Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
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There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...
21 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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group. Andrews branches will be able to...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...
19 December 2023
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The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns. This is...
09 November 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
From: Breaking News
The Leaders Romans Group of lettings agencies has signed a deal with the National Residential Landlords Association. LRG will become the NRLA’s...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has revealed its latest decision on base rate - which in turn has a strong influence on...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out. That’s the view of data...
20 September 2023
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An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates. The National Association of Property Buyers...
20 September 2023
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The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...
15 September 2023
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Propertymark, together with Gas Safe Register, has produced top tips to be passed by agents to landlords and tenants as part...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...
11 September 2023
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New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...
24 August 2023
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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...
16 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties. The...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot from Propertymark shows that once again the lettings sector is dominated by demand outstripping supply. Using data from...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down. According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...
02 May 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The rental market in Prime London continues to suffer from a severe stock shortage according to recent data from property consultancy...
14 March 2023
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A new analysis suggests that the number of first time buyers has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Price growth in the rental market is predicted to continue throughout 2023 but there are tentative signs that rent hikes are...
10 February 2023
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Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...
30 January 2023
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The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...
09 January 2023
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Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...
29 December 2022
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OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals. Since Jason Tebb...
05 December 2022
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A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...
25 November 2022
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OnTheMarket is today revealing another deal for agents - and this time it’s with insurance broker Simply Business. There are four new...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
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HomeLet has released its latest rental figures - and they show the market remaining strong. In October the average rent in the...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...
29 September 2022
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A lettings agency group has made two moves to signal its commitment to being a forces-friendly employer. Spicerhaart has signed the Armed...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A quarter of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears - and when it comes to...
22 July 2022
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A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...
20 July 2022
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Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
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Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
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The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents in Prime London are still rising rapidly and the number of new lettings is limited thanks to the lack of...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The massive Belvoir franchise network has signed up 360 of its franchisees to the PropTech service Kamma. The franchisees include those under...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The rental market shows no signs of slowing with ongoing high demand, fuelled in part by the pandemic, creating a buoyant...
01 March 2022
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A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has listed tell tale signs which letting agents should look for to spot incidents of modern day slavery. It says...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...
17 November 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
Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...
18 October 2021
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Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...