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Buy To Let property purchases plummet as tax threats mount

The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...

08 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Ex-rental properties make up well over 10% of sales listings

A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

02 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Longer tenancies dent lettings income for Foxtons - but it still looks strong

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

31 July 2024

From: Breaking News

New agency charges ultra-low all-in lettings and management fee

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

23 July 2024

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let investors plummet while the rest focus on high yield areas

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

22 July 2024

From: Breaking News

How Much? Another £400k needed to rent in retirement

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

27 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Key London office head named by leading lettings agency

Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Olivia Firmin as Head of Lettings in its Wimbledon office. Firmin, already an associate in the...

10 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Almost 350 new Build To Rent flats in vast regeneration scheme

A £300m transformation of part of Glasgow is continuing apace following the completion of a 346-unit Build To Rent scheme. The scheme,...

05 June 2024

From: Breaking News

All change for Build To Rent as trade group reconstitutes board

The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

10 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Tory says councils lose out by levying second home taxes

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

01 May 2024

From: Breaking News

New owner for pair of franchised Lettings offices

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

19 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Big customer satisfaction win follows agency’s eight year campaign

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

18 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Tory ex-housing minister quits, claiming he was a success

A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...

18 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Working from home triggers higher rents in outer commuter areas

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

06 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Tens of thousands of new homes built on flood plains, claims insurer

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

02 February 2024

From: Breaking News

New Year Bounce - strong start to 2024 housing market says Zoopla

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

29 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Knight Frank warns that Rwanda controversy could force early election

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

08 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

22 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Rents soar as new demographics change face of renting in Britain

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

12 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Controversial ex-Countrywide boss appointed to new post

Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...

30 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Latest rent rise is seven year high according to official figures

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

17 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let Sell Off - agency reports hundreds of thousands sold

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

13 November 2023

From: Breaking News

National agency chain named new head of lettings

Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...

10 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Many want to go self-employed - but do the figures add up?

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

04 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Yet another record rent rise reported by agency Hamptons

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

18 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Growing family cash help to lift buyers out of rental sector

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

01 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency beefs up management team with trio of promotions

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

30 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Abandoned Tenancies - Gove lobbied to take urgent action

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

11 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Fraudster agent must repay £123,000 or face more jail time

A fraudster lettings agent must repay £122,922.68 to her old firm within three months - or face yet more time in...

26 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Rents edge above long term ratio to earnings says Zoopla

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

22 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Big drop in new renters as young adults stay with Mum and Dad

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

12 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Private rental sector still a big money-earner for tax authorities

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

02 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Surcharge triggers long-term slump in off-plan sales

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

23 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency accused of fake claims over tenants’ deposits

A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...

24 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency’s warning to renters - it’ll be a tough spring

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

21 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Agent Warns Tenants - political posturing may push up rents

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

04 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Government must step in to help boost supply - Propertymark

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

31 March 2023

From: Breaking News

BBC probe shows scale of rental stock supply shortage

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

30 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

15 February 2023

From: Features

Lettings manager guilty of fraud - but how much did she take?

A former lettings manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding her agency employers for almost five years - but there’s uncertainty over...

13 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Rogue agent jailed after ordering staff to make false claims

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

16 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let is NOT dead - investors buy higher proportion of homes

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

12 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency names new lettings supremo in key London branch

Savills has promoted Sophie Candlin, a negotiator in its south west London Teddington office, to become its head of lettings. She takes...

05 December 2022

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket PropTech ready for radical rental regulations reform

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

27 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Civil servants and Trading Standards to brief agents on law change

Officials from the Welsh Government and the head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent team are to address...

21 October 2022

From: Breaking News

London rentals market - prime areas boom, commuter belt slows

Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...

03 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Interest rate chaos threatens profitability of buy to let - top agency

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

28 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Named and Shamed! Letting agents back controversial database

A controversial database which will allow widespread access to the identities of rogue letting agents and landlords has been backed by...

