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Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR. HLR was established in 1986, growing...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

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

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

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,...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

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

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

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

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

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

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Agents’ group Propertymark is discounting early-bird tickets for its flagship Propertymark One event. The day, run in partnership with Rightmove, is billed...

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

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone.  A...

Propertymark is revamping the big London conference it trialled this year - and it’s fired an entire hotel for the after-party...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Dealing in OnTheMarket shares will cease at 7.30am on December 12 following yesterday evening’s announcement that the CoStar takeover had won...

The shareholders of OnTheMarket have reached their decision on the portal's controversial takeover by CoStar.  A statement released this afternoon says: "The...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

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

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...

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

With less than a week to go before the Court Meeting and the General Meeting which will decide the fate of...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

The prominent independent advisor ISS - Institutional Shareholder Services - has publicly backed the OnTheMarket board and is recommending shareholders vote ‘for’...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

Knight Frank’s Marylebone residential office has welcomed Luke Hewens as Head of Lettings. Hewens began his property career as lettings negotiator in...

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

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

Propertymark has welcomed the government’s commitment to end the practice of council tax of banding single rooms in HMOs, potentially saving...

A limited number of tickets are still available for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards.  Olympian Roger Black MBE will appear at the...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...

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

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

Social housing provider Caridon Property is hosting a series of free seminars to prepare letting agents for the migration of Housing...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team.  Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...

Propertymark has responded to an HM Treasury consultation on anti-money laundering processes - and in doing so it’s slammed “heavy handed...