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A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

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

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

Cornwall is the hottest spot in the rental market, not only home to the highest level of tenant demand, but also...

The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...

A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

Our thanks to the eagle-eyed Richard Cross of B H Realty for spotting one or two less-than-perfect things on a Rightmove...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has launched the third and latest phase of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute...

The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

The Property Ombudsman scheme and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have joined forces to tackle lettings agents that are breaking the...