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North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...

Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

Propertymark has outlined an extensive regional programme for next year. It’s going to hold 19 regional events under the #morefor24 campaign slogan. The...

Propertymark has announced an extensive regional 19-meeting schedule for 2024. A statement from the trade body says the schedule “will blend together...

Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...

The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...

Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...

The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...

Propertymark has donated £5,200 to the industry charity Agents Giving, which works with lettings and estate agents to encourage, support and...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy.  The branch is the sixth Belvoir...

Propertymark’s regional conferences are now in full swing with the next event at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge in Kent on  November...

The Leaders Romans Group of lettings agencies has signed a deal with the National Residential Landlords Association. LRG will become the NRLA’s...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

Landlords in England and Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7 per cent in the past year.  That’s according...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

Rightmove is to provide agents with local market data and easier access to training at a series of Propertymark regional events. Rightmove...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

A regional agent with 3,500 properties under management has written a long letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove complaining about the...

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...

The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed that over 80 of its member agents have been shortlisted for The ESTAS 2023.   The...

The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...

The legendary Oxfordshire-based lettings agency Finders Keepers has won gold at the local British Property Lettings Award and silver in the...

Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...

A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up an independent firm. It’s Coventry sales and lettings agency Robin Jones which brings just...

Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

A well known regional lettings agency has completed a £250,000 investment drive that includes a new office and a recruitment campaign. Berriman...

Propertymark is doubling the number of full-scale regional conferences in 2023, and for the first time they will be free to...

The well-known York agency Blenkin & Co has launched a prime lettings service to complement its long-established sales side. The new service...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

The Keller Williams UK agency has launched an online learning platform for agents called KW University. A statement from the company says...

New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...