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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...
01 February 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
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...
04 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
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
Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes. Landmark...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
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Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech service Propoly says it’s handled £50m of rental transactions so far this year. Propoly - launched in 2020 and boasting early...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group has unveiled a mobile version of its core Review and Insight products. ESTAS Mobile offers the same functionality of...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes. This figure took rents to 28.4 per...
18 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
A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings and sales agency says there’s been a dramatic 54 per cent slump in sales this year. Research from Barrows...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Small but fast-growing agency Propertynest has been confirmed as a British Franchise Association member. BFA members commit to running an ethical standards-based...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A fraudster lettings agent must repay £122,922.68 to her old firm within three months - or face yet more time in...
26 June 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
PropTech rental platform Goodlord has partnered with an open banking platform to enhance its tenant referencing service. Goodlord, which first integrated open...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests. Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...
18 April 2023
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A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...
16 March 2023
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Key figures from across the industry will come together tomorrow to discuss the challenges currently facing the lettings sector., Starting at 10am...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...
10 February 2023
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The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...
03 January 2023
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Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings income for LSL Property Services increased two per cent in the past year - at just the time the company...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents should look to lettings to protect themselves when the sales market is hit by the coming recession and drop in...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...
30 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...
22 September 2022
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Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Some parts of London have recorded over 50 per cent of sales as second or additional properties. Research by lending firm Octane...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Celebrating 25 years of unbroken profits growth, Belvoir has revealed a massive annual hike in revenue for 2021. Group revenue increased by...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
UK Finance, the umbrella group representing major mortgage lenders, says there will have been a massive 83 per cent surge in...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Belvoir Group has given yet another upbeat trading report to shareholders. It says in the 10 months to the end of October...
03 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
New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings PropTech platform teclet - part of Glanty, now owned outright by OnTheMarket - has signed off on a link with...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Agent websites has become more crucial than ever in attracting new business. Consumers are more informed and doing more research online...
21 June 2021
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The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
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As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...
12 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...