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Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

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,...

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

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

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

Spicerhaart is setting up a remote centralised lettings management service which it says will operate “from Cardiff to Colchester, and Birmingham...

Propertymark is introducing a new dedicated Lettings Helpline for ARLA members in England and Wales.  Until now Propertymark has provided members with access...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

Spicerhaart Lettings has expanded expands its property management division with two key appointments. Natalie Giles has been appointed as the new Property...

Lettings platform Seven Living has appointed a longstanding figure from the Leaders Romans Group to be its senior head of lettings.  James...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent lettings firm in what it calls a five year acquisition programme. Stanley & Partners...

Upmarket lettings agency Savills has moved its 30-strong team in Reading into a prominent new office in the town centre. The firm’s...

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

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

Nottinghamshire estate agency Gascoines has bolstered its lettings team with the appointment of Callum Holmes as lettings co-ordinator.  With more than 10...

A north west England lettings agency has expanded with a swoop on a Preston-based business. Keenans Group has acquired Letting Locations for...

Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

Dawsons Property has acquired the rental portfolio of Liberty Properties in Swansea.  “We shall be looking to hold both landlord and tenant...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

Complaints referred to the Property Redress Scheme against its members grew by more than a quarter during 2020. In its annual report...

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.”  Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...

Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired another lettings agency - the fourth lettings-led acquisition this year. This time it is Guardian Residential Lettings...

The well known former managing director of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, David Cox, is today attempting to explain what...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

Propertymark has announced that the leadership structure of the lettings side is to be merged with the estate agency section, with...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. That’s...

New data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents shows how the festive slowdown has hit the market. The number of tenants...

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales.  Letting agents...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents appears to have joined the chorus of criticism against Labour’s controversial right to buy policy...

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

With less than four weeks to go to the start date of the Welsh Tenant Fees ban, the Association of Residential...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says there has been a record number of rent increases reported by its members. In a...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has been chosen by CBRE UK Residential Lettings as the race for prominence in the sector continues. This is...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting  on...

A formal consultation process has started to consider government plans to extend Anti-Money Laundering from property sales to lettings as well. Unveiled...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

The number of agents seeing rent rises imposed on tenants hit 34 per cent in February, well up on the 26...

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...

CGT Lettings Limited has acquired Gloucestershire based residential lettings company All About Property. All About Property has been run by Darren Loftus...

It’s the lull before the storm for private tenants according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. In its market snapshot looking...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network.  All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

Midlands-based SDL Group has announced the sale of a Birmingham residential lettings portfolio to Lomond Capital. SDL Property Management now focuses on...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley has expanded its residential lettings team with the appointment of a new manager to cover...