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A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...
16 February 2021
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...
10 February 2021
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Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
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With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...
07 January 2021
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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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It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...
27 October 2020
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Two former Keller Williams agents have their own BBC Three TV show now available on the iPlayer. It’s called Rent Like a...
20 October 2020
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One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...
05 October 2020
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A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...
05 October 2020
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An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...
13 July 2020
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There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...
09 June 2020
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The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
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A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
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HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
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Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 2020
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Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
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There’s a claim this morning that the average rent in the UK has increased only five per cent since 2014. Research by...
02 March 2020
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Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue? By...
20 February 2020
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Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...
20 December 2019
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A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...
26 November 2019
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Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...
08 October 2019
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A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...
03 October 2019
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An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...
13 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...
27 August 2019
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Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...
14 August 2019
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The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
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Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall. The latest analysis from Mortgage...
04 July 2019
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Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...
20 June 2019
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More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...
17 June 2019
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Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
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Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...
03 June 2019
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The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...
14 May 2019
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A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...
16 April 2019
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Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...
01 April 2019
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The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...
14 March 2019
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PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...
27 February 2019
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Northwood, which is part of the Belvoir group, is launching a new TV advertising campaign to highlight its Guaranteed Rent Scheme. “We...
25 February 2019
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Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...
12 February 2019
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Belvoir is launching a new TV advertising campaign on the ITV Hub, which is the ITV on-demand service. The ad, which features...
05 February 2019
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TV property pundit Phil Spencer, who now runs property advice site MoveIQ, says letting agents may introduce new administration fees on...
29 January 2019
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A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...
22 January 2019
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The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...
08 January 2019
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Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...
14 December 2018
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The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...
06 November 2018
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A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...
24 September 2018
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Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...
19 September 2018
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Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...
08 August 2018
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A London council has agreed to a TV crew taking part in a raid on an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO. The surprise...
07 August 2018
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The cost of buy to let mortgages remain at record lows and - with little movement in costs and rates over...
05 July 2018
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A TV station has gone public on revealing what it calls “the world’s worst lettings agency” - but it may not...
21 June 2018
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A Birmingham letting agent has a new way of resolving arrears run up by some of his tenants - he goes...
16 May 2018
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A TV show on Channel 5 this evening may well serve as a warning to letting agents about the dangers of...
19 April 2018
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Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...
17 April 2018
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A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...
05 April 2018
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The cost of most mainstream buy to let mortgages is increasing according to online operator Mortgage Brain. The cost of a two...
28 February 2018
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A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...
02 February 2018
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A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...
01 February 2018
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The former executive director of LSL Property Services, David Newnes, is one of the key backers of a new property management...
19 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and its sister organisation the National Association of Estate Agents has launched the second phase of...
03 January 2018
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The autumn's Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with months of rate rise predictions, seem to have had little effect on the cost of...
15 November 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...
13 October 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has started work on a TV advertisement to highlight the importance of landlords instructing agents. The...
17 August 2017
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A new snapshot of the buy to let mortgage market suggests costs have dropped further over the past three months as...
16 August 2017
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The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues. Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...
11 August 2017
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The independent production company making the life-swap series The Week The Landlord Moved In series, now showing on BBC1, is having...
18 July 2017
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Government watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld four complaints made against a Liverpool letting agency. The complaints were made against...
14 June 2017
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The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...
06 June 2017
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Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...
15 May 2017
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What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
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Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...
13 April 2017
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It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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The founder of eviction specialist Landlord Action is advising landlords to use accredited letting agents and not try to take the...
16 March 2017
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A second firm is suggesting that the cost of Buy To Let mortgages has fallen to a record low - but...
14 February 2017
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The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...
09 February 2017
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Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...
01 February 2017
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The buy to let mortgage market has suffered something of a battering in recent months but now Post Office Money is...
01 February 2017
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Agents, tenants and landlords on Jersey in the Channel Islands are to receive updated advice on the returning of deposits. ITV News...
13 January 2017
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The ESTAS awards have a new main category sponsor - PropTech company OneDome. The OneDome service, launched last month, provides free-to-use information...
14 December 2016
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The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...
22 November 2016
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The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...
11 November 2016
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Unlikely as it seems one of Channel 4's digital networks, E4, has commissioned a comedy series based in ... a lettings...
07 November 2016
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Channel 5 has commissioned a third series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords with eviction specialist Landlord Action at the heart of...
28 September 2016
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The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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The costs of buy To let mortgages have fallen by as much as eight per cent over the past six months. Software...
09 September 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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The TSB is the latest buy to let lender to increase its interest coverage ratio for buy to let mortgages from...
29 June 2016
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The complete list of this year’s ESTAS award winners has now been released after a hugely successful ceremony in London hosted...
19 April 2016
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One of Britain’s best known and well respected experts on buy to let and the private rental sector, Kate Faulkner, has...
14 April 2016
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Security experts interviewed by ITV London have given the green light to the Rightmove site after it was apparently being used...
18 March 2016
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Sales and letting agents who enter a new awards event will be given the chance to promote their property business on...
15 March 2016
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This evening at 9pm sees the start of a second season of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5. The 10-part series...
09 March 2016
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If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...
01 March 2016
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A campaign group which last year held protests outside letting agents’ offices in Bristol is claiming victory in persuading the city’s...
17 February 2016
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A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...
11 February 2016
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Agents and landlords are being warned that students expect increasingly high standards of accommodation including space, decor and fixtures and fittings. The...
28 January 2016
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Q: What does it say on your business card? Head of Indirect Sales & Partnership Products Q: What does your role involve? I head up...
06 January 2016
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The property crowdfunding platform The House Crowd - which was the subject of derision by the entrepreneurs on TV’s Dragon’s Den...
02 November 2015
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The costs of lender arrangement fees, valuation fees and legal costs attached to new buy to let mortgages are falling as...
29 October 2015
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Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...
01 October 2015
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A residential property investment firm is using a speed-dating theme as the basis of a new TV advertising campaign to attract...
08 September 2015
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The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...
29 July 2015
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Competition is hot among home buyers in my part of southern England to take ownership of properties that come onto the...
24 July 2015
From: Features

Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords programme, now in its fourth week, this evening looks at a serial bad tenant and...
15 July 2015
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The latest episode of Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords programme will tonight show how a rogue letting agent in a...
08 July 2015
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The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...
02 July 2015
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The second episode of Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, due to air tomorrow evening at 9pm, will feature three separate...
30 June 2015
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Channel 5 tomorrow airs the first episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, a six-part series which starts with the story of...
23 June 2015
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Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...
19 June 2015
From: Features

Channel 5 has announced a new television series which will focus on the UK’s Private Rented Sector. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords promises...
03 June 2015
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So, a sigh of relief. Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...
08 May 2015
From: Features

About ten years ago, I was working as the branch manager of an estate agency based in an affluent part of...