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A regional independent lettings agency has launched a new profit share scheme for its staff - but it’s keeping quiet on...

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...

An agent whose business was rammed by a car believes he was targeted because of claims he was letting homes to...

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

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

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

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...

Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Olivia Firmin as Head of Lettings in its Wimbledon office. Firmin, already an associate in the...

The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...

The 85 branches of Spicerhaart have signed a three-year partnership with The Lettings Hub to use its tenancy management platform. Spicerhaart also...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

High profile independent lettings agency base property specialists is marking its 20th anniversary with a new video-first website. The agency - located...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

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

Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...

An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency.  Preston Baker...

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

Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR. HLR was established in 1986, growing...

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...

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

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

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

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

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

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

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

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

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

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...

A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Lomond has snapped up another small lettings agency - its fifth acquisition in as many weeks. It’s purchased Sussex-based Howard & Co...

Portsmouth and Southsea lettings agency Chinneck Shaw has been appointed to manage the first purpose-built Build to Rent project from Ravelin...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

EweMove, the hybrid agency which is part of The Property Franchise Group, claims it is now an industry-leading business as a...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...