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A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...

The Belvoir franchise giant has scooped a London Stock Exchange award for business, environmental, governance and social issues. It’s won the Best...

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

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...

Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...

Franchise giant Belvoir has once again held a lavish annual conference and awards event. Sponsored by iamproperty, Let Alliance and PayProp, the...

Key figures from across the industry will come together tomorrow to discuss the challenges currently facing the lettings sector.,  Starting at 10am...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

The rise and rise of Rightmove continues apace. Figures for the first half of 2022 released at the start of the weekend...

The small UK Association of Letting Agents trade body says that the government’s proposal to scrap Section 21 is grabbing headlines...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

Propertymark says its Inspire programme is continuing to help agents via its small group network - and it’s taking bookings for...

A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...

The investment arm of the Big Issue street newspaper is putting £3m into a new form of lettings agency.  Homes for Good was...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...

Belvoir says it is on the lookout for agencies wanting to sell or join a franchise operation as they come out...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

A PropTech service says it wants to by-pass professional agents and cater just for self-managing landlords.  What’s more, it’s promoting the fact...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...

Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...

One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

Two agencies in Cheshire have merged, allowing a lettings business to now offer sales, mortgages and other home mover packages to...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector is urging letting agents to use the 2019 lettings fee ban as an opportunity...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

Belvoir is reporting a record year for franchise license renewals in 2017 with 34 offices across the country celebrating a collective...

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...

Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...

Purplebricks needs to expand its lettings activities to boost the volume of business it has and increase cash flow, according to...

The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...