23 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Lobby politicians to stop rent controls killing supply - agency chief

The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...

22 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Government sharply criticised over affordable homes failures

The National Audit Office has made scathing criticisms of government efforts to build more affordable housing. The public spending watchdog says the...

13 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Landlord numbers up despite taxes, new laws and red tape

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

12 September 2022

From: Breaking News

City rents play catch-up but lettings market slowdown continues

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

23 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Rent rises lag far behind inflation - new government figures

Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...

22 August 2022

From: Breaking News

New head of lettings for London office of major agency

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

17 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Building Society slammed for mortgage ban on second homes

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

02 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Tenants at risk because of delay to rental reforms - claim

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

22 July 2022

From: Breaking News

New lettings chief announced for famous high-end agency chain

Prime lettings agent John D Wood & Co has announced its new head of lettings.  It’s Tanya Hasking who is currently director...

06 July 2022

From: Breaking News

New build house sizes shrinking, claims new survey

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

28 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Times names politician involved in rogue letting agencies

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

07 June 2022

From: Breaking News

50 Not Out! Respected lettings agency celebrates half a century

One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...

20 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents urged to help landlords and tenants cope with radical change

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

10 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Fast-growing agency swipes at ‘under-delivering’ rival firms

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...

23 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Agent fails to secure renewal of landlord’s licence in controversial case

An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...

21 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency being sold in ‘distressed sale’

The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...

22 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency claims fastest-ever letting of mansion on Billionaires’ Row

An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...

08 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Private equity firm snaps up huge lettings agency network

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

25 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Rent rises double in a year according to latest agency data

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

18 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Massive surge in Airbnb takes stock directly from mainstream rentals

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

23 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Banned! Agents “abused taxpayers” and “disregarded responsibilities”

Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...

14 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Government failing to protect private renters, says watchdog

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

10 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Agency must pay £80,000 after multiple fire risk failures

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

08 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Improve rentals as many tenants can’t buy, government told

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

02 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Rogue agents in firing line as councils get enforcement kit

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

30 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Big advantage for agents with larger properties available

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

22 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Government gets lesson in how to stimulate buy to let market

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

19 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Lettings agents’ bootcamp back with a bang

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

18 November 2021

From: Breaking News

PropTech: could open banking help the lettings industry?

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

17 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Why Scrap Section 21?  Possession cases are plummeting anyway...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

12 November 2021

From: Breaking News

More buy to let and Build To Rent new-builds ‘will help developers recover’

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

19 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Holiday did nothing to improve buy to let purchases

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...

11 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group may go on sale for £400m - report

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

06 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Tenants move to smaller properties in prime central London

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

06 September 2021

From: Breaking News

It’s Started - UK’s largest ever HMO licensing scheme

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

31 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Revealed - the rental market’s most lucrative sector

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

31 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Regional cities surviving Covid and Brexit best, says investment firm

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

25 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Rent controls to be introduced after deal between politicians

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

23 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Demand at five year high thanks to Covid relaxation - trade group

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

23 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Huge new licensing scheme will focus on 9,000 properties

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

17 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Huge pressure on lettings market from sellers temporarily renting

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

16 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Commuter Belt rental market stronger than London, says agency

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

09 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Demand for Right To Rent clarity as key deadline is reached

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

30 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Record number of Build To Rent planning consents, with big suburban surge

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

26 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Consolidation continues - another independent agency snapped up

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

21 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty slashes size of buy to let sector claims agency

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

17 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Pets in letting properties pushed by Build To Rent operator

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

10 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Labour says rent controls for UK cities could be based on London

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

06 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents demand improved flood insurance cover for buy to let sector

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

06 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Is the private rental sector in retreat?

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

04 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Politicians want rent controls - but the facts prove them wrong

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

28 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Brexit: Third of buy to let investors would change their vote now

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

27 April 2021

From: Breaking News

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