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![New key figure for property management portfolio of 10,000 units](/upload/images/shutterstock_284484200.jpg)
Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Long-standing lettings agency snapped up by high-end boutique company](/upload/images/shutterstock_78138244.jpg)
Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR. HLR was established in 1986, growing...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Passive income from buy to let is a myth, warns legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy. This is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seven Tips this lettings agency is giving its landlord clients](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors warn: Landlords can’t keep their heads above water](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the part of rental sector not contracting right now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reapit’s new PropTech deal pledges to cut through licensing red tape](/upload/images/shutterstock_538089325.jpg)
Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims landlords not quitting rental sector in droves](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761.jpg)
A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency on the acquisition trail after snapping up independent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
A Bristol estate agent has hit the acquisition trail, snapping up a local independent. Bristol Property Centre Estate Agents, which is situated...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![South Coast agency snaps up nearby rival](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Oakfield Estate Agents in Hastings has snapped up a rival firm - Redwell Estates - in nearby Bexhill oil Sea. Neil Newstead,...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Preventative maintenance gives “staggering growth” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
A webinar tomorrow plans to show agents how planned preventative maintenance delivers “staggering growth.” Fixflo is hosting the event which will feature...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![How to maximise your day-to-day team performance with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/Teamwork_280px360x.jpg)
The private rented sector is enjoying record demand. According to Hometrack, rental enquiries per estate agency branch were 46% higher in...
16 January 2023
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![Rebrand in 2023 after agency group snaps up independent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Three-figure property portfolio acquired by franchise giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
The Cardiff branch of Martin & Co has added almost 100 properties to its portfolio after merging with local independent View...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Expansion overseas for growing buy to let investment firm](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
An investment firm which has helped guide £100m into the UK buy to let market is to set up its second...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour call for higher Capital Gains Tax rise for some buy to lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![How should letting agents generate and handle reviews?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fast-growing agency swipes at ‘under-delivering’ rival firms](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Two more independent agencies fall to fast-growing brand](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/landlord-licencing400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Property Management Software: Top tips for busy letting agents](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Dezrez/Main%20image%20-%20Dezrez%20article%20360x280.png)
During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Holiday lettings firm to float on London Stock Exchange](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/hotel%20400x310.png)
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
![Agency cleared of part in ‘Ghost Tenants’ lettings scandal](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
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
![Research shows best university locations for buy to let investment](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentHouse-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![New national online agency launched promising “transformation”](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Energised! Stamp Duty Holiday turbocharges rental property sales](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Webinars to help agents harness PropTech in the New Normal](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Letting agents offered ‘free’ legal advice during pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Rebranded agency focuses on selling only tenanted buy to lets](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Time for agents to highlight their value](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Sponsored Content
![Police bust major £400,000 drugs racket run by rogue landlord](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agents must adapt quickly to the new normal By David Alexander, joint Managing Director of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...
