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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

  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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Only one in three landlords across the buy-to-let market earn their sole living from their property portfolio, according to research. Specialist lender...

A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...

A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...

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...

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...

One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

William H Brown, part of Sequence UK, has revealed it has snapped up another small independent - just days after its...

Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to change its lending criteria for portfolio landlords with four or more investment...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

Leaders has snapped up the 500-plus property portfolio of Derby-based lettings firm MBM Management Limited.   The company was established in 1996 and...

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...

The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...

Property repair reporting platform Fixflo is partnering with PayProp, an online payments system, to improve the offer to agents.    The link means...

Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...

1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...

Belvoir Cardiff has completed the acquisition of a management portfolio of 130 rental properties. The purchase of all properties managed by Letwise...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...

One of the UK’s largest local government pension schemes has committed £100m to invest in the fast-growing Build To Rent sector.   The...

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...

One of Britain's best-known landlords, Fergus Wilson, has launched an appeal after losing a case regarding a damp property. The tenants, Attila...

A high proportion of landlords play an active role in the management and maintenance of their rental property, a new study...

The National Landlords’ Association has announced that three new non-executive directors to join its board.   Adrian Jeakings is a former president of...

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available.  Mortgages...

No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...

A businessman has been jailed for two years for failing to declare and pay tax on income he received from his...

Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...

New industry research shows that of those existing buy to let investors with a pension in place, just five per cent...

Would-be buy to let investors have been given a neat summary of the risks involved in entering the market via crowdfunding. Letting...

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...

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...

Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...

Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...