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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...