Archive

The mismatch between demand and supply will keep the rental market strong in 2023 according to an agency chief. Nicky Stevenson, managing...

Franchisees from Belvoir have snapped up an independent agency in Reading. The acquisition of Patrick Williams, which dates back 78 years, comes...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer is warning of tough times ahead despite a record number of sales in 2022. Auction House sold...

Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents.  The trade body...

There will be up to six new branches opened this year for the franchise brand Winkworth. The agency made its announcement in...

The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...

Automated client account platform Lettspay is to become a supplier to the Federation of Independent Agents.  Lettspay, which is registered with the...

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

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says a survey of its members suggests that 2023 will be a tough year for...

The Stirling Ackroyd Group says it’s delivered 20 per cent revenue growth alongside the opening of five lettings and sales offices...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

Knight Frank is partnering with licensing compliance firm Kamma. The growth of discretionary licensing schemes across the 408 local authorities in the...

The government is, as expected, scaling back support for businesses with energy bills from April. Under the new and less expensive scheme,...

The long-standing head of an agency’s property management and lettings divisions is stepping up to become a partner in the company. Andrew...

An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...

Propertymark has beefed up its compliance team with a recruit from the lettings sector. Darren Kitchenside, who has been at My Deposits...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

A lettings agency which describes itself as “ethical” has been honoured with an award linked to the United Nations. Homes For Good...

The average rent in the UK is now £1,174 pcm, down 0.1 per cent from December after seeing the first month-on-month...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

Demographic data from the latest Census suggests that the Private Rental Sector now provides homes for 20.3 per cent of the...

Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation.  We...

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in November came to 46,075 according to the Bank of England. The 46,075 figure...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...

Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...

A lettings agent has been banned from holding office in a company for 11 years for abusing Covid loans - but...

A prominent lettings agent has resumed his attack on politicians for failing to build sufficient numbers of social housing properties -...

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

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

A warning letter signed by 330 major players in the private rental sector has been delivered to Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The...

Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...

Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

Propertymark wants the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to widen access to cash help to those that need it...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

Habitans Lettings - just two years old - has purchased the long-standing Heywoods agency in Newcastle Under Lyme. Established in 1881, Heywoods...

The founder of a Barnsley based lettings and property management company is celebrating transforming his business - and winning an award...

A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

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

A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023.  Based on analysis...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...

The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms.   That’s the view of lettings...

South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

East Yorkshire letting agency Ultralets has opened a new office in Beverley after what it calls “an impressive period of growth.” Ultralets...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...

Rightmove forecasts average asking prices will drop two per cent in 2023 - meaning they will remain higher than after the...

The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...

The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...

Independent lettings agents are being invited to book a place at a monthly networking dinner organised by an agency in Essex.  Matt...

Propertymark auditors are offering in-person visits to branches to improve their compliance.  The trade body says this is in response to demand from...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...

The chief executive of Purplebricks - chastened after a major split amongst the firm’s shareholders - claims there is a “big...

Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...

Purplebricks chairman Paul Pindar has survived a challenge from a rebel investor - but shareholders appear split.  A company general meeting -...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

The chief executive of Propertymark says latest data from letting agents suggests rent rises may have peaked - but that could...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

Rightmove says yesterday’s Bank of England base rate rise to 3.5 per cent - the ninth hike in as many Bank...

A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...

Propertymark pledges that an event being held next summer will be “colossal” - and will haver the likes of lettings agents...

The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...

The Bank of England has increased base rate by 0.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent. This is the ninth consecutive base...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

Data from fraud prevention database CIFAS a marked increase in both identity fraud and false lettings applications in the UK according...

Two members of Ellis & Co’s Mill Hill team have bought out the branch.  Ellis & Co Mill Hill’s Paul Glass has...

PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...

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...

Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

A London lettings agent is offering free interior styling to all his clients. After 16 years working as head stylist for one...

A council wants public views on empty private homes in its patch - but doesn’t want to talk about publicly-owned empty...