The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’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
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
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
Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...