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Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...
13 February 2024
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The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...
07 February 2024
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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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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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The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...
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
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...
13 October 2023
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Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A new report on the state of the lettings industry suggests figures are growing fearful of the impact of the Renters...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Goodlord and its Vouch brand are again holding a so-called State of the Lettings Industry survey. It’s now in...
13 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 seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...
10 May 2023
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New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
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Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...
14 March 2023
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“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index. Indeed, the industry...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Tenant demand in the past month has been the lowest since February 2021 and suggests that the pace of demand growth...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings income for LSL Property Services increased two per cent in the past year - at just the time the company...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier claims to be shaking up the lettings market with the launch of its revolutionary Property Management software this...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
More than a quarter of renters responding to a survey say they are considering leaving the city within the next 12...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The rental sector remains strong according to the latest market survey by Propertymark. The number of new tenants registered on average per...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...
25 August 2021
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I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...
15 July 2021
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The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...
23 October 2019
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An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...
24 July 2019
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A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...
02 July 2019
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A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The number of prospective new tenants in the Home Counties over the first three months of the year has risen 15...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News
So much for Brexit and economic uncertainty disrupting the buy to let market - a new survey out today shows it’s...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News
A removals firm has claimed it is currently dealing with more tenants moving between properties than home buyers. Aussie Man & Van...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...
01 March 2016
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The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...