28 August 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Agency rebrands after a decade of city growth](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Incorporating buy to let portfolios boosted by stamp duty holiday](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another acquisition takes regional agency’s lettings portfolio to 10,000](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agency secures £3.8m for management buyout and acquisitions](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Shock for buy to let as income plummets by a fifth in a decade](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Battered and Bruised: but a few buy to let investors remain optimistic](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Regional agency expands coverage with third acquisition in 18 months](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![PropTech used by Build To Rent specialist to differentiate from rivals](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another independent agency disappears as family franchise firm expands](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Rates, yields, demand and tax - reasons why holiday lets are booming](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Don’t quit the day job – only a third of landlords earn entire living from property](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another independent agency snapped up by franchise giant](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agency moves off the High Street to offset fees ban income cut](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Ker-ching! Councils cash in as revenue soars from licensing schemes](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Student search platform launches automated feed for letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![New utility and survey products aim to woo lettings professionals](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Major buy to let lender targets companies and 'Brexit worriers'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![PropTech firms claim new products will help lettings agents](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Online agency to offer Direct Debit rent collection to landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Brexit warning issued by HomeLet chief executive](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Revealed - how interest rate rise led to immediate £50 pcm rent hike](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![PropTech: Rental compliance platform secures another £500k funding](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Acquisitions take agency past 5,500 managed properties milestone](/img/default/lat.png)
Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold campaigner calls on Queen to end 'feudal' system](/img/default/lat.png)
A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Top Slicing' mortgages may allow more lettings sector borrowing](/img/default/lat.png)
Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![One of buy to let's most famous mortgage firms is rebranding](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![How Agents Can Recoup Losses from the Ban on Letting Agent Fees](/img/default/lat.png)
According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Sequence UK firm snaps up another independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
William H Brown, part of Sequence UK, has revealed it has snapped up another small independent - just days after its...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Another BTL lender changes criteria ahead of new portfolio rules](/img/default/lat.png)
Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to change its lending criteria for portfolio landlords with four or more investment...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why Landlords Still Need Letting Agents Despite Changing Regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Leaders snaps up lettings firm's 500-plus property portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders has snapped up the 500-plus property portfolio of Derby-based lettings firm MBM Management Limited. The company was established in 1996 and...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords adapting to controversial tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
The nation's landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, according to Mortgages for Business. Upon releasing...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords wanted for new BBC One documentary series](/img/default/lat.png)
The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fixflo link with PropTech payment firm boosts offer to agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Property repair reporting platform Fixflo is partnering with PayProp, an online payments system, to improve the offer to agents. The link means...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Half of buy to let investors vague on cost of mortgage interest change](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let specialist gives upbeat forecast, despite tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Kevin Ward, Agent Locator](/img/default/lat.png)
1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...
16 February 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Lettings franchise acquires 130-strong property portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
Belvoir Cardiff has completed the acquisition of a management portfolio of 130 rental properties. The purchase of all properties managed by Letwise...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents circulated with 'banned list' by Britain's biggest landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Huge local government pension fund investment goes to Build To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the UK’s largest local government pension schemes has committed £100m to invest in the fast-growing Build To Rent sector. The...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency snaps up two rivals as acquisition drive gathers pace](/img/default/lat.png)
Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Britain's biggest landlord launches appeal after losing 'damp row'](/img/default/lat.png)
One of Britain's best-known landlords, Fergus Wilson, has launched an appeal after losing a case regarding a damp property. The tenants, Attila...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Two thirds of landlords play 'active role' in property management](/img/default/lat.png)
A high proportion of landlords play an active role in the management and maintenance of their rental property, a new study...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Media chief, digital analytics expert and mortgage chief join landlord board](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Landlords’ Association has announced that three new non-executive directors to join its board. Adrian Jeakings is a former president of...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords favouring HMOs to benefit from 'higher yields'](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available. Mortgages...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![14 tax changes in four years will hurt buy to let market warns KPMG](/img/default/lat.png)
No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Senior agent urges caution over setting-up buy to let limited companies](/img/default/lat.png)
One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Jail for businessman who didn't tell HMRC about £259,000 property income](/img/default/lat.png)
A businessman has been jailed for two years for failing to declare and pay tax on income he received from his...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let gurus claim 25 tenants vying for one property to let](/img/default/lat.png)
Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Pension Freedom - figures show no real impact on buy to let market](/img/default/lat.png)
New industry research shows that of those existing buy to let investors with a pension in place, just five per cent...
25 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Neat summary of potential dangers of buy to let crowdfunding](/img/default/lat.png)
Would-be buy to let investors have been given a neat summary of the risks involved in entering the market via crowdfunding. Letting...
25 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Agents, target your websites better!](/img/default/lat.png)
OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...
19 June 2015
From: Features
![Britain’s biggest landlords begin selling off portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...
09 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![No job too big or too small](/img/default/lat.png)
Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...
02 June 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![Two-thirds of landlords planning to expand portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...