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A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...

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...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

A PropTech platform that boasts 200 letting agents and landlords amongst its current clientele has won over £500,000 in additional funding...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...

The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...

Midlands-based land and property agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up two more businesses. The acquisition of Wigwam Estate and Lettings Agents...

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

A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

The Shepherd’s Bush office has the largest lettings portfolio of all the Winkworth offices across the capital - and now it...

Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...

An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...

Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham.  The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...

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,...

TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...

A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...

Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...

Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, one of London’s largest independent property services groups, has appointed an experienced figure to oversee the company’s...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

The largest operator in London for the niche co-living sector has doubled the size of its portfolio in the east of...

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...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

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

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...

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

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...

The owners of Martin & Co’s Aldershot branch have grown their managed portfolio by more than a fifth after acquiring local...

A PropTech supplier which helps agents and landlords identify private rental sector licensing issues has announced a new partnership. Geospatial technology firm...

Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...

Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...

A key figure at Propertymark has joined popular lettings agency supplier The Lettings Partnership as commercial director. Sarah Davies’ role at Propertymark...

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...

Rightmove’s latest webinar tomorrow will focus on the revenue generation opportunities that exist at every stage of the process of letting...

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

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...

Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...

Dawsons Property has acquired the rental portfolio of Liberty Properties in Swansea.  “We shall be looking to hold both landlord and tenant...

The success of Foxtons’ lettings division has directly attributed to the London-focussed agency’s strong performance in the past year. A trading statement...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

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

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

Rightmove is hosting a new webinar this week for agents, focused on navigating the current rental market. Taking place tomorrow the webinar...

Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...

An agency has made its third acquisition in recent years - this time snapping up a town’s longest established lettings agency. Whitegates...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

An agency has issued a statement strongly rejecting the negative mood music surrounding the private rental sector. Chris Wood and Ross McDonald...

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

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

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition.  Hamza Anwar...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

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

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

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...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

Lettings agents have highlighted a lack of stock as their main concern, research claims. The latest State of the Lettings Industry report...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

Lomond Group has partnered with PropTech player Goodlord to provide IT services across the group's brands, which include Braemore, Stonehouse, Linley...

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.”  Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio.  Auxesia offers affordable shared...

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...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...

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...

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management.  The...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

Two franchise giants - Hunters and The Property Franchise Group - say their combined lettings book underpins their recent deal. In a...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast.  Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

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

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

London lettings network Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed to manage and let a huge new portfolio of around 3,000...

A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

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

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

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...

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...

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...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

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

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...

Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...

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

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

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

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas.  Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...

Belvoir has acquired its 100th independent agency with its Northwood Wolverhampton operation snapping up Millenium Properties in the city. This adds another...

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...

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...

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units.  Linley &...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

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...

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

Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

An ambitious Kent agency and management company has secured a £3.8m loan to underwrite a management buyout and an acquisition programme. Miles...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

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...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...

The Widnes branch of franchise firm Martin & Co has grown its business by almost a quarter after acquiring a local...

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

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...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

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

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...