...
18 October 2021
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The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...
30 September 2021
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Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents have highlighted a lack of stock as their main concern, research claims. The latest State of the Lettings Industry report...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Lomond Group has partnered with PropTech player Goodlord to provide IT services across the group's brands, which include Braemore, Stonehouse, Linley...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
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An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.” Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties. The Foundation Home...
07 July 2021
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It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...
21 June 2021
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An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts. The acquisitions...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio. Auxesia offers affordable shared...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A Manchester-based lettings agency has won a long-term deal with one of the UK’s most prominent Build To Rent operators. Ascend Properties...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...
23 April 2021
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Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside. This follows acquisitions...
22 April 2021
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A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management. The...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Two franchise giants - Hunters and The Property Franchise Group - say their combined lettings book underpins their recent deal. In a...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast. Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...
24 February 2021
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A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
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London lettings network Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed to manage and let a huge new portfolio of around 3,000...
02 February 2021
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A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s Keatons agency has acquired another East London independent, Royal Docks Property Services. Keatons describes the result as “a great fit” because the two...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic. Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...
02 November 2020
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London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas. Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired its 100th independent agency with its Northwood Wolverhampton operation snapping up Millenium Properties in the city. This adds another...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of a Newcastle independents has allowed Northwood to become one of the city’s largest lettings agencies. Inderpal Dhillon and Aman Singh of...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...
28 August 2020
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A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units. Linley &...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

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

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...
22 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...
18 June 2020
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PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...
15 June 2020
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One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13. Propertymark...
25 May 2020
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A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities. Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

An ambitious Kent agency and management company has secured a £3.8m loan to underwrite a management buyout and an acquisition programme. Miles...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford. This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...
31 January 2020
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Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Widnes branch of franchise firm Martin & Co has grown its business by almost a quarter after acquiring a local...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[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

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...
15 August 2019
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The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead. The study...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform. The move means agents who process both...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

National agency Martin & Co has announced the acquisition of independent Essex agency Owen Lyons. Martin & Co Chelmsford owner Stephen Frost...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Only one in three landlords across the buy-to-let market earn their sole living from their property portfolio, according to research. Specialist lender...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co. The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding. EBG, which was...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Clyde Property in Scotland now has over 3,000 properties under management, making it one of the largest portfolios north of the...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest networks of franchised lettings agents says the impact of the Fees Ban coming into effect in...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 250 new units constructed by Telford Homes are to be used for Build To Rent according to a deal announced...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Nottinghamshire branch of Martin & Co has snapped up the local independent agency SOLOS Residential. The family-run Martin & Co branches...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

ARPM Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...
01 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

CGT Lettings Limited has acquired Gloucestershire based residential lettings company All About Property. All About Property has been run by Darren Loftus...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages. It...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Respected industry trainer and consultant Michael Day is joining the board of Glanty, the parent company of lettings PropTech firm teclet. teclet...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Somerset agency Mark Templer Residential has acquired independent company Wrington Vale Lettings. Husband and wife team John and Vanessa Webb with business...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A branch of Martin & Co has substantially boosted its managed portfolio following the acquisition of independent agency County Rentals. The goodwill...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch. The agency being...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Plans have been unveiled for a 23-storey development comprising 307 Build To Rent units, located overlooking Cardiff Bay. IM Properties and its...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has acquired another independent firm, Angus Roberts. The deal will see Linley & Simpson, which operates...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its sixth business acquisition of 2018 - the Worthing and Bognor Regis lettings portfolios of...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...
20 September 2018
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Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...
19 September 2018
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The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...
11 September 2018
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A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
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A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...
05 September 2018
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An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...
30 August 2018
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If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...
28 August 2018
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Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey. Research for...
22 August 2018
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Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A series of acquisitions by The Property Franchise Group this year has added over 3,000 managed properties to its portfolio this year...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...