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PropTech platform Goodlord has produced a guide for letting agents wanting to post on Til Tok - and it says the...
02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...
02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
A regional independent lettings agency has launched a new profit share scheme for its staff - but it’s keeping quiet on...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove, still very much the Number One portal despite growing competition, is launching a new national marketing campaign this coming weekend. The...
29 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Some of the richest people on the world, who use London as one of their bases, are choosing to rent rather...
28 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue & Customs has named 92 schemes which it says are involved in tax avoidance - and it admits this...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Anyone renting an Airbnb or other short let property in Edinburgh from the summer of 2026 is likely to be hit...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...
21 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform claims a new ‘Yield Control’ feature makes the end-of-tenancy process more efficient. Residently claims to connect and make smoother...
21 August 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed by Propertymark that HM Revenue & Customs has fined agents over £1.6m for branches of anti-money laundering regulations. The...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
It’s being reported that Lomond Group, the chain of lettings agencies owned by a division of Lloyds Banking Group, is likely...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group has acquired Alan Francis Estate Agents and Lettings Ltd, a Milton Keynes company which has operated in the...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
PropTech entrepreneur and lettings agent Kristjan Byfield is announcing an upgrade to his platform The Depositary, which will see its first...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Automated rental payment platform PayProp has been named the Overall PropTech Company of the Year at the 2024 PropTech Breakthrough Awards. This...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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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OnTheMarket has launched a new report giving details of real-time lettings activity in local markets across the country. OTM says that there;’s...
15 August 2024
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A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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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Holiday Cottage Handbook has launched a new podcast series - Bitesize - looking at the short-term rentals industry, and wants experts...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
PropTech management platform Lavanda is to be used to manage the vast 68,000-bed portfolio of Unite Students, the UK’s largest purpose...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has renewed its call for agent comments on Material Information. The trade body - in collaboration with TDS, The Guild of...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A brief statement to the London Stock Market this evening has confirmed that Rightmove will, after all, carry OpenRent listings in...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Flats in a multi-millionaire developer’s prestigious shoreline scheme in Folkestone can, after all, be short-let following a U-turn by the property...
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Norfolk rental operation Dragonfly Lettings, as part of what LRG describes as “a significant step”...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Leicester based student accommodation provider, Sulets - formally Student Union Lettings Ltd - has won a Platinum award from Investors in People. Only...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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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New figures show the average inheritance tax (IHT) bill in 2021/22 rose to a new high of £215,000. The number of estates...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...
01 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...
31 July 2024
From: Breaking News
An independent agency and its lettings book have been acquired by private equity-fuelled company Lomond. The company is not saying how many...
31 July 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
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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Deputy prime Angela Rayner will tomorrow unveil a new National Planning Policy Framework in a move that will strengthen requirements for...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...