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A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...
15 April 2024
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Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
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A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
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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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The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...
03 March 2024
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Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...
04 February 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...
19 January 2024
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The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...
20 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
Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...
02 March 2023
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Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
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The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...
13 February 2023
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The allAgents review website has removed a claim suggesting it had been ‘endorsed’ by The Times and the Sunday Times newspapers. The...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...
05 August 2022
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An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...
28 April 2022
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...
09 November 2021
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The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...
20 May 2021
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A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...
10 August 2020
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A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...
22 February 2019
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There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...
04 December 2018
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The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
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A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...
06 August 2018
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Countrywide has announced that Dan Channer - a well-known figure in the lettings industry generally, and managing director of Oxford-based Finders...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent has been charged £1,000 after telling a new tenant to dump waste left by a previous occupier into...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...
13 June 2017
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The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...
03 April 2017
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The Movebubble digital rental service is launching a 'virtual assistant' facility - a person who will use a scooter to attend...
09 May 2016
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The new chief executive of Grainger has started setting out her company’s Build To Rent strategy. Helen Gordon has told the Sunday...
25 January 2016
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It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News
The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...
07 December 2015
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The Property Ombudsman, Christopher Hamer, has announced his support for an accredited landlord's scheme in Sunderland. Sunderland City Council's Accredited Landlord’s Scheme...
27 August 2015
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A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...
29 June 2015
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TenTel are looking to work with letting agents with over 200 rental properties currently under management. If you meet this criteria, you...
22 June 2015
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Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...