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![Rightmove says big rise in rental supply still nothing like enough](/upload/images/shutterstock_2380101279.jpg)
Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ending S21 is fine says leading agent - but safeguards needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords are getting younger, new data shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall in some areas but Connells enjoys lettings growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings markets boosted by summer surge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity. Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents rising in most areas as high interest rates hit long-term supply](/upload/images/shutterstock_1022926636.jpg)
Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foreign-based tenants and investors targeted by high end lettings agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2319482101.jpg)
High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants cross-party housing approach despite Labour landslide](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
Just after welcoming the appointment of the new Labour government housing minister, Propertymark has gone on to call for a cross-party...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s Housing Policies - next five years start today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency that Refurbs and offers Guaranteed Rent is expanding](/upload/images/shutterstock_1906337941(2).jpg)
A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Rental EPCs must be improved with government help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Want your agency to be successful? Then pay staff more!](/upload/images/shutterstock_2198130819.jpg)
Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Experts warn against corporates monopolising private rentals](/upload/images/shutterstock_467960120.jpg)
The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO sales agency begins UK-wide roll out in four cities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 to be scrapped by Labour immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543.jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Proposed Capital Gains Tax rise would hit rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![We’re Looking For Agencies To Buy - unusual statement from firm](/upload/images/shutterstock_1132842653.jpg)
Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy. The family-owned agency is...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Restrictions - Gove slammed by Labour-dominated council body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get the Rent To Rent house in order, demands Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent. NTSELAT has...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Turnover - landlord sales and not evictions are chief cause](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property. By contrast, eviction was...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency set up 28th branch after latest acquisition](/upload/images/shutterstock_2153864217(1).jpg)
North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good News - buy to let yields at their highest for six years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Demand slows as agents warn about unsustainable rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under half of homes listed to let are actually available - industry figure’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274659213.jpg)
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2078570446.jpg)
A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental market back to normal in Prime Central London says agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows market returning to normal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2271512647.jpg)
Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Ceilings Have Been Reached - agency's stark warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents over a quarter higher than at the start of Covid - new stats](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920(1).jpg)
The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year. And looking...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents say 10 renters to every one property to let](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172(1).jpg)
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
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
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
![Agency warns on landlords’ and tenants’ differing rent expectations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Business Boosting Benefits promised at latest Agent Rainmaker event](/upload/images/shutterstock_556632958.jpg)
An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Franchisee doubles rental stock by acquiring nearby branch](/upload/images/shutterstock_1476390641.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Homes Under The Hammer - good times are here for auctions](/upload/images/shutterstock_477964318(1).jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It! - agents say Bank should cut rates now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MPowered%20Mortgages%20cuts%20rates%20MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
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
![Government figures show another sharp rent rise](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-Small-InArticle.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![London lettings becoming more stable, says LonRes](/upload/images/shutterstock_340410452.jpg)
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
![Property portal claims industry-first with AI investment](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148418683.jpg)
A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence. The local portal...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer asks: Should Agents Manage Short Let Properties?](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image(2).png)
It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS Warning: rents still rising as landlords quit lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
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
![Rents Still Rising in most areas of UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy cash ‘stolen’ by government will worsen rental crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Latest Rent Changes and Voids revealed in fresh analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(8).jpg)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons says Build To Rent has vast growth potential as tenants age](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top UK cities for 2024 rental potential revealed by industry supplier](/upload/images/shutterstock_304372931(1).jpg)
Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Large family-run regional agency snaps up independent rival](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let lending for older landlords falls off a cliff](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Shake Up - Gove slammed for “political posturing”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s London expansion taps into growing foreign investment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ForeignMoney-400x310.png)
Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nearly two-thirds more homes to let in Prime London than a year ago](/upload/images/shutterstock_1487630333%20(1)(3).jpg)
Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Major agency reinstates lettings division three years after sell-off](/upload/images/shutterstock_1309929943.jpg)
Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in rental stock in London prompts rent falls says top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks boss slams Tories in unexpected attack](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fast-expanding agency reveals 10th acquisition in six years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jailed! Agency owner who helped Albanian gang create huge drug empire](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Former Foxtons boss to give masterclass on agents’ higher fees](/upload/images/shutterstock_379140319(1).jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Experts want major reforms of EPCs and better trained assessors](/upload/images/Smart_EPC-400x310.png)
The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent investment rockets, focussed on major cities](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(1).jpg)
The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Supply-Demand imbalance eases in prime areas - and rents stall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Glut of long-term empty homes slammed as rental shortage continues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ internal data shows ‘balanced market’ likely this year](/upload/images/shutterstock_200541344.jpg)
Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most competitive locations for letting agents revealed by research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants itemise top three priorities in new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory Short Lets registration scheme to be introduced](/upload/images/shutterstock_636523940.jpg)
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two of the largest lettings agencies propose to merge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency was front for multi million pound drugs gang](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seasonal trends return to lettings market after ‘unusual’ recent years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
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
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Top agent senses change of mood in rental market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government house building failures as rental supply drops](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove reveals this year’s busiest rental location](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![EPC Change On The Way? New energy ratings planned by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge 31% leap in prime London rents since pre-pandemic times - LonRes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Small autumn dip in London rents as market returns to normality](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rural tenants hit hardest by rent rises caused by stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Expensive rental eco-heat scheme needs rethink - top agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency calls for Landlords Reform Bill to redress rental balance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snaps up rival as owners retire after 35 years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Pattinson estate agency in the north east of England has snapped up Ryedales Estate Agents, an independent in Northumberland. Ryedales owners Geoff...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Affordability Crisis means rent rises cannot continue at this pace - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector. Savills...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Britain’s worst city for rental availability](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bills Included - most tenants want all-inclusive charges](/upload/images/shutterstock_1826666417.jpg)
A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the part of rental sector not contracting right now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent says he’s getting 150+ enquiries per property within 24 hours](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency doubles in size after snapping up third independent business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents now a third above London’s pre-pandemic average](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes. However, rents...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gary Wright - flatfair Chief Executive Officer](/upload/images/gary%20400%20by%20310%20.png)
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
![What’s Happening To Rents in 2024? First forecast appears](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings agency’s acquisition takes it to nine branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency slams four councils for policies which directly hit rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Supply Drought - cheaper sector of market is worst affected](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New survey to help politicians make rental policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...