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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...

A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...

A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives.  The comment by Paul...

A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...

Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

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

Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield.  Its latest acquisition of...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...

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...

Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness.  Shelter has...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy.  The family-owned agency is...

A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...

A young couple are taking on the franchise of lettings agency Martin & Co in Exeter. Local couple Nik and Rosie Davey...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...

The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...

Claire Williams, the former team principal of the legendary Williams Formula One Team , has been named as one of the...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...

Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

The UK Apartment Association - effectively a trade body for the Build To Rent sector - is beefing up its top...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone.  A...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

Husband and wife Daren and Susan Cope, alongside son James and daughter Annie, are bringing their different agencies under one roof. So...

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...

Manchester-based lettings agency Ascend Properties has consolidated its role in the single-family Build To Rent niche with its appointment by investment...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...

A landlord who is also the owner of a High Street lettings agency has been fined £17,293 for breaching housing licence...

A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...

A leading estate agent on one of the Channel Islands has slammed the way additional homes are now being taxed. Since last...

Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...

The Cambridge Building Society has selected two tenants by ballot to receive up to 70 per cent of their rent back...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...