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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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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
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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

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

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...
02 June 2015
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Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...