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A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...

Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...

The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

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...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests.  Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...

The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...

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

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

OnTheMarket, which in recent days has been revealing deals with new industry partners, continues today with Vaboo. This can provide all OnTheMarket agents...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

1. Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Adam Blaxter Paliwala, CEO of Technology Blueprint Limited...

A new survey shows a significant majority of investors believe buy to let has lost its shine. Investment platform Shojin’s survey -...

Leaders Romans Group has launched what it claims is its first sustainable branch lettings office.  Its Brighton city centre branch, operating under...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

A lettings agency is in hot water with advertising regulators for using the phrase “What the flock are you looking at?”...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

A branch of national lettings agency Martin & Co is under new ownership. Landlord and property developer Grant Simpson has purchased the...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

Supermarket chains like John Lewis and banks like Lloyds - both entering the private rental sector as large scale landlords -...

A lettings agency is using its latest podcast to explore the retail-to-resi trend in the housing market. Winkworth’s podcast under The Property...

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

John Lewis Partnership, until now best known for its department stores and ownership of Waitrose, is to build homes for rent. The...

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

Tenants who want to pop downstairs to the shop may soon be able to do so - thanks to the John...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co.  The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local...

The tenants’ fees ban coming into effect from June 1 could help traditional lettings agents keep their place on High Streets,...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

Plans have been unveiled for a 23-storey development comprising 307 Build To Rent units, located overlooking Cardiff Bay. IM Properties and its...

A retail executive with specialist knowledge of customer loyalty has become the new chief executive of the Residential Landlords Association.   Andrew...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it...

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...

A newly built, boutique development of eight luxury Build To Rent apartments has come to the market in uber-fashionable Shoreditch, east...

The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...

Steven Esom is to take over as group chairman of the Andrews Property Group at the start of 2018.  He succeeds Jim...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s.   A...

A new Build To Rent scheme from specialist developer Get Living is to charge from £410 a week for units at...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...

Andrews Property Group has announced that Hannah Norris to lead its lettings business across its three major regions of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire...

The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced.  Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...

  A letter from the Financial Conduct Authority, leaked to Sky News, suggests that the body is drawing up plans to tighten...

Savills is the only organisation with an agency wing represented on the first board of the UK Apartment Association, a new...

A new scheme governing the letting out of residential property above retail premises is to be launched in September in the London borough of...

One of Belvoir's newest and youngest franchise owners has completed on a substantial acquisition to kick-start his new business.  Luke Marchbanks, 25,...

Michael Green has been appointed the first chief executive of the UK Apartment Association, a new trade body focusing exclusively on...

A letting agent who closed his New Malden firm leaving 17 landlords some £27,000 out of pocket has been jailed for...

Wrights Plastics has bought long-standing property display specialist company Mid West Displays.  Wrights Plastics, which has developed a range of agency display...

Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...

Beatrice Carter Property in Bury St Edmunds has picked up the Best Letting Agent for Landlords gong in the latest ESTAS...

Mixed-use developer Muse says it will submit plans for a 100-unit Build To Let scheme at part of a retail, office...

One of five people vying for selection as Labour’s candidate in the 2016 London Mayoral election says private sector rents can...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...