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![40 Not Out! Valerie celebrates four decades in lettings](/upload/images/shutterstock_1663645951.jpg)
Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move. Valerie...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Your Move emailing agents to urge them to become franchisees](/upload/images/shutterstock_2325312031.jpg)
Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency switches from residential despite strong lettings showing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big PropTech deal for over half of LSL franchise agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Internet-400x310.jpg)
Over half of the agency branches sold to franchisees by LSL Property Services have signed up to a large PropTech deal. As...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency structure transformation is almost complete](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
LSL’s transition from being a largely owned agency network to individual franchises is effectively complete. The company - which owns the Your...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency chain pledges higher profits following franchise switch](/upload/images/shutterstock_1476390641.jpg)
LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New agency structure will rival existing lettings franchise giants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Bridging%20loan%20completions.png)
LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Franchised YourMove branch lettings book sold to franchise rivals](/upload/images/library/YourMove-logo400x310.png)
The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agencies to hold ‘Act of Kindness Day’ for local communities](/img/default/lat.png)
Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid issues hit leading agency group’s lettings revenue](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency secures new £90m banking facility as expansion looms](/img/default/lat.png)
LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents should respond to renters’ growing eco-worries, says supplier](/img/default/lat.png)
An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Yields stable as rental market settles down for summer](/img/default/lat.png)
There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![London rents fall - but there's some glimmer of hope, says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents: Wide variations between regions but small rises in most areas](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents stagnate across England and Wales, agency index reveals](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move. The agency says the typical...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency investigating 19 ‘No DSS’ properties out of 1,900 units to let](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency bosses to give evidence to MPs this morning](/img/default/lat.png)
Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big boost for deposit alternatives as tenants back new schemes](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents almost stagnating - they've risen just 0.4% in a year](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Average rents up 1.8% across England and Wales in 2018](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban could cost agencies £60,000 in two years, claims campaigning agent](/img/default/lat.png)
English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Best yields and buy to let rents? Head to the North of England...](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![English investors attracted to buy north of the border, agency claims](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![National rental market stable as Christmas lull approaches](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector rule changes fail to disrupt Scottish rental stability](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents up across England and Wales - except for one region](/img/default/lat.png)
Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another independent signs up with Zero Deposit scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Your Move chief boasts of higher yields than most of England and Wales](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Not true! Agents reject claim of discriminating against benefit tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![London lettings cool as the North sees best yields, reports agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned of growing arrears if wider economy doesn't improve](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm questions whether long-term tenants need referencing](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenant arrears are creeping up again, latest data shows](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental market strong north of the border ahead of new agency rules](/img/default/lat.png)
The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Over 40% of tenants say green credentials key when selecting a property](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rate of rental growth slows north of the border, says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents rise gently - but tenants may be persuaded to pay more, says LSL](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest figures from LSL Property Services suggest that rents have increased across the UK by an average 2.5 per cent in the...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another index suggests rents rose only modestly in 2017](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Expansion for LSL-backed broker seeking to emulate online letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A digital start-up that uses algorithms to match the requirements of landlords against the entire buy to let mortgage market of...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental market strong as new Scottish tenancy rules set to start](/img/default/lat.png)
The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents up in most regions but yields down compared to a year ago](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![New director aims to boost Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency in merger battle claims above-average tenancy duration](/img/default/lat.png)
EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Industry welcomes government call for greater lettings regulation](/img/default/lat.png)
Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday. The...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency group takes a stake in new digital mortgage service](/img/default/lat.png)
LSL Property Services, which owns Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings and estate agencies, is investing in an online buy to...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents still slowly rising according to latest Your Move data](/img/default/lat.png)
Latest data from Your Move’s rental indices suggest that rents are growing, with the average in England and Wales now £904,...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Modern rent collection systems could net agents thousands - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental market resilient ahead of lettings agency rules changes](/img/default/lat.png)
A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Shrinking lettings supply pushes up rents, says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Average tenancy in UK is now 20 months - and many are longer](/img/default/lat.png)
The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![London rents have dropped 5.0 per cent in the past year](/img/default/lat.png)
London rents have fallen by an average 5.0 per cent in the past year according to new data released by Your...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Scottish rents slump in General Election build-up says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in Scotland dropped 2.3 per cent on average in the month leading up to the General Election according to Your...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Reminder to agents - only a week remaining for fees ban consultation](/img/default/lat.png)
Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Average monthly rent in England and Wales hits £800](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move. The area with...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Twenty agencies back call to extend or suspend fees ban consultation](/img/default/lat.png)
Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![East of England leads strong regional growth in rents](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Average rent in England and Wales is £811 says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales. The average...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Average rent hits £830 pcm in England and Wales, says letting agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency says tenants choose property based partly on who landlord is](/img/default/lat.png)
Your Move says almost half of prospective tenants place extreme importance on who their landlord will be when deciding where to...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fees ban: here's a calculation of how much it might cost landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Regional rent rises and yields outstrip London, says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
Regional lettings markets around the country are now outperforming London according to Your Move. While rents in London grew 6.9 per cent...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of tenants are aged over 46, study reveals](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 40% of private tenants are aged over 46, according to a study by Your Move. The agency researched 36,500 tenants and...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average rent now at all-time high as market shrugs off Brexit fears](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents hit a record high as second homes surcharge begins to hit](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents begin to fall as glut of homes to let appear on the market](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Serious rent arrears drop four per cent thanks to higher employment rate](/img/default/lat.png)
There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Scottish rental growth at three-year low](/img/default/lat.png)
Annual rent rises in Scotland hit a three-year low in April, according to new figures. Your Move's Scotland Buy-to-Let Index shows that...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average rents growing at fastest rate since September](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief tells new London mayor: 'treat rental sector as an ally'](/img/default/lat.png)
The outgoing director of the Your Move chain of lettings agents says the new London mayor - whether Sadiq Khan or...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News
!['Unchartered waters' as agency sees biggest-ever rent fall in Scotland](/img/default/lat.png)
March saw the sharpest month-on-month fall in Scottish rents on record, according to the letting agency Your Move. Average residential rents in...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![LSL Property Services chief moves to merged Leaders/Romans group](/img/default/lat.png)
Adrian Gill, whose resignation as LSL Property Services was announced last week after just nine months in post, is to become...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let bounces back: average returns hit 18-month high of 12.2%](/img/default/lat.png)
Good news for agents having to work harder to persuade would-be landlords that buy to let makes financial sense after the...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Private rental arrears rise - now account for 9.1% of all rent due](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest survey of arrears in England and Wales suggests the level now stands at 9.1 per cent of all rent...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents on the rise - it's a small increase but the first since September](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Over 26,000 eviction orders served on private tenants in one quarter](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Arrears being paid off as household finances improve, says letting agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Scottish tenants are paying off late rent amid improving household finances, according to Your Move. As of January the proportion of late...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Returns from buy to let investment at their highest for over a year](/img/default/lat.png)
Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year. Data from Your Move and Reeds...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![End of year surge in rents north of the border, says letting agency](/img/default/lat.png)
There has been an end of year surge in Scottish rents according to a buy to let index run by Your...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents up 3.4% in 2015 but yields dip as a result of capital appreciation](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in rental arrears - but they're still well below downturn levels](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of tenants seriously behind on rent has risen by 13.8 per cent. An arrears tracking index conducted by letting agencies...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents dip as Christmas nears - but they've risen 4% in 2015](/img/default/lat.png)
Another rental index suggests there has been a seasonal dip in rents - although across England and Wales as a whole...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rents dip across England and Wales according to letting agencies](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Another independent letting agency snapped up by Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
LSL Property Services has snapped up another independent letting agency - and says it’s looking for more. The agency, PHP Lettings in...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News
!['More evidence that buy to let is becoming too complex' - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![New debt recovery service launched as arrears hit two-year high](/img/default/lat.png)
A firm has launched a new service for landlords and agents which is designed to speed up and increase the recovery...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Yields and appreciation make investors nearly 10% annually say agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Buy to let investors in England and Wales have seen their returns rise to around 10 per cent in the past...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Private sector rent arrears show dramatic rise](/img/default/lat.png)
A total of 74,000 private sector tenants owe more than two months’ rent - this is up 4.4 per cent in...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Leading agent warns that rent controls will scare off landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rents dipping and arrears rising, say letting agencies](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Average Scottish rent stalls at all-time high of £549](/img/default/lat.png)
The average rent in Scotland has plateaued, remaining at an all-time record high of £549 a month, according to Your Move's...
26 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rapid monthly growth pushes average rent to record high](/img/default/lat.png)
Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...
21 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![NALS acts to help victims of 'closed' rogue letting agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Approved Letting Scheme has acted about the mystery surrounding the future of east of England letting agency Kirby Property...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Arrears rising - even where letting agent fees are banned](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenant arrears are rising in Scotland, even though letting agents’ fees on tenants are banned. Agents’ fees on renters, which are legal in...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News
17 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Scotland wins representation on ARLA board](/img/default/lat.png)
Scotland is to be officially represented within the Association of Residential Lettings Agents with the appointment of a Your Move area...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![We want our own government minister, say tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Britain’s tenants would overwhelmingly support the appointment of a government minister solely responsible for tenancy issues, according to agents Your Move...
29 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Scottish rents rise at highest annual rate for five months](/img/default/lat.png)
Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6% in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index. This is...