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Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

The BBC is reporting that councillors in Manchester have launched a series of attacks on users of Airbnb and other short...

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

An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...

One of the country’s first Belvoir branch franchises has changed hands after approaching three decades.  The resale of Belvoir Lincoln, one of...

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...

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

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

Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years.  This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...

Northern property specialist Bradley Hall has opened a new rental and sales office in Leeds city centre. The firm has expanded its...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...

Leaders Romans Group has launched what it claims is its first sustainable branch lettings office.  Its Brighton city centre branch, operating under...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...

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

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

The central Birmingham branch of franchise giant Belvoir is celebrating its 15th anniversary by moving to a prestigious new city centre...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

Midlands estate agency Webb’s is expanding its operations after opening a new office in Lichfield city centre. The agency already has offices in Cannock,...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

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

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

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

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

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

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks.  It’s...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...