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London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...
11 July 2024
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Franchise chain Winkworth says there’s been a greater supply of rental properties in the first half of the year, combined with...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...
03 July 2024
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Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London. An additional HMO licensing...
02 July 2024
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A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
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Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness. Shelter has...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...
03 May 2024
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Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
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The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
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Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...
25 March 2024
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Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...
13 March 2024
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The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
04 March 2024
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A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...
01 March 2024
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Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
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Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...
14 February 2024
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The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...
08 February 2024
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Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
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The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...
06 February 2024
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Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
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A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...
30 January 2024
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Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...
26 January 2024
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The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...
26 January 2024
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There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Property agency James Douglas has acquired a rental service and launched its own lettings arm in the south Wales city of...
16 January 2024
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A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...
16 January 2024
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Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...
09 January 2024
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...
08 January 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...
02 January 2024
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The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
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Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...
13 December 2023
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A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property. If it goes ahead it will be...
12 December 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...
28 November 2023
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An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...
16 November 2023
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A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...
15 November 2023
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Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes. However, rents...
15 November 2023
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The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns. This is...
09 November 2023
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Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
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The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...
27 October 2023
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Some 48 per cent of tenants are currently living with one or more housing disrepair issues, it’s being claimed. The problems include...
27 October 2023
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An online lettings platform is attacking agents for their fees, which it describes as a “waste” of landlord funds. Hello Neighbour, a...
23 October 2023
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Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...
13 October 2023
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A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...
13 October 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director What is Southernbrook Lettings and...
12 October 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...
10 October 2023
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Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...
06 October 2023
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An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...
02 October 2023
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
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The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...
29 September 2023
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The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...
20 September 2023
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A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...
19 September 2023
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Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...
14 September 2023
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New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...
11 September 2023
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Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country. It says rental...
11 September 2023
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A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...
11 September 2023
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The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...
05 September 2023
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A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations. Fisher German says the government should act now...
04 September 2023
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A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons’ latest data on London’s rental market reveals that there were 39 per cent more rental properties on the market in...
24 August 2023
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Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...
18 August 2023
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Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes. This figure took rents to 28.4 per...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...
07 August 2023
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PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
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Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties. The...
21 July 2023
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Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...
18 July 2023
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Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...