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Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

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

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...

Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...

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

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

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

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

Independent agency Hardisty And Co has acquired a fourth branch in Leeds. It will be headed up by former owner and office...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

Yorkshire’s Verity Frearson lettings and sales company has unveiled a new fleet of electric vehicles, and says it is the first agency...

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...

Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

A family-run lettings and sales agency has launched an employee of the year award in memory of a late colleague.   The...

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas.  Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units.  Linley &...

A family-run property management and lettings business has opened its new office - five years after the same family’s previous business...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties.  Landlord Jack...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within...

A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has acquired another independent firm, Angus Roberts. The deal will see Linley & Simpson, which operates...

Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...

A lettings agency has teamed up with a university to give young students an insight into how small businesses operate. Priestley’s, a...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

The lettings agency Elet, based in Harrogate, has appointed liquidators.  A Letting Agent Today reader spotted an announcement about the move in...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

A private equity company has made a £10m investment in Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson to fund further expansion. Founded by...

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...

York's largest letting agency has completed the biggest acquisition in its 21-year history. Eleven-branch network Linley & Simpson - which operates across...

The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...

Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...

Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...

Angela Newark, owner of two franchises of The Property Franchise Group in West Yorkshire, has acquired the portfolio of another agency taking...

Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley has expanded its residential lettings team with the appointment of a new manager to cover...

Two new managers have been appointed by Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley, as the firm’s lettings division continues to expand. Nadia...

  Agency Express says there has been a bounce in the number of new lettings listings across the UK.   Following unusually slow activity...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

Police in Yorkshire are on the look out for empty rental properties which could be used for ‘sting’ operations tackling burglaries...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. Charles Thornton was fined...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

A group of letting agencies in Yorkshire have proposed to the government a radical alternative to the proposed fees ban -...

New data from HomeLet shows that rental price inflation in the UK remained modest during March, increasing a small amount for...

Manning Stainton, which has 19 offices in West and North Yorkshire, has completed the acquisition of a local independent agency.  AR Estate...

Sigma Capital, one of the earliest investors in the UK Build To Rent sector, is creating a new brand called Simple...

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...

Rents across the UK grew by a modest 1.12 per cent in 2016 according to buy to let lender Landbay -...

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...

Yorkshire letting agency Linley & Simpson has announced the acquisition of one of its competitors.  The agency has taken over the rental...

Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do.   That is the result of a...

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow.   Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...

Much publicity has been given to the Resolution Foundation’s report into falling home ownership - but the flip side is that...

Latest data from board company Agency Express suggests that last month’s lull in the lettings market was short lived - although...

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...

The burgeoning Build To Rent sector has received another shot in the arm with news that regeneration specialist Sigmas is setting...

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell sharply in March, to the lowest level since the start...

Hunters has opened another branch in its ‘home’ county of Yorkshire, taking the franchise chain to over 170 offices across the...

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 offices across Yorkshire, has taken over the entire rental portfolio of...

Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...

The Linley & Simpson agency, which has 11 offices across Yorkshire, has announced that it has taken over the rental portfolio...

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...

The controversial changes to landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief and to the wear and tear allowance “have failed to dampen the...

A police force is appealling to landlords and letting agents to allow their void privately-let properties to be used as potential...

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...

The landlord of a rental property in Harrogate has been fined over £8,200 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Regulatory...

Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...

The owner of a Leeds lettings agent fought back when masked men armed with a hammer, baton and metal bar raided...

Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK.  Direct...