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An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

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

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

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...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

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

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

A Manchester-based company which runs what it calls “an instant booking student accommodation marketplace” has joined forces with Norwegian tech firm...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...

Landlords in England and Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7 per cent in the past year.  That’s according...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its fourth business so far this year - and with it, hundreds of lettings...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...

Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there’s been a dramatic 54 per cent slump in sales this year.  Research from Barrows...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...

The latest lettings market snapshot produced by London-focussed property data firm LonRes shows little change in the supply-constrained rental sector. However, figures...

Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...

A full service lettings and estate agency has snapped up a respected rival, including taking over management of 150-plus rental properties. DC...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...

Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

The residential division of Knight Frank has won the Best Customer Focus award at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023. Knight Frank...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year.  Knight Frank says that compared to the...

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up an independent firm. It’s Coventry sales and lettings agency Robin Jones which brings just...

The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

New figures released after Christmas by Knight Frank show that the number of new prospective tenants is 26.7 per cent above...

The Propertynest lettings and sales agency is expanding into Yateley in Hampshire.  This follows the recruitment of experienced agent Mark Holloway into...

Keller Williams UK - which has seen market centre closures in recent months - insists that its lettings business KW Move...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

Knight Frank’s latest market report for Prime London locations suggests that stock levels remain low by historical standards, with the number...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

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 new Liz...

Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.”  While...

Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...

Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

The independent Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings has just been acquired by Ashtons, the company’s third acquisition in just 15...

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

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...

The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...

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

Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...

New figures show that post-pandemic rental prices are on the rise across the majority of the capital but that some rents...

Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...

Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank.  The high...

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

PropTech platform Goodlord now integrates with the latest API from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to automate tenancy deposit registration and reduce...