- Written by: Graham Norwood
A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition in just one year of operations. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council tax. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Local media in Bournemouth report that a man was stopped by the police when he was seen after dark carrying a To Let sign. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a prominent council declaring a ‘Housing Crisis’. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who may wish to let the properties in future. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have chosen not to act. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing housing anywhere in the UK for five years. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A free-to-use ‘Housing Early Prevention Service’ runs by a council on the south coast has been deemed such a success it has been extended until March 2020. ...
- Written by: Conor Shilling
An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and stay independent ahead of the fees ban. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A new lettings agency set up at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset says it’s setting out to atone for the misdemeanours of nearby firms at the centre of a controversial cartel scandal. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries has avoided a prison sentence. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in parts of the area. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Housing association Radian is to build a £27m scheme of 113 Build To Rent homes in Bournemouth - its fourth BTR development. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Bournemouth council has set up a private sector rental company which will see it buy properties and then let them. ...
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