Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...
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01 August 2024
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Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...
30 July 2024
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Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...
25 July 2024
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Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...
23 July 2024
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New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...
17 July 2024
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The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
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Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
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A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...
01 July 2024
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Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
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Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...
23 May 2024
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Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...
20 May 2024
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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
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Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
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Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...
08 March 2024
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The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...
16 February 2024
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Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...
13 February 2024
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A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...
12 February 2024
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Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
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Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
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Dealing in OnTheMarket shares will cease at 7.30am on December 12 following yesterday evening’s announcement that the CoStar takeover had won...
05 December 2023
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Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...
30 November 2023
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Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
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Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...
04 October 2023
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Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...
14 September 2023
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A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...
08 September 2023
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A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
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A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...
26 May 2023
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PropTech rental platform Goodlord has partnered with an open banking platform to enhance its tenant referencing service. Goodlord, which first integrated open...
12 May 2023
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Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
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Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...
21 March 2023
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The owner of a property in the Leicestershire village of Great Dalby has been fined after removing two trees within a...
09 February 2023
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Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...
08 February 2023
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Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents. The trade body...
12 January 2023
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The number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in November came to 46,075 according to the Bank of England. The 46,075 figure...
05 January 2023
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A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...
02 December 2022
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The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...
23 November 2022
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The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...
11 November 2022
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A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...
13 October 2022
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According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...
30 September 2022
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A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
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Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
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A consultation period has started on another council’s set of proposals to clampdown on HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen council wants to impose...
08 September 2022
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HMRC has issued a reminder to letting agents about how operate the Non-resident Landlords Scheme. This requires anyone in the UK who...
26 August 2022
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New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...
18 August 2022
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All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...
28 April 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
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Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...
15 February 2022
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Agents using Reapit now have access to tenant due diligence and guarantee firm Homeppl, which will assist in combating rental fraud. Homeppl...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech company says sloppy referencing by agents and landlords effectively means that around a third of prospective tenants are discriminated...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...
04 June 2021
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The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...
01 June 2021
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A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...
28 April 2021
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Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...
19 April 2021
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The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
08 April 2021
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Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...
23 March 2021
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Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...
11 March 2021
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A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...
25 February 2021
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A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...
02 February 2021
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The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...
04 November 2020
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The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...
02 November 2020
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ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
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There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...
28 August 2020
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The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...
16 June 2020
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The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
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The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...
28 May 2020
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A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...
30 March 2020
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Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...
24 January 2020
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A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...
21 January 2020
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Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...
14 January 2020
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Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield The announcement was made at...
06 November 2019
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Rightmove has at last completed on its acquisition of tenancy referencing firm Van Mildert, first announced two months ago. The deal, reported...
01 October 2019
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In what some see as a sign of the growing importance of the lettings sector over sales, Rightmove has acquired tenant...
29 July 2019
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The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
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Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...
27 February 2019
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Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1. From that date...
21 February 2019
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Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...
20 February 2019
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Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...
20 December 2018
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Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...
05 December 2018
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The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...
29 November 2018
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A PropTech company has won approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to go ahead with a scheme which offers tenants a...
23 November 2018
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Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
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A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...
18 September 2018
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A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...
21 August 2018
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Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...
05 July 2018
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
The Residential Landlords’ Association is upset at the government’s confirmation that the extension of mandatory HMO licensing will come into force...
02 March 2018
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A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...
07 February 2018
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton in order to deliver the city’s first...
01 February 2018
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A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...
29 December 2017
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The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
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A new licensing scheme in Nottingham has moved a step closer with the proposal being sent to the government for approval. The council’s...
25 July 2017
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The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...
28 June 2017
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The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...
21 June 2017
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Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...
18 May 2017
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Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...
17 May 2017
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The Property Ombudsman scheme is backing a national campaign to help more consumers find reputable and trusted businesses and services. Consumers are...