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Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

Martin & Co - part of the TPFG franchise giant - has purchased another independent agency. Father and son duo Jaspal and...

Two well known agencies are to merge in Scotland. Cullen Kilshaw LLP, a solicitors and lettings and estate agency, is to merge...

The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...

One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...

Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...

Savills has appointed Marielle Papadopoullos as head of lettings in its key Hampstead office.  Papadopoullos, who joins as a director, has over...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

Lomond has acquired the rental portfolio of a lettings agency operating in Greater Manchester.   Lomond snapped up the lettings book of Harvey...

There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...

One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

West Wales Home Rentals - part of an agency group set up three decades ago - has snapped up the property...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...

Grosvenor Billinghurst, the Surrey lettings agency that serves the towns and surrounding areas of Cobham, Claygate and Hinchley Wood, is now...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

Belvoir’s very first franchisee, Andy Campbell, has been awarded the prestigious Belvoir Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of 27 highly successful...

Small franchise agency Propertynest has expanded into Guildford with a new franchisee offering lettings and sales to the town and its...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent lettings firm in what it calls a five year acquisition programme. Stanley & Partners...

Upmarket lettings agency Savills has moved its 30-strong team in Reading into a prominent new office in the town centre. The firm’s...

A council has prosecuted an agency and landlord for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar Homes Ltd...

Martin & Co’s Huddersfield branch is the latest part of the franchise operation to snap up an independent agency. Branch owner Will...

A local authority in West Sussex is proposing to build its own Airbnb four bedroom house on the site of old...

There will be up to six new branches opened this year for the franchise brand Winkworth. The agency made its announcement in...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...

OnTheMarket has earned another feather in its cap winning the gold award for ‘Best B2B Customer Experience’ at the 2022 UK...

The Lomond Group has further extended its footprint in North West England for its latest agency acquisition deal. Through its Thornley Groves...

A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...

A prominent agent has been appointed to head the ongoing expansion of a well known firm’s lettings team. James Gwynne has joined...

The acquisition machine that is the Lomond Group has snapped up the lettings book of another independent agency. Lomond has taken over...

An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...

A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

An independent agency chain operating in the Garden of England has just located one of its office to a former coffee...

Hat and Home announced its third branch this week, in the Berkshire town of Bracknell.  The agency is relatively new - it...

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

A lettings agency in Kent has been drawn into a spat about rent levels following a councillor’s comment on Twitter. Liberal Democrat...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

High profile Welsh lettings agency Peter Alan has acquired West Quay Estates & Lettings as part of its long term strategy...

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

The chief executive of OnTheMarket says recent changes to his portal demonstrate that he has taken on board agents’ calls for...

Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency.  Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...

New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

An agency has made its third acquisition in recent years - this time snapping up a town’s longest established lettings agency. Whitegates...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition.  Hamza Anwar...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Media reports in Stoke on Trent say a man was arrested after a police raid on the Homes2Let lettings agency in...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings.  Managing...