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The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...
28 March 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
From: Breaking News
Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...
26 March 2024
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There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...
26 March 2024
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What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...
26 March 2024
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The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...
25 March 2024
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A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...
22 March 2024
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Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
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Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...
21 March 2024
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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
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The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
20 March 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
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Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...
19 March 2024
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Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
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Asking rents continue to show positive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland. That’s according to respected property website...
14 March 2024
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Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...
14 March 2024
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An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...
13 March 2024
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Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
12 March 2024
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A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...
12 March 2024
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A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces. Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...
11 March 2024
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Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year. A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...
06 March 2024
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Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...
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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Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...
29 February 2024
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Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...
28 February 2024
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Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...
27 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
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Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...
27 February 2024
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Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...
27 February 2024
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New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...
22 February 2024
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Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...
21 February 2024
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Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...
20 February 2024
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There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...
20 February 2024
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...
19 February 2024
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Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...
16 February 2024
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Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...
15 February 2024
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Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
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Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...
14 February 2024
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Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...
12 February 2024
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Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...
08 February 2024
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Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...
08 February 2024
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A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
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Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...
07 February 2024
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Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 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 buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...
05 February 2024
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One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...
05 February 2024
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The former Foxtons managing director Peter Rollings is to give agent a masterclass in obtaining higher lettings and sales fees. Rollings will...
02 February 2024
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A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...
02 February 2024
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Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...
02 February 2024
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A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
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There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
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A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 January 2024
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Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...
29 January 2024
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Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...
26 January 2024
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Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...
25 January 2024
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The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...
24 January 2024
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Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...
23 January 2024
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Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...
23 January 2024
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Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
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Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
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TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...
17 January 2024
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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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Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
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Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...
15 January 2024
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A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
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Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...
11 January 2024
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Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...
09 January 2024
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An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...
09 January 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
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Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...
05 January 2024
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Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...
04 January 2024
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The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...
04 January 2024
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New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...
03 January 2024
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Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...
02 January 2024
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The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...
02 January 2024
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The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...
29 December 2023
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Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...
28 December 2023
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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
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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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Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...
22 December 2023
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One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...
21 December 2023
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A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...
20 December 2023
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A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes. Landmark...
20 December 2023
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LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...
18 December 2023
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Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
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Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...
15 December 2023
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There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...
14 December 2023
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A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
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Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...
08 December 2023
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A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...
07 December 2023
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I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
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Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...
06 December 2023
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Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...