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Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
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The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month. Rents across...
05 June 2024
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Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...
10 April 2024
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The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...
28 March 2024
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The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
04 March 2024
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Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...
05 January 2024
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Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...
10 October 2023
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Local media on the south coast are reporting that a lettings agent crashed his Bentley into two parked cars and then...
26 September 2023
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The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...
25 August 2023
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New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021. High...
19 January 2023
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A Belvoir branch has made its fifth acquisition - and this time it’s a neighbouring Belvoir office whose owners were retiring. Nathan...
22 November 2022
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...
28 September 2022
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Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.” Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...
08 July 2021
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...
12 May 2021
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With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...
06 April 2021
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Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22. Yesterday our...
10 February 2021
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What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...
07 January 2021
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A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly...
09 December 2020
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One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence. Mishon Mackay,...
14 October 2020
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Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...
18 September 2020
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The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...
20 January 2020
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A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...
17 January 2020
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A Labour council serving one of the largest private rental communities in the country is reported to have failed to have...
09 January 2020
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Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...
19 December 2019
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A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...
19 November 2019
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Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...
18 February 2019
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The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...
23 January 2019
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A Member of Parliament who says “the majority of agents” engage in “dirty tactics” when it comes to fees imposed on...
11 June 2018
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A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...
04 April 2018
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A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...
29 March 2018
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The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...
26 March 2018
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Lomond Capital has announced its second acquisition in two weeks by acquiring south Manchester lettings and sales agency Hallmark Residential. The deal...
18 December 2017
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Letting and estate agencies in Brighton and Hove have agreed to voluntary restrictions on the erection of To Let and For...
21 June 2017
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A landlord of a shared house in Hove, near Brighton, has been found to be ‘putting people’s lives at risk’ and ordered to pay...
18 April 2017
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Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards. The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...
28 February 2017
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The head of a major lettings agency in Brighton says fees can work out to be “disproportionately high for tenants” but...
15 December 2016
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Brighton and Hove council has failed in its bid to win government backing to ban To Let boards. The council sought government...
22 November 2016
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One the leading letting agencies in Brighton has sharply criticised a proposal by the local council to introduce a selective licensing...
18 November 2016
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The average rent for two bedroom apartments has risen to more than a third of gross average earnings of tenants in...
28 October 2016
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Labour councillors controlling Brighton and Hove council are reported to be writing to the government for premission to charge HMO owners...
30 September 2016
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Two more student houses in Brighton have been ordered to close by a government planning inspector. There have now been four such...
27 July 2016
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A study published by the GMB union claims that London’s well-documented high private rents are now leading to other steep rises...
07 June 2016
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A letting agency has been criticised by local students after sending a touting letter to landlords saying it could increase rents...
18 March 2016
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A council has asked agents in its area to tell landlords of additional planning powers taken by the authority which may...
09 March 2016
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Two landlords of HMOs have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties - and now have to pay fines of...
16 December 2015
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There is uproar in Brighton as a result of students being let rooms in an HMO - despite the property’s owners...
30 October 2015
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A tenants’ campaign group is planning a series of protests this coming weekend outside offices of lettings agencies which allegedly do...