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03 September 2024
From: Breaking News
From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...
03 September 2024
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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...
02 September 2024
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Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...
02 September 2024
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A new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...
02 September 2024
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Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...
30 August 2024
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LSL Estate Agency Franchising says it’s got “ambitious growth plans” for expanding franchisee patches across the country. In spring 2023 the company...
29 August 2024
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Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...
29 August 2024
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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...
29 August 2024
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One of the largest lettings portals in Scotland is warning that plans by the government north of the border to introduce rent...
28 August 2024
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Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...
28 August 2024
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Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...
27 August 2024
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A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...
27 August 2024
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Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...
27 August 2024
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The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...
23 August 2024
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Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences. As...
23 August 2024
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Letting agents and landlords are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners and...
23 August 2024
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The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...
22 August 2024
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One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...
22 August 2024
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PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...
21 August 2024
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A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...
21 August 2024
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A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...
21 August 2024
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Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...
20 August 2024
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A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...
20 August 2024
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Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...
20 August 2024
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New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...
19 August 2024
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New figures showing no slowdown in the rate of private rental inflation is just additional “misery” for tenants, a leading financial...
16 August 2024
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One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...
16 August 2024
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A housing group is launching a campaign to recruit more young people to the property industry in general and the building...
16 August 2024
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Average rent arrears claims reached £2,092 in the second quarter of this year - a rise of 15% from £1,816 in...
16 August 2024
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A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...
15 August 2024
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Johns&Co, an agency specialising in property investment and asset management, is expanding into a new territory - Manchester. Since its establishment in...
15 August 2024
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The rise in consumer inflation from 2.0% to 2.2% is “an unfortunate but accepted part” of achieving a stable housing market. So...
15 August 2024
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Aldermore has cut rates across its buy to let and residential owner occupier mortgages - the latest in a series of...
14 August 2024
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Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...
14 August 2024
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Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...
13 August 2024
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Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...
13 August 2024
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The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...
12 August 2024
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Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...
12 August 2024
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The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...
09 August 2024
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Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...
09 August 2024
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Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...
09 August 2024
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A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning that any proposed ban on so-called bidding wars will end up with...
08 August 2024
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An agent whose business was rammed by a car believes he was targeted because of claims he was letting homes to...
08 August 2024
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The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...
08 August 2024
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The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...
08 August 2024
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The chief executive of Purplebricks says he’s backing Labour’s house building plans because of the state of the private rental sector. Sam...
08 August 2024
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A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...
07 August 2024
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Rightmove has admitted to shareholders that it’s to lose 8% of its lettings listing from next month - the equivalent of...
07 August 2024
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The regulatory body for the private rental sector in Wales is offering letting agents a course in how to be “anti-racist...
07 August 2024
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Two long-standing experts in property have launched a service which they say will help letting agents retain and grow their client...
07 August 2024
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Propertymark says stricter rules for EPC ratings in the private rental sector must be backed up with incentives and financial support. The...
06 August 2024
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Rent Reporting platform CreditLadder has integrated into SME Professional, a software service sold to the letting and sales industries. It says...
06 August 2024
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One of Northern Ireland’s fastest growing agencies has acquired one of the longest running property firms in South Down and established...
06 August 2024
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A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...
05 August 2024
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In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...
05 August 2024
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New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...
05 August 2024
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The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...
05 August 2024
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Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...
05 August 2024
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An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...
02 August 2024
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The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...
02 August 2024
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A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...
02 August 2024
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01 August 2024
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The chance of the Bank of England deciding to cut base rate today and thus trigger further interest rate cuts, is...
01 August 2024
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Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...
31 July 2024
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Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has launched a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework. The objective is...
31 July 2024
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Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...
30 July 2024
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Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...
30 July 2024
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An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...
30 July 2024
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Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...
29 July 2024
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A court has heard that a trusted lettings manager was discovered to have been diverting company funds to her personal bank...
29 July 2024
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The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...
26 July 2024
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The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...
26 July 2024
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A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives. The comment by Paul...
26 July 2024
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A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...
26 July 2024
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The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...
25 July 2024
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Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...
25 July 2024
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The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...
25 July 2024
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Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...
25 July 2024
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Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
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A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...
24 July 2024
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A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...
24 July 2024
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Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...
24 July 2024
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Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...
24 July 2024
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A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...
23 July 2024
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Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...
23 July 2024
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The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
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A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
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Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...
23 July 2024
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A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...
22 July 2024
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The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader. He is MP...
22 July 2024
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New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...
22 July 2024
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Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
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A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...
19 July 2024
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An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...
19 July 2024
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London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...
19 July 2024
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The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
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David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...